List of people executed in Connecticut

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates This is a list of people executed in Connecticut, prior to the abolition of capital punishment in the state on April 25, 2012.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Number Name Age Race Sex Occupation Crime Date Method County Notes
1 Nepauduck — Native American Male — Murder Template:Dts Beheading New Haven
2 Spencer, George — White Male Servant Sodomy Template:Date table sorting Hanging New Haven Note 5
3 Plaine, William 56 White Male Sodomy Template:Date table sorting Hanging New Haven Note 4
4 Young, Alse 31-32 White Female — Witchcraft Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
5 Johnson, Mary — White Female Servant Witchcraft Template:Dts Hanging —
6 Carrington, Sr, John 37 White Male Carpenter Witchcraft March 1651 Hanging Hartford
7 Carrington, Joan — White Female Housewife Witchcraft March 1651 Hanging Hartford
8 Bassett (Holland), Margery "Goody" — White Female Housewife Witchcraft Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
9 Knapp, Elizabeth — White Female Housewife Witchcraft Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
10 Gilbert, Lydia White Female Murder (by Witchcraft) December 15, 1654 Hanging
11 Walter Robinson 15 White Male — Sodomy Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
12 John Knight — White Male — Sodomy Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
13 Greensmith, Nathaniel — White Male — Witchcraft Template:Dts Hanging Hartford Note 1
14 Greensmith, Rebecca — White Female Housewife Witchcraft
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16 Potter, William — White Male — Sodomy Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
17 Briggs, Ruth White Female Murder June 1668 Hanging Hartford
18 Rood, Thomas 46 White Male IncestTemplate:Efn October 18, 1672 Hanging New London
19 — — Native American Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven Note 2
20 — — Native American Male — Murder
21 — — Native American Male — Murder
22 Thomas, Abigail White Female Murder May 27, 1708 Hanging Hartford
23 Waisoiusksquaw Native American Female Murder May 15, 1711 Hanging
24 Garrett, Catherine 27 Native American Female Servant Murder Template:Dts Hanging New London
25 Jack Black Rape November 16, 1743 Hanging Hartford
26 Kate Black Murder
27 Shaw, Elizabeth White Murder December 18, 1745 Hanging Windham
28 Cuff Black Slave Rape May 15, 1749 Hanging New Haven
29 Bramble, Sarah — White Female — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New London
30 Frazier, Isaac — — Male — Burglary Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
31 Jacobs, John — Native American Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Litchfield
32 Paul, Moses — Native American Male Drifter Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
33 Dunbar, Moses 30 White Male Farmer Treason Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
34 Griswold — White Male — Treason Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
35 Davenport, Barnet 20 White Male Servant Murder Template:Dts Hanging Litchfield
36 Ocuish, Hannah 12 Native American Female — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New London
37 Mountain, Joseph 33 Black Male — Rape Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
38 Doane, Richard — White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
39 Starr, Thomas — White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Middlesex
40 Anthony — Black Male Freedman Rape Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
41 Adams, Caleb 18 White Male Laborer Murder Template:Dts Hanging Windham
42 Freeman, Samuel 25 Black Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Windham
43 Niles, Henry — Native American Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New London
44 Babcock, Miner — White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New London
45 Lung, Peter — White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Middlesex
46 Adams, Amos 28 Black Male — Rape Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
47 Bailey, Adonijah 79 — Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Windham Note 3
48 Washington, George — Native American Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Tolland
49 Watkins, Oliver — White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Windham
50 Teller, William 28 White Male Convict Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford Note 1
51 Reynolds, Caesar 30 White Male Convict Murder
52 Sherman — — Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New London
53 Potter, Andrew — White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
54 Foote, Henry — White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven Note 1
55 McCaffrey, James — White Male —
56 Jennings, Michael 18 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
57 Toole, Gerald — — Male Convict Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
58 Starkweather, Albert 25 White Male Farmer Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
59 Wilson, James 47 White Male Convict Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
59 Hamlin, Henry — White Male Convict Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
60 Smith, James "Chip" — White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
61 Palladoni, Phillip — White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
62 Swift, John — White Male Piano player Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
63 Scheele, Jacob — White Male Saloon keeper Murder Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
64 Borjensen, Andrew — White Male Laborer Murder Template:Dts Hanging Litchfield
65 Petrillo, Angelo — White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
66 Cronin, John 38 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
67 Hartlein, Kaspar 40 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
68 Kippie, Thomas F. 42 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
69 Fuda, Giuseppe 31 White Male Laborer Murder Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
70 Imposino, Nicodemo 22 White Male Laborer Murder Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
71 Boinay, Charles A. 34 White Male Wire weaver Murder Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
72 Willis, Benjamin R. 21 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
73 Brockhaus, Frederick M. 21 White Male Criminal Murder Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
74 Cross, Charles B. 18 White Male Farmhand Murder Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
75 Misik, Paul 34 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
76 Watson, Joseph 18 Black Male Valet Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
77 Marx, Gershon 73 White Male Farmer Murder Template:Dts Hanging New London
78 Sherouk, Ephriam 24 White Male Laborer Murder Template:Dts Hanging Tolland
79 Bailey, Henry G. 40 White Male Farmhand Murder Template:Dts Hanging Middlesex
80 Herman, Alexander 26 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
81 Washelesky, John 32 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
82 Rossi, Lorenzo 31 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
83 Zett, John 48 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Tolland
84 Campagnolo, Giuseppe 28 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven Note 1
85 Carfaro, Raffaele 19 White Male — Murder
86 Zawedzianczek, John 28 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
87 Tanganelli, Andrea 26 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
88 Redding, George, Jr. 21 White Male Produce clerk Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
89 Saxon, Louis 29 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
90 Plew, James 48 White Male Farmhand Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
91 Rikteraitis, Matijins 29 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
92 Buonomo, Joseph 24 White Male Criminal Murder Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
93 Bergeron, Joseph 40 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
94 Montvid, Bernard 23 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
95 Grela, Frank 41 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
96 Roe, Harry 22 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford<ref name="Norwich">Template:Cite news</ref> Note 1
97 Williams, Isaac 30 White Male — Murder
98 Zuppa, Pasquale 28 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
99 Vetere, Francisco 25 White Male Entertainer Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven Note 1
100 Castelli, Joseph 24 White Male — Murder
101 Buglione, Stephen 20 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford Note 1
102 Donvanso, Giovanni 21 White Male — Murder
103 Wise, William 23 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
104 Dusso, Frank 25 White Male Longshoreman Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven Note 2
105 Pisaniello, Carmine 21 White Male — Murder
106 Lanzillo, Carmine 24 White Male Laborer Murder
107 Perretta, Erasmo 28 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford Note 1
108 Perretta, Joseph 33 White Male — Murder
109 Nechesnook, Nikifor 28 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
110 Cerrone, Daniel 31 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
111 Wade, Elwood 24 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
112 Kaurawskas, John 36 White Male Laborer Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
113 Schutte, Emil 55 White Male Merchant Murder Template:Dts Hanging Middlesex
114 Chapman, Gerald 35 White Male Gangster Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
115 Wing, Soo Hoo 19 Asian Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford Note 1
116 Lung, Chin 33 Asian Male — Murder
117 Feltovic, John 19 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Fairfield
118 Dibattista, Frank 26 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
119 Lorenzo, Henry 26 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging Hartford
120 Simborski, John 30 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Hanging New Haven
121 McElroy, James 45 White Male Steamfitter Murder Template:Dts Electrocution New Haven
122 Palka, Frank 26 White Male Mechanic Murder Template:Dts Electrocution Fairfield
123 Weaver, Ira 36 White Male Handyman Murder Template:Dts Electrocution Middlesex Note 1
124 Cots, Vincent 32 White Male Mechanic Murder
125 Gurski, Peter 28 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Electrocution Litchfield
126 Funderburk, Wilson 38 Black Male — Murder Template:Dts Electrocution Hartford
127 Decaro, Carlo 20 White Male Factory worker Murder Template:Dts Electrocution Hartford
128 Rossi, Nicholas 33 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Electrocution Hartford
129 Lewie, Raymond 19 White Male Convict Murder Template:Dts Electrocution Hartford Note 2
130 Tommaselli, Arthur 25 White Male Convict Murder
131 McCarthy, James 21 White Male Convict Murder
132 Bradley, Robert 38 Black Male Trash collector Murder Template:Dts Electrocution New Haven
133 Lorain, William 34 White Male — Murder Template:Dts Electrocution Hartford
134 Malm, Robert 32 White Male Dishwasher Murder Template:Dts Electrocution Hartford Note 1
135 Donahue, John 22 White Male Parolee Murder Fairfield
136 Davies, George 41 White Male Machine tool operator Murder Template:Dts Electrocution New Haven
137 Wojculewicz, Frank 42 White Male Gangster Murder Template:Dts Electrocution Hartford
138 Taborsky, Joseph L. 36 White Male Gangster Murder Template:Dts Electrocution Hartford
139 Ross, Michael B. 45 White Male Insurance salesman Murder Template:Dts Lethal injection Tolland
Average Age: 30.56

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  1. 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  2. Posthumously pardoned.

Summary

Age Frequency Percent
19 and below 9 5%
20 to 29 39 28%
30 to 39 25 18%
40 to 49 13 9%
50 and above 2 1%
Unknown 51 37%
Race Frequency Percent
White 113 81%
Native American 11 8%
Black 10 7%
Asian 2 1%
Unknown 3 2%
Sex Frequency Percent
Male 125 90%
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14 10%
Crime Frequency Percent
Murder 116 83%
Witchcraft 9 6%
Rape 5 4%
Sodomy 5 4%
Treason 2 1%
Burglary 1 1%
Incest 1 1%
Date Frequency Percent
1600 to 1699 18 13%
1700 to 1799 22 16%
1800 to 1899 33 24%
1900 to 1999 65 47%
2000 to present 1 1%
Method Frequency Percent
Hanging 119 86%
Electrocution 18 13%
Beheading 1 1%
Lethal injection 1 1%
County Frequency Percent
Hartford 48 35%
New Haven 42 30%
Fairfield 18 13%
New London 9 6%
Middlesex 6 4%
Windham 5 4%
Litchfield 4 3%
Tolland 4 3%
Unknown 3 1%
Total: 139 executions

See also

Notes

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References

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