List of last executions in the United States by crime explained

This is a list of the last executions in the United States for the crimes stated.

List of last persons to be executed for a crime other than murder

Crime	Convict	Race	Age	Date	Location	Jurisdiction
Robbery^[1]	James Coburn^[2] ^[3]	White	38	4 September 1964		State
Rape	Ronald Wolfe^[4]	White	33	8 May 1964	Missouri	State
Aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury by an inmate serving a life sentence for murder	Rudolph Wright^[5] ^[6]	Black	31	11 January 1962	California	State
Kidnapping	Billy Monk^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10]	White	26	21 November 1960	California	State
Burglary with intent to ravish	Ross McAfee^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14]	Black	39	22 November 1957	North Carolina	State
Espionage	Ethel and Julius Rosenberg	White	35 (Julius) and 37 (Ethel)	19 June 1953	New York	Federal
Desertion	Eddie Slovik^[15]	White	24	31 January 1945	Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France (Firing squad)	Military
Burglary	Frank Bass^[16] ^[17] ^[18] ^[19]	Black	23	8 August 1941	Alabama	State
Train robbery	Black Jack Ketchum	White	37	26 April 1901	New Mexico	Federal (New Mexico Territory)
Arson	George Hughes, George Smith, and Asbury Hughes^[20]	White	21 (George Hughes), 30 (George Smith) and 22 (Asbury Hughes)	1 August 1884	Alabama	State
Stealing, treason, and conduct unbecoming a slave	Amy Spain^[21]	Black	17	10 March 1865	South Carolina	Military (Confederate States)
Conspiracy to commit murder	Five unnamed Yuki men^[22]	Native	Unknown	21 July 1863	California	State
	Nathaniel Gordon^[23]	White	30	21 February 1862	New York	Federal
Slave revolt	Caesar, Sam, and Sanford (slaves)	Black	Unknown	19 October 1860	Alabama	State
Treason	William Bruce Mumford^[24]	White	42	7 June 1862	Union-occupied New Orleans	Military
Aiding a runaway slave	Starling Carlton	White	Unknown	1859	South Carolina	State
Theft	Jake (slave)	Black	Unknown	3 December 1855

}|Alabama|State|-|Horse theft (Grand Larceny)|Theodore Velenquez^[25] |Hispanic|Unknown|30 January 1852|California|State|-|Forgery|Ray|White|Unknown|6 March 1840|South Carolina|State|-|Counterfeiting|Thomas Davis^[26] |White|60|11 October 1822|Alabama|State|-|Bestiality|Joseph Ross^{[27] [28]} |White|Unknown|1785|Pennsylvania|State|-|Concealing the birth/death of an infant|Hannah Piggen^[29] |Unknown|Unknown|1785|Massachusetts|State|-|Adultery|Mary Latham and John Britton^[30] |White|18 (Lantham)|21 March 1643|Massachusetts|State|}

Statistics

From 1930 to 1967, 3859 criminals were executed, sorted in the following table:^[31]

!Crime!Total executions!Blacks!Whites!Other races

Murder	3334	1630	1664	40^[32]
Rape	455	405	48	2^[33]
Armed robbery^[34]	25	19	6	0
Kidnapping	20	0	20	0
Burglary	11	11	0	0
Sabotage	6	0	6	0
Aggravated assault by a life-term prisoner	6	1	5	0
Espionage^[35]	2	0	2	0
Total	3859	2066	1751	42

See also

• Capital punishment in the United States

Notes and references

Notes

1. Coburn was charged with murder and robbery, but the murder charge never went to trial.
2. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-01-05/news/0801050295_1_death-penalty-supreme-capital-punishment Supreme Court to hear case on death penalty restriction
3. News: 1964-06-08 . Coburn . 11 . Alabama Journal . 2022-04-18.
4. Web site: RAPE WHERE VICTIM LIVED . https://web.archive.org/web/20090512175820/http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/RAPE.htm . 2009-05-12 . May 12, 2009 . December 1, 2011.
5. Web site: People v. Wright, 55 Cal.2d 560.
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=7gxUiDX3yqEC&dq=%22rudolph+wright%22+execution&pg=PA219 United States Demographics, Part B
7. Web site: People v. Monk, 56 Cal.2d 288.
8. News: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, April 27, 1960 . 2010-04-27 . 2019-02-04 . en-US.
9. Web site: More on Capital Punishment . 2016-10-24 . MarshallsKnowledge© . en . 2019-02-04.
10. News: San Quentin Gas Chamber Claims Life of Billy Monk . November 23, 1961 . Valley News . 19.
11. News: 22 November 1957. Man's Life Taken for Rape Attempt. Charlotte News.
12. Book: 100 S.E.2d 249 (N.C. 1957); 247 N.C. 98; STATE v. Ross McAFEE (alias J. C. Adams). No. 361, Supreme Court of North Carolina.. November 6, 1957.
13. Book: Berger, Peter L.. Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist: How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore. 2011-06-07. Prometheus Books. 978-1-61614-390-9. 40. en.
14. Book: Christianson, Scott. The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber. 2010. University of California Press. 978-0-520-25562-3. en.
15. Web site: The Sad Story of Private Eddie Slovik . 28-110-k.org . December 1, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100107011405/http://www.28-110-k.org/sad_story_of_private_eddie_slovi.html . January 7, 2010 .
16. News: August 8, 1941 . Negro Is First To Die For Night Burglary . 2 . . August 27, 2013.
17. News: August 8, 1941 . Alabama executes Negro for burglary . Monroe News Star Newspaper . February 4, 2018.
18. News: 1941-08-08 . First Burglar Goes To Chair Under New Death Penalty Law . 1 . The Montgomery Advertiser . 2019-02-04.
19. News: 1941-08-08 . Alabama Negro To Die For Night Burglary . 8 . The Palm Beach Post . May 26, 2021.
20. News: A story back in time. November 11, 2011. Chambless. Ann B.. The Daily Sentinel. August 27, 2013.
21. Kathleen A.. O'Shea. 1994. Till death do us part. Nemesis. 10. 2. 54.
22. Berry, Irene; O'Hare, Sheila and Silva, Jesse (2006). Legal Executions in California: A Comprehensive Registry, 1851–2005. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, p. 61.
23. [Atlantic slave trade|Slave trading]
24. John Conn and four other persons were executed for treason on 1862 in Texas, under Confederate authority.
25. Berry, Irene; O'Hare, Sheila and Silva, Jesse (2006). Legal Executions in California: A Comprehensive Registry, 1851–2005. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, p. 10.
26. Book: Niles' National Register. 288. January 4, 1823. 23.
27. Book: Manion, Jen. Liberty's Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America. 2015-10-07. University of Pennsylvania Press. 978-0-8122-9242-8. en.
28. Book: Gutierrez. Ramon A.. The New Latino Studies Reader: A Twenty-First-Century Perspective. Almaguer. Tomas. 2016-08-23. Univ of California Press. 978-0-520-28484-5. 422. en.
29. Web site: Bathsheba Spooner, Hannah Piggen, and Rachel Wall. 2008-08-11. Tattered Fabric: Fall River's Lizzie Borden. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151019000732/https://phayemuss.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/bathsheba-spooner-hannah-piggen/. 2015-10-19.
30. Web site: Mary Latham Marries an Older Man – And Regrets It - New England Historical Society. 2020-06-22. www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com. 16 March 2015. en-US.
31. Book: United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee No. 3. Capital punishment. Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, second session. 1972. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.. Boston Public Library. 265.
32. 17 Native Americans, 13 Filipinos, 8 Chinese and 2 Japanese.
33. Native Americans.
34. Two executions for bank robberies causing death (Tony Chebatoris and James Dalhover) included here.
35. [Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]