This list of people executed in New York gives the names of some of the people
executed
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in New York, both before and after statehood in the
United States
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(including as
New Amsterdam
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), as well as the person's date of execution, method of execution, and the name of the
Governor of New York
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at the date of execution. 1963 marked the last execution in New York State. Some executions recorded during the 17th and 18th centuries do not indicate the name(s) of the executed and therefore are not included.
Regarding electrocutions, which comprise a large percentage of the executions:
* 55 people (54 men and 1 woman) were electrocuted at
Auburn Correctional Facility
Auburn Correctional Facility is a state prison on State Street in Auburn, New York, United States. It was built on land that was once a Cayuga village. It is classified as a maximum security facility.
History
Constructed in 1816 as Auburn Pri ...
* 26 men were electrocuted at
Clinton Correctional Facility
Clinton Correctional Facility is a New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision maximum security state prison for men located in the Village of Dannemora, New York. The prison is sometimes colloquially referred to as Dannem ...
* 614 people (including 8 women) were electrocuted at
Sing Sing
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1600 – 1799
1800 – 1899
1900 – 1963
As a result of several United States Supreme Court decisions,
capital punishment
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was suspended in the United States from 1972 through 1976.
Since 24 June 2004, the New York State death penalty statute has been declared
unconstitutional
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by the
New York Court of Appeals
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.
See also
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Capital punishment in New York (state)
Capital punishment was outlawed in New York after the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, declared the practice as unconstitutional under the state's constitution in 2004.
In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling declare ...
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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
42. ^ 1860: William Fee, the only person hanged in Wayne County;
43. ^ William Fee, charged with the murder of an unknown woman near Clyde, N.Y.
External links
* http://www.executedtoday.com/2011/07/07/1891-new-york-electric-chair/
* http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycleroy/Prisons/Executions.pdf
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Lists of people executed in the United States
New York (state)-related lists
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