USA Executions from 1977 to the present
Paul Howell was executed by the State of Florida for the murder of a State Trooper. According to court documents Paul Howell had made a pipe bomb and had placed it in a microwave with the intention of killing someone who could connect him to a murder. Paul Howell would hire another man to deliver … Read more
Michael Taylor was executed by the State of Missouri for the sexual assault and murder of a fifteen year old girl. According to court documents Michael Taylor and Roderick Nunley would kidnap fifteen year old Ann Harrison from a bus stop. The teen girl would be repeatedly sexually assaulted before being murdered. Both Michael Taylor … Read more
Juan Chavez was executed by the State of Florida for the murder of a nine year old child. According to court documents Juan Chavez would kidnap nine year old Jimmy Ryce after the child was dropped off by his school bus. The little boy would be sexually assaulted and murdered. Juan Chavez would ultimately confess … Read more
Kenneth Hogan was executed by the State of Oklahoma for the murder of a woman in 1988. According to court documents Kenneth Hogan would stab to death Lisa Stanley in her home and would then knock over a number of items to make it look like a robbery gone bad. Kenneth Hogan would be arrested, … Read more
Edgar Tamayo was executed by the State of Texas for the murder of a police officer. According to court documents Edgar Tamayo would shoot and kill Houston police officer Guy Gaddis in 1994. Edgar Tamayo who was an illegal immigrant scheduled execution caused a riff between Mexico and the State of Teas however in the … Read more
Dennis McGuire was executed by the State of Ohio for the sexual assault and murder of a woman. According to court documents Dennis McGuire would sexually assault and murder 21 year old Joy Stewart. Dennis McGuire would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death. Dennis McGuire would be executed by lethal injection on January 16, … Read more
Michael Wilson was executed by the State of Oklahoma for a robbery murder. According to court documents Michael Wilson was employed at the QuickTrip in Tulsa. Michael Wilson and a few other men would enter the store, tie up the owner before beating him to death with a baseball bat, Michael Wilson would be arrested, … Read more
Askari Muhammad also known as Thomas Knight was executed by the State of Florida for a double murder. According to court documents Askari Muhammad would murder Sydney and Lillian Gans in 1974, Askari Muhammad would also murder a correctional guard, James Burke, in 1980. Due to his mental health issues Askari Muhammad would remain on death … Read more
Brian Terrell was executed by the State of Georgia for the murder of his mother’s friend. According to court documents Brian Terrell would murder his mother’s friend, 70 year old John Watson after Watson discovered a number of checks missing. Brian Terrell first trial would end in a hung jury and his second trial he … Read more