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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 .
Median time, in years, a death row prisoner has been awaiting execution: 7; Average time, in years, between imposition of a death sentence and execution: 12. For 2020: 22 years on average between offense and execution. Later found innocent or exonerated. 1.6% of death row prisoners since 1972 have been formally exonerated and released.
Frank's execution was the first in Virginia and the first botched execution after 1976. It took two 55-second jolts of electricity to kill him. Witnesses also reported seeing fire emitting from the electrode attached to Coppola's leg. Jimmy Lee Gray (1983) – Gas chamber. Gray's execution was the first in Mississippi after 1976. He repeatedly ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1861 to 1959. Capital punishment was abolished in West Virginia in 1965. [1] From 1861 to 1959, 112 people have been executed in West Virginia, [2] 102 by hanging , 9 by electrocution and 1 by hanging in chains .
The Indiana State Prison is a maximum security Indiana Department of Correction prison for adult males; however, minimum security housing also exists on the confines. [1] It is located in Michigan City, Indiana, about 50 miles (80 km) east of Chicago. [2] The average daily inmate population in November 2006 was 2,200, [3] 2,165 in 2011. [4]
Fautenberry was executed for Daron's murder in Ohio, the other victims were killed in Alaska, New Jersey, and Oregon. ^ The 6 victims were: Sarah Abraham, Wendy Cottrill, Danita Gullette, Marvin Washington, Richmond Maddox, and Joseph Wilkerson. ^ The 5 victims were: Deondra Freeman, Richard Gaines, Markeca Mason, Mykkila Mason, and Denitra ...
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.