List of people executed in Connecticut explained

This is a list of people executed in Connecticut, prior to the abolition of capital punishment in the state on April 25, 2012.[1]

List

Number Name Age Race Sex Occupation Crime Date Method County Notes
1 NepauduckNative AmericanMaleMurderBeheadingNew Haven
2Spencer, GeorgeWhiteMaleServantSodomyHangingNew HavenNote 5
Plaine, William56WhiteMaleSodomyHangingNew HavenNote 4
3['Alse' Young, Alice Young]WhiteFemaleWitchcraftHangingHartford
4Johnson, MaryWhiteFemaleServantWitchcraftHanging
5Carrington, Sr, John37WhiteMaleCarpenterWitchcraftMarch 1651HangingHartford
5Carrington, JoanWhiteFemaleHousewifeWitchcraftMarch 1651HangingHartford
5Bassett (Holland), Margery "Goody"WhiteFemaleHousewifeWitchcraftHangingFairfield
6Knapp, ElizabethWhiteFemaleHousewifeWitchcraftHangingFairfield
7Walter Robinson15WhiteMaleSodomyHangingNew Haven
8John KnightWhiteMaleSodomyHangingNew Haven
9Greensmith, NathanielWhiteMaleWitchcraftHangingHartfordNote 1
10Greensmith, RebeccaWhiteFemaleHousewifeWitchcraftHangingHartfordNote 1
11Barnes, Mary 36WhiteFemaleHousewifeWitchcraft (exonerated 2023)[2] HangingHartford
12Potter, WilliamWhiteMaleSodomyHangingNew Haven
13Native AmericanMaleMurderHangingNew HavenNote 2
14Native AmericanMaleMurderHangingNew HavenNote 2
15Native AmericanMaleMurderHangingNew HavenNote 2
16Garrett, Catherine27Native AmericanFemaleServantMurderHangingNew London
17Bramble, SarahWhiteFemaleMurderHangingNew London
18Frazier, IsaacMaleBurglaryHangingNew Haven
19Jacobs, JohnNative AmericanMaleMurderHangingLitchfield
20Paul, MosesNative AmericanMaleDrifterMurderHangingNew Haven
21Dunbar, Moses30WhiteMaleFarmerTreasonHangingHartford
22GriswoldWhiteMaleTreasonHangingNew Haven
23Davenport, Barnet20WhiteMaleServantMurderHangingLitchfield
24Ocuish, Hannah12Native AmericanFemaleMurderHangingNew London
25Mountain, Joseph33BlackMaleRapeHangingNew Haven
26Doane, RichardWhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford
27Starr, ThomasWhiteMaleMurderHangingMiddlesex
28AnthonyBlackMaleFreedmanRapeHangingFairfield
29Adams, Caleb18WhiteMaleLaborerMurderHangingWindham
30Freeman, Samuel25BlackMaleMurderHangingWindham
31Niles, HenryNative AmericanMaleMurderHangingNew London
32Babcock, MinerWhiteMaleMurderHangingNew London
33Lung, PeterWhiteMaleMurderHangingMiddlesex
34Adams, Amos28BlackMaleRapeHangingFairfield
Bailey, Adonijah79MaleMurderHangingWindhamNote 3
35Washington, GeorgeNative AmericanMaleMurderHangingTolland
36Watkins, OliverWhiteMaleMurderHangingWindham
37Teller, William28WhiteMaleConvictMurderHangingHartfordNote 1
38Reynolds, Caesar30WhiteMaleConvictMurderHangingHartfordNote 1
39ShermanMaleMurderHangingNew London
40Potter, AndrewWhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
41Foote, HenryWhiteMaleMurderHangingNew HavenNote 1
42McCaffrey, JamesWhiteMaleMurderHangingNew HavenNote 1
43Jennings, Michael18WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
44Toole, GeraldMaleConvictMurderHangingHartford
45Starkweather, Albert25WhiteMaleFarmerMurderHangingHartford
46Wilson, James47WhiteMaleConvictMurderHangingHartford
47Hamlin, HenryWhiteMaleConvictMurderHangingHartford
48Smith, James "Chip"WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
49Palladoni, PhillipWhiteMaleMurderHangingFairfield
50Swift, JohnWhiteMalePiano playerMurderHangingHartford
51Scheele, JacobWhiteMaleSaloon keeperMurderHangingFairfield
52Borjensen, AndrewWhiteMaleLaborerMurderHangingLitchfield
53Petrillo, AngeloWhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
54Cronin, John38WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford
55Hartlein, Kaspar40WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford
56Kippie, Thomas F.42WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
57Fuda, Giuseppe31WhiteMaleLaborerMurderHangingFairfield
58Imposino, Nicodemo22WhiteMaleLaborerMurderHangingFairfield
59Boinay, Charles A.34WhiteMaleWire weaverMurderHangingFairfield
59Willis, Benjamin R.21WhiteMaleMurderHangingFairfield
60Brockhaus, Frederick M.21WhiteMaleCriminalMurderHangingFairfield
61Cross, Charles B.18WhiteMaleFarmhandMurderHangingFairfield
62Misik, Paul34WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford
63Watson, Joseph18BlackMaleValetMurderHangingHartford
64Marx, Gershon73WhiteMaleFarmerMurderHangingNew London
65Sherouk, Ephriam24WhiteMaleLaborerMurderHangingTolland
66Bailey, Henry G.40WhiteMaleFarmhandMurderHangingMiddlesex
67Herman, Alexander26WhiteMaleMurderHangingFairfield
68Washelesky, John32WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
69Rossi, Lorenzo31WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford
70Zett, John48WhiteMaleMurderHangingTolland
71Campagnolo, Giuseppe28WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew HavenNote 1
72Carfaro, Raffaele19WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew HavenNote 1
73Zawedzianczek, John28WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford
74Tanganelli, Andrea26WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
75Redding, George, Jr.21WhiteMaleProduce clerkMurderHangingNew Haven
76Saxon, Louis29WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford
77Plew, James48WhiteMaleFarmhandMurderHangingNew Haven
78Rikteraitis, Matijins29WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
79Buonomo, Joseph24WhiteMaleCriminalMurderHangingFairfield
80Bergeron, Joseph40WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
81Montvid, Bernard23WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford
82Grela, Frank41WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford
83Roe, Harry22WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford[3] Note 1
84Williams, Isaac30WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartfordNote 1
85Zuppa, Pasquale28WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
86Vetere, Francisco25WhiteMaleEntertainerMurderHangingNew HavenNote 1
87Castelli, Joseph24WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew HavenNote 1
88Buglione, Stephen20WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartfordNote 1
89Donvanso, Giovanni21WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartfordNote 1
90Wise, William23WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford
91Dusso, Frank25WhiteMaleLongshoremanMurderHangingNew HavenNote 2
92Pisaniello, Carmine21WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew HavenNote 2
93Lanzillo, Carmine24WhiteMaleLaborerMurderHangingNew HavenNote 2
94Perretta, Erasmo28WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartfordNote 1
95Perretta, Joseph33WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartfordNote 1
96Nechesnook, Nikifor28WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
97Cerrone, Daniel31WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
98Wade, Elwood24WhiteMaleMurderHangingFairfield
99Kaurawskas, John36WhiteMaleLaborerMurderHangingNew Haven
100Schutte, Emil55WhiteMaleMerchantMurderHangingMiddlesex
101Chapman, Gerald35WhiteMaleGangsterMurderHangingHartford
102Wing, Soo Hoo19AsianMaleMurderHangingHartfordNote 1
103Lung, Chin33AsianMaleMurderHangingHartfordNote 1
104Feltovic, John19WhiteMaleMurderHangingFairfield
105Dibattista, Frank26WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford
106Lorenzo, Henry26WhiteMaleMurderHangingHartford
107Simborski, John30WhiteMaleMurderHangingNew Haven
108McElroy, James45WhiteMaleSteamfitterMurderElectrocutionNew Haven
109Palka, Frank26WhiteMale[mechanic]MurderElectrocutionFairfield
110Weaver, Ira36WhiteMaleHandymanMurderElectrocutionMiddlesex Note 1
111Cots, Vincent32WhiteMaleMechanicMurderElectrocutionMiddlesexNote 1
112Gurski, Peter28WhiteMaleMurderElectrocutionLitchfield
113Funderburk, Wilson38BlackMaleMurderElectrocutionHartford
114Decaro, Carlo20WhiteMaleFactory workerMurderElectrocutionHartford
115Rossi, Nicholas33WhiteMaleMurderElectrocutionHartford
116Lewie, Raymond19WhiteMaleConvictMurderElectrocutionHartfordNote 2
117Tommaselli, Arthur25WhiteMaleConvictMurderElectrocutionHartfordNote 2
118McCarthy, James21WhiteMaleConvictMurderElectrocutionHartfordNote 2
119Bradley, Robert38BlackMaleTrash collectorMurderElectrocutionNew Haven
120Lorain, William34WhiteMaleMurderElectrocutionHartford
121Malm, Robert32WhiteMaleDishwasherMurderElectrocutionHartfordNote 1
122Donahue, John22WhiteMaleParoleeMurderElectrocutionFairfieldNote 1
123Davies, George41WhiteMaleMachine tool operatorMurderElectrocutionNew Haven
124Wojculewicz, Frank42WhiteMaleGangsterMurderElectrocutionHartford
125Taborsky, Joseph L.36WhiteMaleGangsterMurderElectrocutionHartford
126Ross, Michael B.45WhiteMaleInsurance salesmanMurderLethal injectionTolland
Average Age:30.44

Notes:

  1. On this occasion, two executions took place.
  2. On this occasion, three executions took place.
  3. This is what the chart claimed in 2005, but contrary to popular belief, Adonijah Bailey was not the oldest person executed at age 79 in 1824; instead, he was tried and sentenced to death at age 80 in January 1825 for the murder of Jeremiah W. Pollock, and hanged himself on May 24, over 2 weeks before he was to be executed.[4] [5] The title of the oldest person executed goes instead to Gershon Marx, hanged on May 18, 1905, for murder at age 73.[6]
  4. James Savage, ed., John Winthrop, The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, Vol. 2, (Boston:Little, Brown, 1853), page 324. See also Goodheart, where there are 158 death penalty victims identified for Connecticut.[7]
  5. Posthumously pardoned.

Summary

AgeFrequencyPercent
19 and below97%
20 to 293931%
30 to 392520%
40 to 491210%
50 and above22%
Unknown3931%
RaceFrequencyPercent
White10483%
Native American108%
Black76%
Asian22%
Unknown32%
SexFrequencyPercent
Male11793%
Female[8] 97%
CrimeFrequencyPercent
Murder10987%
Witchcraft76%
Sodomy43%
Rape32%
Treason22%
Burglary11%
DateFrequencyPercent
1600 to 16991210%
1700 to 17991613%
1800 to 18993225%
1900 to 19996552%
2000 to present11%
MethodFrequencyPercent
Hanging10785%
Electrocution1814%
Lethal injection11%
CountyFrequencyPercent
Hartford4233%
New Haven3931%
Fairfield1814%
New London86%
Litchfield65%
Middlesex65%
Windham32%
Tolland32%
Unknown11%
Total:126 Executions

See also

References

7. https://archives.albany.edu/concern/daos/cz30q762p

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Connecticut governor signs death penalty repeal . April 25, 2012 . CBS News.
  2. https://ctmirror.org/2023/03/02/ct-new-england-witch-trials-salem-witchcraft-convictions-connecticut-legislature
  3. News: Williams and Roe Are Denied Pardons . February 29, 1916 . Norwich Bulletin.
  4. Web site: RootsWeb: RIGENWEB-L Re: [RIGENWEB] Pollock Murder -- the Scoop . 2010-12-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014062138/http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/RIGENWEB/2006-03/1142469753 . 2012-10-14 .
  5. Web site: The Telescope. 1824.
  6. Web site: [Deathpenalty]death penalty news----CONN., ALA., MISS., KY., USA.
  7. Book: Goodheart, Lawrence B.. The Solemn Sentence of Death: Capital Punishment in Connecticut. 2011-01-01. Univ of Massachusetts Press. 978-1558498471. en.
  8. Web site: Pollard . Heather . The Execution of Women in Connecticut . May 17, 2024 . Research Gate.