The following is a list of people executed by the
U.S. state of
Idaho since
capital punishment was resumed in 1976.
Three men have been executed for murder since the ''
Gregg v. Georgia
''Gregg v. Georgia'', ''Proffitt v. Florida'', ''Jurek v. Texas'', ''Woodson v. North Carolina'', and ''Roberts v. Louisiana'', 428 U.S. 153 (1976), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. It reaffirmed the Court's acceptance of the use ...
'' decision; all three were executed by
lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing rapid death. The main application for this procedure is capital puni ...
at the
Idaho Maximum Security Institution
Idaho Maximum Security Institution (IMSI) is a maximum-security prison located near Kuna, Idaho, one of a cluster of seven detention facilities known as the "South Boise Prison Complex". The other prisons in the area are the Correctional Alternati ...
, east of
Kuna
Kuna may refer to:
Places
* Kuna, Idaho, a town in the United States
** Kuna Caves, a lava tube in Idaho
* Kuna Peak, a mountain in California
* , a village in the Orebić municipality, Croatia
* , a village in the Konavle municipality, Croatia ...
.
Wells' execution in early 1994 was the first in the state in over 36 years (October 1957); the next was over 17 years later (November 2011).
Demographics
Prior executions
Previous executions in Idaho were by
hanging at the
state penitentiary, east of
downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
Boise. The last six were:
* 1957 – Raymond Snowden, October 18
* 1951 – Ernest Walrath and Troy Powell, April 13
* 1926 – John Junko, July 9
* 1924 – Noah Arnold, December 19
* 1909 – Frank Seward, May 7
See also
*
Capital punishment in Idaho
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Idaho.
Legal process
When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous.
In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the tr ...
*
Capital punishment in the United States
In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. It is also a legal penalty for some military offenses. Capital punishment has been abolished in 23 s ...
References
{{CapPun-US
People executed
Idaho