This is a list of people executed in Kansas.
No one has been executed by the state of
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
since 1965, although
capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...
is legal there. Historically, 58 people have been executed in the area now occupied by the state. Many of these were federal executions of soldiers and
POW
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.
Belligerents hold prisoners of war ...
s, often at the
United States Disciplinary Barracks
The United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) colloquially known as Leavenworth, is a military correctional facility located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas.
It is one of three major prisons built on Fort Leavenwo ...
in
Leavenworth. Fourteen German POWs were executed at Leavenworth in 1945.
The last executions in Kansas were at the
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF) is a state prison operated by the Kansas Department of Corrections. LCF is located in Lansing, Kansas, in Leavenworth County. LCF, along with the Federal Bureau of Prison's United States Penitentiary, Leavenwo ...
, when spree killers
James Latham and George York were executed for murder in 1965. Except for John Coon, executed in 1853 by firing squad, all federal and state executions in Kansas have been by hanging. The current method of execution is 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 ...
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List of people executed in Kansas
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Capital punishment in Kansas
Capital punishment is currently a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Kansas, although it has not been used since 1965.
History
From 1853 to 1965, 76 executions were carried out under Kansas' jurisdiction. All but one, the first, were by hangin ...
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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 ...
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Crime in Kansas
In 2018, there were 89,468 crimes reported in the U.S. state of Kansas. 12,782 of these were violent offenses, including 113 murders.
Capital punishment laws
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the ...
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List of death row inmates in Kansas
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Lists of people from Kansas
This is a list of lists of people from Kansas. Inclusion in this list should be reserved for existing Wikipedia lists about people from the American state of Kansas.
List of people from Kansas
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People executed
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Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...