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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]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 September 2024. American murder victim (1972–1993) Brandon Teena Born (1972-12-12) December 12, 1972 Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. Died December 31, 1993 (1993-12-31) (aged 21) Humboldt, Nebraska, U.S. Cause of death Murder by gunshots and stabbing Other names Billy Brinson Known for Hate crime murder ...
This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021. [1] [2]
Retrieved May 2, 2024. "Dad who stomped infant son's head 'like an eggshell' is scheduled to be executed in September". i45NOW. May 22, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024. "Missouri sets execution date for inmate who claims innocence". KCTV 5. June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024. "Garcia Glen White to be executed for the 1989 deaths of twin girls ...
As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] 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). [2]
Capital punishment was abolished in Virginia on March 24, 2021, when Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill into law. The law took effect on July 1, 2021. Virginia is the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, and the first southern state in United States history to do so. [1][2] The first execution in what would become the United States was ...
The most recent person to be executed by the military is U.S. Army Private John A. Bennett, executed on April 13, 1961, for rape and attempted murder. Since the end of the Civil War in 1865, only one person has been executed for a purely military offense: Private Eddie Slovik , who was executed on January 31, 1945, after being convicted of ...
A total of seventeen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2020, sixteen by lethal injection and one by electrocution. [1] The federal government of the United States executed ten people in 2020, ending a hiatus on federal executions which had lasted for over 17 years. State executions dropped significantly in 2020 compared to ...