List of people executed in New Jersey

This is a list of people executed in New Jersey. No one has been executed by the state of New Jersey since 1963, although a statute reinstating capital punishment for murder had been in force from 1982 until 2007. New Jersey executed a total of 360 people from its inception to the abolition of the death penalty on December 17, 2007.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first person executed was a slave known to history only as Tom for a rape in 1690. The last execution was of Ralph Hudson for murder on January 22, 1963. Of those executions, 187 occurred in the 20th century.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The last execution for a crime other than murder (or conspiracy to murder) was of "Sam The Younger" in 1788 for arson.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The last woman executed was Margaret Meierhoffer in 1881.

The youngest person to be executed in New Jersey was 13-year-old James Guild on November 28, 1828. Guild, a slave boy, who was hanged for a murdering a white woman when he was 12 in 1827.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The judge, reluctant to impose the death sentence upon someone so young, referred the case to the Supreme Court of New Jersey. However, the court upheld the death sentence for the boy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Except for a dozen slaves executed by burning in the early 18th century, executions in New Jersey were by hanging until 1906. Electrocution was used since then, with the exception of the execution of Frederick Lang in the Middlesex County jail by hanging in 1909. Hangings in New Jersey were carried out under the authority of the county in which the condemned man or woman was convicted; after the switch to the electric chair, all executions took place under state authority in the execution chamber of the Trenton State Prison, where death row and the electric chair resided.<ref name="deathpenaltyinfo.org">http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/ESPYstate.pdf Template:Bare URL PDF</ref> In 1982, New Jersey resumed executions after the nationwide moratorium imposed by Furman v. Georgia; a year later, the state transitioned to lethal injection as their method of execution. However, they never ended up executing any inmates by that method. To this date, Ralph Hudson's 1963 electrocution is the last execution in New Jersey's state history.<ref name="DPIC-NJ">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2006, New Jersey lawmakers drafted a moratorium on executions while a task force studied the fairness and cost of the death sentence. New Jersey had eight people on Death Row at the time.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On December 10, 2007, the New Jersey Senate passed a bill to repeal the current death penalty statute and replaced it with life imprisonment without parole. On Dec. 13, 2007, the state's General Assembly adopted the same law. Governor Corzine signed the bill into law on December 17, 2007.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> All eight of New Jersey's death row inmates (including Jesse Timmendequas, whose rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in 1994 led to the creation of laws requiring community notification of registered sex offenders) had their sentences commuted to life without parole.<ref name="DPIC-NJ" />

Executions in New Jersey, 1900–1963

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#	Name	Age	Race	Method of Execution	Date of Execution	County	Crime
1	James Brown	?	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Hudson	Murder
2	Edward Williams	?	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder
3	Edward Clifford	?	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Hudson	Murder
4	Robert Hill	28	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder
5	Charles Brown	?	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Burlington	Murder and robbery of Washington Hunter, on January 24, 1901; co-defendant of John Young<ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref>
6	Robert Henson	?	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder in the course of arson
7	John Young	?	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Burlington	Murder and robbery of Washington Hunter, on January 24, 1901; co-defendant of Charles Brown<ref name=":3" />
8	George Hettrick	?	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder
9	Samuel Vanstavern	42	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder of his estranged wife Katherine, November 29, 1901<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
10	Henry Schaub	?	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
11	Peter Herna	?	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Bergen	Murder
12	Lafayette Gruff	21	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder of his young wife, Marie Ann "Mamie" Gertrude (née Brown)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
13	Job Williams	24	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Cumberland	Murder in the course of a robbery
14	Paul A. Woodward	23	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder of John Coffin and Price Jennings, with strychnine<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
15	Frank Raisinger	?	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Cumberland	Murder
16	Arthur Laster	?	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Passaic	Murder in the course of a robbery
17	Joseph Miller	?	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Passaic	Murder
18	Edwin Tapley, Jr.	?	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Hudson	Murder
19	Charles Long	?	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder
20	Nicholas Murdaco	23	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Hudson	Murder
21	Jerry Rossa	?	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Bergen	Murder
22	Guisseppe Marmo	?	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
23	Rufus Johnson	31	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Burlington	Murder in the course of a sexual assault and robbery
24	George Smalls	?	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Burlington	Murder in the course of a sexual assault and robbery
25	Edward Brown	?	Black	Hanging	Template:Death date	Monmouth	Murder
26	Samuel Monich	?	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Morris	Murder
27	Saverio DiGiovanni	31	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Somerset	Murder of Joseph Sansome in September 1907
28	Stephen Dorsey	26	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder in the course of a robbery
29	Charles Gibson	31	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder in the course of a robbery
30	James Stewart	22	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder
31	Gilbert Matticks	45	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Cumberland	Murder
32	George Wilson	27	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder in the course of a robbery
33	Michael Tomasi	25	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hunterdon	Murder
34	Giacento Ricci	35	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder in the course of a sexual assault
35	John Montessana	50	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
36	Sabino Millilio	32	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hudson	Murder
37	Adolphus Walker	27	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder
38	Frederick Lang	26	White	Hanging	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder of his niece, Gate Gordon, on April 20, 1906, after she rejected his marriage proposal; he was hanged because the murder occurred before the electric chair law came into effect<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
39	Adolph Bertchey	49	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Ocean	Murder during a burglary
40	Richard Donegan	27	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Cumberland	Murder
41	George Ves	32	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder
42	Petro Silverio	39	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Passaic	Murder
43	Arthur Rose	25	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Passaic	Murder
44	Howard Savage	35	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hudson	Murder
45	Gyula Toft	22	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Somerset	Murder
46	John Sears	31	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder during a burglary
47	Christopher Buntin	34	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
48	Frank Heideman	27	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Monmouth	Murder in the course of a sexual assault
49	Antonio Luciano	28	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
50	Mariano Bellini	25	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder
51	Alexander Kompovic	62	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder
52	Joseph Kiviatkowski	30	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hudson	Murder
53	Charles Ford	43	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder
54	Sanders Sylvanus	45	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hunterdon	Murder
55	William Diamond	21	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder of Eli Stetser, a prison guard, during attempted prison break on Sept. 22, 1913
56	Edwin Williams	30	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder
57	William Overton	27	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
58	Antonio Fiore	34	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
59	Raffael Longo	46	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Union	Murder
60	John Dolan	41	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
61	Joseph Toth	23	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder
62	Stefano Ruggierri	17	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Somerset	Murder
63	George Green	24	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Monmouth	Murder of Charles A. Ely during a burglary and robbery of $27 at Ely's home on September 9, 1914; was brother-in-law of Richard Sparks<ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref>
64	Griffin James Johnson	46	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Burlington	Murder of Laura Smith, his girlfriend, during an argument on September 14, 1914<ref name=":1" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
65	Richard Sparks	17	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Monmouth	Murder of Charles A. Ely during a burglary and robbery of $27 at Ely's home on September 9, 1914; was brother-in-law of George Green<ref name=":1" />
66	Adolph Kubaszewski	30	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
67	August Martin	40	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hudson	Murder
68	Tony Haronovick	26	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Passaic	Murder
69	Edgar C. Murphy	28	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Burlington	Murder of Herman Fisher in July 1911
70	Emil Swentain	30	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Monmouth	Murder
71	Wilson Ashbridge	22	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder
72	Calogero Pettito	34	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Salem	Murder in the course of a robbery
73	Francesco Nicolisi	23	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Salem	Murder in the course of a robbery
74	Paul Maywoon	32	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hunterdon	Murder
75	Giovanni Iraca	34	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Burlington	Murder
76	Thomas Conway	32	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder
77	Frank Laviere	27	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder in the course of a robbery
78	Michael DePalma	33	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder in the course of a robbery
79	Gerino Palmieri	24	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder in the course of a robbery
80	Camill Martin	25	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
81	Philip Schilling	29	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
82	Stephen Carrigan	35	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Passaic	Murder
83	Frederick Pierson	40	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Warren	Murder
84	Harold V. Lamble (AKA George Brandon)	29	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Union	Murder of Edith Janny and Arthur P. Kupfer on August 21, 1918
85	William Fitzsimmons	32	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder
86	Raymond P. Schuck	?	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder in the course of a robbery
87	Frank J. James	?	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder in the course of a robbery
88	Louis J. Lively	35	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Burlington	Murder and mutilation of 7-year-old Matilda Russo in June 1921<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref>
89	George Washington Knight	26	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder of Edith M. Wilson, March 12, 1921, in the course of a sexual assault and robbery<ref name=":2" />
90	George Gares	56	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder and sexual assault of a female child
91	William Morehouse	57	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during a burglary
92	Guilford Young	28	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder
93	William Battles	19	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder in the course of a sexual assault
94	Frank Sage	31	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hudson	Murder
95	Antonio Turco	34	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Sussex	Murder in the course of a robbery
96	Angelino Carlino	38	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Sussex	Murder in the course of a robbery
97	Frank Taylor	34	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Gloucester	Murder
98	Edward Allen	25	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Gloucester	Murder
99	Tony Briglia	25	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Gloucester	Murder
100	Anthony Bagdanowitz	23	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder
101	Anthony Staub	59	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Passaic	Murder
102	Daniel Genese	24	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Somerset	Murder in the course of a robbery
103	James Lynch	28	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Bergen	Murder in the course of a robbery
104	Peter Doro	32	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
105	Paul William Feursten	45	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder of Harriet A. Vickers on Jun. 29, 1926
106	Salvatore Merra	49	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
107	Louis Capozzi	27	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder in the course of a robbery
108	Joseph "Big Joe" Juliano	35	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder in the course of a robbery
109	Christopher Barone	21	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder in the course of a robbery
110	Nick "Little Joe" Juliano	28	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder in the course of a robbery
111	George Yarrow	28	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Gloucester	Murder in the course of a sexual assault
112	David Ware	49	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder
113	Peter Kudzinowski	25	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hudson	Serial killer; murders of 20-year-old Harry Quinn, 5-year-old Julia Mlodzianowski, and 7-year-old Joseph Storelli
114	Joseph Marrazzo	29	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder
115	Frank Pannatiere	26	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder
116	Henry Colin Campbell (AKA Henry Close)	62	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Union	Murder of Mildred Mowry in 1929; suspected of murdering Margaret Brown in 1928
117	Joseph Rado	27	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
118	John Murray	32	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
119	Louis Malanga	23	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
120	Victor Giampietro	24	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
121	Arthur Cort	22	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
122	William Gimbel	21	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
123	Joseph Calabrese	24	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
124	Daniel Grosso	32	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Union	Murder during the course of a robbery
125	Joseph Rusnak	25	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hudson	Murder
126	Bonaventura Nardella	43	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Passaic	Murder
127	Vincent Leonar	36	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
128	Charles Fithian	22	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Salem	Murder of J. William MacCausland during a botched robbery attempt
129	Peter Giordano	20	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Salem	Murder of J. William MacCausland during a botched robbery attempt
130	William Frazier	31	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Union	Murder
131	Raymond George	22	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hudson	Murder
132	Eugene Compo	22	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
133	Giuseppe Di Dolce	43	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Union	Murder
134	John Hart	32	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Union	Murder
135	Louis Fine	50	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Atlantic	Murder during the course of a robbery
136	Andreacy Kumachinsky	52	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hunterdon	Murder
137	Melroyal Burrell	33	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder of Belle McGraw (also spelled Belle McCraw, or Delie McCraw), his landlord with whom he had an intimate relationship, May 18, 1933<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
138	George DiStefano	25	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder during the course of a robbery
139	Michael Mule	23	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder during the course of a robbery
140	Connie Scarponi	23	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder during the course of a robbery
141	John Favorito	25	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Bergen	Murder during the course of a robbery
142	Kurt Barth	22	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
143	Romaine Johnson	32	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Cumberland	Murder during the course of a sexual assault and robbery
144	Bruno Richard Hauptmann	36	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Hunterdon	Famous kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. on March 2, 1932
145	Charles Zied	37	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder
146	Edward Metelski	26	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder of a police officer
147	Ramon Cota (AKA Orby Hethcoat)	35	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder
148	William Stephan	29	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder during the course of a robbery
149	Doran Roach	27	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Union	Murder of Celia Kadesh and her daughter by stabbing
150	Albert Faria	30	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
151	Harry Simmons	26	Native American	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
152	Smalley Burrell	23	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Gloucester	Murder during the course of a robbery
153	William Brown	23	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Gloucester	Murder during the course of a robbery
154	Walter Dworecki	42	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Conspiracy to commit murder
155	William Kupkosky	31	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
156	George Foulds	23	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder during the course of a robbery
157	Robert Cox	31	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder
158	John Swan	26	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Sexual assault and murder of 20-year-old Marion Oliver
159	Howard Jefferson	30	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Salem	Murder during the course of a sexual assault
160	Arthur Degroat	35	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Bergen	Murder
161	Daniel Molnar	25	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Middlesex	Murder of Adam Roszanski (his father-in-law) during a shooting spree after an argument with his wife; also indicted for murdering Deputy Police Chief Robert Shanley, Patrolman Walter Rusinack, and 11-year-old Alice Scott, December 7, 1944<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
162	Robert Deegan	28	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Bergen	Murder during the course of a robbery
163	James Brooks	24	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
164	George Hicks	22	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
165	George Cole	24	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
166	Ralph Cordasco	51	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
167	Alfred Collins	36	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Gloucester	Murder during the course of a sexual assault and robbery
168	Buford Tansimore	52	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
169	Howard Auld	26	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder during the course of a sexual assault
170	Clarence Smith	38	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
171	Frederick Dunk	26	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
172	Robert Jellison	23	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
173	Irving Peterson	33	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Monmouth	Murder
174	Theodore Walker	22	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Mercer	Murder during the course of a sexual assault and robbery
175	James Beard	40	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder
176	Frank Roscus	34	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder
177	Eugene Monahan	44	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Union	Murder during the course of a robbery
178	Felipe Rios	27	Asian (Filipino)	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder during the course of a robbery
179	Joaquin Rodriguez	33	Asian (Filipino)	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder during the course of a robbery
180	Jose Cruz	25	Asian (Filipino)	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder during the course of a robbery
181	Alfred Stokes	21	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Union	Murder of Clinton E. Bond, a 37-year-old police sergeant, during a botched holdup/robbery on February 12, 1954<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>
182	Harry Wise	22	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Union	Murder of Clinton E. Bond, a 37-year-old police sergeant, during a botched holdup/robbery on February 12, 1954<ref name=":0" />
183	Albert Wise	24	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Union	Murder of Clinton E. Bond, a 37-year-old police sergeant, during a botched holdup/robbery on February 12, 1954<ref name=":0" />
184	John Henry Tune	24	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Murder during the course of a robbery
185	Fred Sturdivant	27	Black	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Essex	Sexual assault and murder of his Template:Frac-year-old stepdaughter
186	Joseph Roland Ernst	25	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Camden	Murder of Joan Connor, his ex-girlfriend, on March 15, 1959<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
187	Ralph Hudson	43	White	Electric chair	Template:Death date	Atlantic	Murder of Myrtle Hudson, his estranged wife

A complete list of 15,269 executions in the United States prior to the reintroduction of capital punishment in the 1970s was compiled by M. Watt Espy and John Ortiz Smykla, and was made available through the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research.<ref name="deathpenaltyinfo.org"/> The information in the above table is sourced from M. Watt Espy's research unless otherwise specified.

See also

• Capital punishment in New Jersey
• Capital punishment in the United States