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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 .
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]
Martinsville Seven. The Martinsville Seven were a group of seven African-American men from Martinsville, Virginia, who were all executed in 1951 by the state of Virginia after being convicted of raping a white woman. At the time of their arrest, all but one were between the ages of 18 and 23.
Virginia v. John Brown was a criminal trial held in Charles Town, Virginia, in October 1859. The abolitionist John Brown was quickly prosecuted for treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and inciting a slave insurrection, all part of his raid on the United States federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. (Since 1863, both ...
List of people executed in Virginia. Between 1982 and 2017, a total of 113 people were executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia. All were convicted of capital murder; all but one were male. Between 1982 and 1990, all executions were carried out at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. After the prison closed in 1991, all subsequent ...
Laughton would constantly watch his own walk, gestures, and face, making sure not to let his complex be projected. Ships. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired and modified the sailing ship Lily, a two-masted schooner, to be used as the three-masted full-rigged Bounty in the movie. As a replica of the second ship, Pandora, Nanuk was used.
February 2, 2024 – John Walter Lay, a 52-year-old gay man was shot while he was walking his dog in West Dog Park in Tampa, Florida. [364] February 7, 2024 – Nex Benedict , a 16-year-old non-binary student was beaten by three younger girls in the girls' restroom at Owasso High School , leading to their death.
Pages in category "People executed by Virginia by hanging" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .