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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]
Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Kimberly Peirce, and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen.The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena (played by Hilary Swank), an American trans man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal hate crime perpetrated by two male acquaintances.
Last execution date Name Crime Method United States Federal Government: 16 January 2021: Dustin John Higgs: aggravated murder: lethal injection United States military: 13 April 1961: John A. Bennett: child rape and attempted murder: hanging Alabama: 25 January 2024: Kenneth Eugene Smith: aggravated murder: nitrogen hypoxia Alaska: Never used ...
John died at age 54 in 2003 after suffering from aortic dissection. The John Ritter Foundation was created in 2010 to honor the late star and raise awareness about the disease and how to prevent it.
Summary of scheduled executions. As of May 23, 2024, a total of 38 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over four calendar years in five U.S. states. [2] There are a total of 10 pending motions to set an execution date across four states. [3]
As of October 1, 2023, there were 2,262 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise).
February 2, 2024 – John Walter Lay, a 52-year-old gay man was shot while was walking his dog in West Dog Park in Tampa, Florida. [321] 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.