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Lana M. Tisdel (born May 28, 1975) [2] is an American woman whose early life and involvement with the December 1993 murders of Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert, and Phillip DeVine at the hands of John Lotter and Tom Nissen is chronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry (which left out DeVine). [3]
Brandon Teena [note 1] (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American transgender man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, by John Lotter and Tom Nissen. [2] [3] His life and death were the subject of the films The Brandon Teena Story and Boys Don't Cry .
Capital punishment was abolished via the legislative process on May 2, 2013, in the U.S. state of Maryland. [1] The Metropolitan Transition Center still houses Maryland's now defunct execution chamber. The death penalty had been in use in the state or, more precisely, its predecessor colony since June 20, 1638, when two men were hanged for ...
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt (1820 or May 1823 – July 7, 1865) was an American boarding house owner in Washington, D.C., who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy which led to the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
Last execution date Name Crime Method England: 13 August 1964: Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans: capital murder: hanging Guernsey: 10 February 1854: John Tapner: murder: hanging Isle of Man: 1 August 1872: John Kewish: patricide: hanging Jersey: 9 October 1959: Francis Joseph Huchet: murder: hanging Northern Ireland: 20 December 1961
Sawed off .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle. Date apprehended. September 4, 1990. John Frederick Thanos (March 28, 1949 – May 17, 1994) [1] was an American spree killer who was convicted in 1992 of the murders of three teenagers: Gregory Taylor, Billy Winebrenner, and Melody Pistorio. He was executed for the murders in 1994, becoming the first ...
1994–2005: 5 executions. Between the United States Supreme Court's Gregg v. Georgia decision upholding the use of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, and Maryland's abolition of the death penalty in 2013, a total of five people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Maryland. All were executed by lethal injection . No.
The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (MLGCA) is an independent agency of the Maryland government. The MLGCA operates the Maryland Lottery and serves as regulator for Maryland's casino and sports wagering programs and a number of ancillary gaming programs. The Lottery offers 10 draw games, instant FAST PLAY games and instant scratch ...