List of people executed in New Jersey

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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 361 people from its inception to the abolition of the death penalty on December 17, 2007.[1] 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.[2] The last execution for a crime other than murder (or conspiracy to murder) was of Andrew Clark in 1872 for rape. The last woman executed was Margaret Meierhoffer in 1881.

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[4]

Executions in New Jersey, 1900–1963

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1 James Brown ?BlackHanging(1900-02-09)February 9, 1900HudsonMurder
2 Edward Williams ?BlackHanging(1900-03-09)March 9, 1900MercerMurder
3 Edward Clifford ?BlackHanging(1900-05-08)May 8, 1900HudsonMurder
4 Robert Hill28WhiteHanging(1901-02-05)February 5, 1901CamdenMurder
5 Charles Brown ?WhiteHanging(1901-12-03)December 3, 1901BurlingtonMurder and robbery of Washington Hunter, on January 24, 1901; co-defendant of John Young[7]
6 Robert Henson ?BlackHanging(1901-12-27)December 27, 1901MercerMurder in the course of arson
7 John Young ?WhiteHanging(1902-03-18)March 18, 1902BurlingtonMurder and robbery of Washington Hunter, on January 24, 1901; co-defendant of Charles Brown[7]
8 George Hettrick ?BlackHanging(1902-04-04)April 4, 1902MercerMurder
9 Samuel Vanstavern42WhiteHanging(1902-04-08)April 8, 1902CamdenMurder of his estranged wife Katherine, November 29, 1901[8]
10 Henry Schaub ?WhiteHanging(1902-04-25)April 25, 1902EssexMurder
11 Peter Herna ?WhiteHanging(1902-09-19)September 19, 1902BergenMurder
12 Lafayette Gruff21WhiteHanging(1902-09-19)September 19, 1902CamdenMurder of his young wife, Marie Ann "Mamie" Gertrude (née Brown)[9]
13 Job Williams24BlackHanging(1902-11-26)November 26, 1902CumberlandMurder in the course of a robbery
14 Paul A. Woodward23WhiteHanging(1903-01-07)January 7, 1903CamdenMurder of John Coffin and Price Jennings, with strychnine[10]
15 Frank Raisinger ?WhiteHanging(1905-02-15)February 15, 1905CumberlandMurder
16 Arthur Laster ?BlackHanging(1905-04-14)April 14, 1905PassaicMurder in the course of a robbery
17 Joseph Miller ?BlackHanging(1905-04-14)April 14, 1905PassaicMurder
18 Edwin Tapley, Jr. ?BlackHanging(1905-12-22)December 22, 1905HudsonMurder
19 Charles Long ?BlackHanging(1906-01-12)January 12, 1906MercerMurder
20 Nicholas Murdaco23WhiteHanging(1906-01-26)January 26, 1906HudsonMurder
21 Jerry Rossa ?WhiteHanging(1906-02-10)February 10, 1906BergenMurder
22 Guisseppe Marmo ?WhiteHanging(1906-03-22)March 22, 1906EssexMurder
23 Rufus Johnson31BlackHanging(1906-03-24)March 24, 1906BurlingtonMurder in the course of a sexual assault and robbery
24 George Smalls ?BlackHanging(1906-03-24)March 24, 1906BurlingtonMurder in the course of a sexual assault and robbery
25 Edward Brown ?BlackHanging(1906-06-28)June 28, 1906MonmouthMurder
26 Samuel Monich ?WhiteHanging(1906-08-10)August 10, 1906MorrisMurder
27 Saverio DiGiovanni31WhiteElectric chair(1907-12-11)December 11, 1907SomersetMurder of Joseph Sansome in September 1907
28 Stephen Dorsey26BlackElectric chair(1907-12-17)December 17, 1907CamdenMurder in the course of a robbery
29 Charles Gibson31BlackElectric chair(1907-12-17)December 17, 1907CamdenMurder in the course of a robbery
30 James Stewart22BlackElectric chair(1908-02-04)February 4, 1908CamdenMurder
31 Gilbert Matticks45BlackElectric chair(1908-02-25)February 25, 1908CumberlandMurder
32 George Wilson27BlackElectric chair(1908-03-03)March 3, 1908EssexMurder in the course of a robbery
33 Michael Tomasi25WhiteElectric chair(1908-03-09)March 9, 1908HunterdonMurder
34 Giacento Ricci35WhiteElectric chair(1908-12-22)December 22, 1908MiddlesexMurder in the course of a sexual assault
35 John Montessana50WhiteElectric chair(1909-01-11)January 11, 1909EssexMurder
36 Sabino Millilio32WhiteElectric chair(1909-01-18)January 18, 1909HudsonMurder
37 Adolphus Walker27BlackElectric chair(1909-02-17)February 17, 1909CamdenMurder
38 Frederick Lang26WhiteHanging(1909-03-23)March 23, 1909MiddlesexMurder 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[11]
39 Adolph Bertchey49WhiteElectric chair(1909-08-10)August 10, 1909OceanMurder during a burglary
40 Richard Donegan27WhiteElectric chair(1909-09-07)September 7, 1909CumberlandMurder
41 George Ves32WhiteElectric chair(1910-01-25)January 25, 1910MiddlesexMurder
42 Petro Silverio39WhiteElectric chair(1910-08-09)August 9, 1910PassaicMurder
43 Arthur Rose25BlackElectric chair(1910-08-16)August 16, 1910PassaicMurder
44 Howard Savage35BlackElectric chair(1910-08-30)August 30, 1910HudsonMurder
45 Gyula Toft22WhiteElectric chair(1911-01-03)January 3, 1911SomersetMurder
46 John Sears31BlackElectric chair(1911-03-15)March 15, 1911MercerMurder during a burglary
47 Christopher Buntin34BlackElectric chair(1911-04-18)April 18, 1911EssexMurder
48 Frank Heideman27WhiteElectric chair(1911-05-23)May 23, 1911MonmouthMurder in the course of a sexual assault
49 Antonio Luciano28WhiteElectric chair(1912-01-16)January 16, 1912EssexMurder
50 Mariano Bellini25WhiteElectric chair(1912-03-12)March 12, 1912MiddlesexMurder
51 Alexander Kompovic62WhiteElectric chair(1912-11-04)November 4, 1912MiddlesexMurder
52 Joseph Kiviatkowski30WhiteElectric chair(1913-01-04)January 4, 1913HudsonMurder
53 Charles Ford43WhiteElectric chair(1913-02-18)February 18, 1913CamdenMurder
54 Sanders Sylvanus45WhiteElectric chair(1913-06-17)June 17, 1913HunterdonMurder
55 William Diamond21BlackElectric chair(1913-12-02)December 2, 1913MercerMurder of Eli Stetser, a prison guard, during attempted prison break on Sept. 22, 1913
56 Edwin Williams30BlackElectric chair(1913-12-16)December 16, 1913CamdenMurder
57 William Overton27BlackElectric chair(1913-12-30)December 30, 1913EssexMurder
58 Antonio Fiore34WhiteElectric chair(1914-02-10)February 10, 1914EssexMurder
59 Raffael Longo46WhiteElectric chair(1914-05-26)May 26, 1914UnionMurder
60 John Dolan41WhiteElectric chair(1914-08-08)August 8, 1914EssexMurder
61 Joseph Toth23WhiteElectric chair(1914-11-02)November 2, 1914MiddlesexMurder
62 Stefano Ruggierri17WhiteElectric chair(1914-12-22)December 22, 1914SomersetMurder
63 George Green24BlackElectric chair(1915-01-05)January 5, 1915MonmouthMurder 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[12]
64 Griffin James Johnson46BlackElectric chair(1915-01-05)January 5, 1915BurlingtonMurder of Laura Smith, his lover, during an argument on September 14, 1914[12][13]
65 Richard Sparks16BlackElectric chair(1915-01-05)January 5, 1915MonmouthMurder 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[12]
66 Adolph Kubaszewski30WhiteElectric chair(1915-01-26)January 26, 1915EssexMurder
67 August Martin40WhiteElectric chair(1915-02-02)February 2, 1915HudsonMurder
68 Tony Haronovick26WhiteElectric chair(1915-11-30)November 30, 1915PassaicMurder
69 Edgar C. Murphy28WhiteElectric chair(1915-12-07)December 7, 1915BurlingtonMurder of Herman Fisher in July 1911
70 Emil Swentain30WhiteElectric chair(1916-07-05)July 5, 1916MonmouthMurder
71 Wilson Ashbridge22WhiteElectric chair(1917-01-02)January 2, 1917CamdenMurder
72 Calogero Pettito34WhiteElectric chair(1917-03-27)March 27, 1917SalemMurder in the course of a robbery
73 Francesco Nicolisi23WhiteElectric chair(1917-03-27)March 27, 1917SalemMurder in the course of a robbery
74 Paul Maywoon32WhiteElectric chair(1917-08-14)August 14, 1917HunterdonMurder
75 Giovanni Iraca34WhiteElectric chair(1918-02-09)February 9, 1918BurlingtonMurder
76 Thomas Conway32WhiteElectric chair(1918-04-09)April 9, 1918CamdenMurder
77 Frank Laviere27WhiteElectric chair(1919-08-19)August 19, 1919MiddlesexMurder in the course of a robbery
78 Michael DePalma33WhiteElectric chair(1919-08-19)August 19, 1919MiddlesexMurder in the course of a robbery
79 Gerino Palmieri24WhiteElectric chair(1918-08-19)August 19, 1918MiddlesexMurder in the course of a robbery
80 Camill Martin25WhiteElectric chair(1920-09-14)September 14, 1920EssexMurder
81 Philip Schilling29WhiteElectric chair(1921-02-01)February 1, 1921EssexMurder
82 Stephen Carrigan35WhiteElectric chair(1921-03-15)March 15, 1921PassaicMurder
83 Frederick Pierson40BlackElectric chair(1921-07-26)July 26, 1921WarrenMurder
84 Harold V. Lamble (AKA George Brandon)29WhiteElectric chair(1921-08-23)August 23, 1921UnionMurder of Edith Janny and Arthur P. Kupfer on August 21, 1918
85 William Fitzsimmons32WhiteElectric chair(1921-08-23)August 23, 1921MiddlesexMurder
86 Raymond P. Schuck ?WhiteElectric chair(1921-08-30)August 30, 1921CamdenMurder in the course of a robbery
87 Frank J. James ?WhiteElectric chair(1921-08-30)August 30, 1921CamdenMurder in the course of a robbery
88 Louis J. Lively35BlackElectric chair(1922-01-17)January 17, 19221922-01-17BurlingtonMurder and mutilation of 7-year-old Matilda Russo in June 1921[14]
89 George Washington Knight26BlackElectric chair(1922-01-17)January 17, 1922MiddlesexMurder of Edith M. Wilson, March 12, 1921, in the course of a sexual assault and robbery[14]
90 George Gares56WhiteElectric chair(1922-02-02)February 2, 1922MiddlesexMurder and sexual assault of a female child
91 William Morehouse57WhiteElectric chair(1922-05-31)May 31, 1922EssexMurder during a burglary
92 Guilford Young28WhiteElectric chair(1922-09-15)September 15, 1922CamdenMurder
93 William Battles19BlackElectric chair(1923-02-13)February 13, 1923EssexMurder in the course of a sexual assault
94 Frank Sage31WhiteElectric chair(1924-01-15)January 15, 1924HudsonMurder
95 Antonio Turco34WhiteElectric chair(1924-01-29)January 29, 1924SussexMurder in the course of a robbery
96 Angelino Carlino38WhiteElectric chair(1924-01-29)January 29, 1924SussexMurder in the course of a robbery
97 Frank Taylor34WhiteElectric chair(1924-07-15)July 15, 1924GloucesterMurder
98 Edward Allen25WhiteElectric chair(1924-07-15)July 15, 1924GloucesterMurder
99 Tony Briglia25WhiteElectric chair(1924-07-15)July 15, 1924GloucesterMurder
100 Anthony Bagdanowitz23WhiteElectric chair(1924-07-15)July 15, 1924CamdenMurder
101 Anthony Staub59WhiteElectric chair(1924-07-22)July 22, 1924PassaicMurder
102 Daniel Genese24WhiteElectric chair(1925-12-15)December 15, 1925SomersetMurder in the course of a robbery
103 James Lynch28WhiteElectric chair(1926-11-30)November 30, 1926BergenMurder in the course of a robbery
104 Peter Doro32WhiteElectric chair(1927-01-11)January 11, 1927EssexMurder
105 Paul William Feursten45WhiteElectric chair(1927-05-17)May 17, 1927CamdenMurder of Harriet A. Vickers on Jun. 29, 1926
106 Salvatore Merra49WhiteElectric chair(1927-08-05)August 5, 1927EssexMurder
107 Louis Capozzi27WhiteElectric chair(1927-11-18)November 18, 1927EssexMurder in the course of a robbery
108 Joseph "Big Joe" Juliano35WhiteElectric chair(1927-11-18)November 18, 1927EssexMurder in the course of a robbery
109 Christopher Barone21WhiteElectric chair(1927-11-18)November 18, 1927EssexMurder in the course of a robbery
110 Nick "Little Joe" Juliano28WhiteElectric chair(1927-11-18)November 18, 1927EssexMurder in the course of a robbery
111 George Yarrow28WhiteElectric chair(1928-06-01)June 1, 1928GloucesterMurder in the course of a sexual assault
112 David Ware49BlackElectric chair(1929-05-31)May 31, 1929MercerMurder
113 Peter Kudzinowski25WhiteElectric chair(1929-12-21)December 21, 1929HudsonSerial killer; murders of 20-year-old Harry Quinn, 5-year-old Julia Mlodzianowski, and 7-year-old Joseph Storelli
114 Joseph Marrazzo29WhiteElectric chair(1930-01-10)January 10, 1930MercerMurder
115 Frank Pannatiere26WhiteElectric chair(1930-01-10)January 10, 1930MercerMurder
116 Henry Colin Campbell (AKA Henry Close)62WhiteElectric chair(1930-04-18)April 18, 1930UnionMurder of Mildred Mowry in 1929; suspected of murdering Margaret Brown in 1928
117 Joseph Rado27WhiteElectric chair(1930-07-22)July 22, 1930EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
118 John Murray32WhiteElectric chair(1930-07-22)July 22, 1930EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
119 Louis Malanga23WhiteElectric chair(1930-07-22)July 22, 1930EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
120 Victor Giampietro24WhiteElectric chair(1930-07-22)July 22, 1930EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
121 Arthur Cort22WhiteElectric chair(1930-12-29)December 29, 1930EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
122 William Gimbel21WhiteElectric chair(1930-12-29)December 29, 1930EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
123 Joseph Calabrese24WhiteElectric chair(1930-12-29)December 29, 1930EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
124 Daniel Grosso32WhiteElectric chair(1931-04-10)April 10, 1931UnionMurder during the course of a robbery
125 Joseph Rusnak25WhiteElectric chair(1931-07-14)July 14, 1931HudsonMurder
126 Bonaventura Nardella43WhiteElectric chair(1931-07-20)July 20, 1931PassaicMurder
127 Vincent Leonar36WhiteElectric chair(1931-07-27)July 27, 1931EssexMurder
128 Charles Fithian22WhiteElectric chair(1931-12-30)December 30, 1931SalemMurder of J. William MacCausland during a botched robbery attempt
129 Peter Giordano20WhiteElectric chair(1931-12-30)December 30, 1931SalemMurder of J. William MacCausland during a botched robbery attempt
130 William Frazier31WhiteElectric chair(1932-04-01)April 1, 1932UnionMurder
131 Raymond George22BlackElectric chair(1932-04-25)April 25, 1932HudsonMurder
132 Eugene Compo22WhiteElectric chair(1932-06-08)June 8, 1932EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
133 Giuseppe Di Dolce43WhiteElectric chair(1932-07-20)July 20, 1932UnionMurder
134 John Hart32BlackElectric chair(1933-04-05)April 5, 1933UnionMurder
135 Louis Fine50WhiteElectric chair(1931-06-12)June 12, 1931AtlanticMurder during the course of a robbery
136 Andreacy Kumachinsky52WhiteElectric chair(1931-11-08)November 8, 1931HunterdonMurder
137 Melroyal Burrell33BlackElectric chair(1934-03-26)March 26, 1934EssexMurder of Belle McGraw (also spelled Belle McCraw, or Delie McCraw), his landlord with whom he had an intimate relationship, May 18, 1933[15][16][17]
138 George DiStefano25WhiteElectric chair(1935-03-15)March 15, 1935MercerMurder during the course of a robbery
139 Michael Mule23WhiteElectric chair(1935-03-15)March 15, 1935MercerMurder during the course of a robbery
140 Connie Scarponi23WhiteElectric chair(1935-03-15)March 15, 1935MercerMurder during the course of a robbery
141 John Favorito25WhiteElectric chair(1935-10-15)October 15, 1935BergenMurder during the course of a robbery
142 Kurt Barth22WhiteElectric chair(1935-10-15)October 15, 1935EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
143 Romaine Johnson32BlackElectric chair(1935-12-30)December 30, 1935CumberlandMurder during the course of a sexual assault and robbery
144 Bruno Richard Hauptmann36WhiteElectric chair(1936-04-03)April 3, 1936HunterdonFamous kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. on March 2, 1932
145 Charles Zied37WhiteElectric chair(1936-06-22)June 22, 1936CamdenMurder
146 Edward Metelski26WhiteElectric chair(1936-08-04)August 4, 1936MiddlesexMurder of a police officer
147 Ramon Cota (AKA Orby Hethcoat)35WhiteElectric chair(1938-01-21)January 21, 1938MercerMurder
148 William Stephan29WhiteElectric chair(1938-02-08)February 8, 1938CamdenMurder during the course of a robbery
149 Doran Roach27BlackElectric chair(1938-03-22)March 22, 1938UnionMurder of Celia Kadesh and her daughter by stabbing
150 Albert Faria30WhiteElectric chair(1935-04-01)April 1, 1935EssexMurder
151 Harry Simmons26Native AmericanElectric chair(1938-04-01)April 1, 1938EssexMurder
152 Smalley Burrell23BlackElectric chair(1938-08-23)August 23, 1938GloucesterMurder during the course of a robbery
153 William Brown23BlackElectric chair(1938-08-23)August 23, 1938GloucesterMurder during the course of a robbery
154 Walter Dworecki42WhiteElectric chair(1940-03-28)March 28, 1940CamdenConspiracy to commit murder
155 William Kupkosky31WhiteElectric chair(1941-12-02)December 2, 1941EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
156 George Foulds23WhiteElectric chair(1942-01-06)January 6, 1942MercerMurder during the course of a robbery
157 Robert Cox31BlackElectric chair(1942-03-10)March 10, 1942CamdenMurder
158 John Swan26BlackElectric chair(1944-02-15)February 15, 1944MiddlesexSexual assault and murder of 20-year-old Marion Oliver
159 Howard Jefferson30BlackElectric chair(1945-02-29)February 29, 1945SalemMurder during the course of a sexual assault
160 Arthur Degroat35BlackElectric chair(1945-11-05)November 5, 1945BergenMurder
161 Daniel Molnar25WhiteElectric chair(1945-11-27)November 27, 1945MiddlesexMurder 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[18]
162 Robert Deegan28WhiteElectric chair(1945-12-11)December 11, 1945BergenMurder during the course of a robbery
163 James Brooks24BlackElectric chair(1948-04-23)April 23, 1948EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
164 George Hicks22BlackElectric chair(1948-09-28)September 28, 1948EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
165 George Cole24BlackElectric chair(1948-09-28)September 28, 1948EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
166 Ralph Cordasco51WhiteElectric chair(1949-06-27)June 27, 1949EssexMurder
167 Alfred Collins36BlackElectric chair(1949-08-16)August 16, 1949GloucesterMurder during the course of a sexual assault and robbery
168 Buford Tansimore52BlackElectric chair(1950-04-04)April 4, 1950EssexMurder
169 Howard Auld26WhiteElectric chair(1951-05-27)May 27, 1951CamdenMurder during the course of a sexual assault
170 Clarence Smith38WhiteElectric chair(1952-05-13)May 13, 1952EssexMurder
171 Frederick Dunk26WhiteElectric chair(1952-05-13)May 13, 1952EssexMurder
172 Robert Jellison23WhiteElectric chair(1952-05-13)May 13, 1952EssexMurder
173 Irving Peterson33BlackElectric chair(1952-08-26)August 26, 1952MonmouthMurder
174 Theodore Walker22BlackElectric chair(1954-07-27)July 27, 1954MercerMurder during the course of a sexual assault and robbery
175 James Beard40BlackElectric chair(1954-08-17)August 17, 1954CamdenMurder
176 Frank Roscus34WhiteElectric chair(1955-01-04)January 4, 1955EssexMurder
177 Eugene Monahan44WhiteElectric chair(1955-01-11)January 11, 1955UnionMurder during the course of a robbery
178 Felipe Rios27Asian (Filipino)Electric chair(1955-05-03)May 3, 1955CamdenMurder during the course of a robbery
179 Joaquin Rodriguez33Asian (Filipino)Electric chair(1955-05-03)May 3, 1955CamdenMurder during the course of a robbery
180 Jose Cruz25Asian (Filipino)Electric chair(1955-05-03)May 3, 1955CamdenMurder during the course of a robbery
181 Alfred Stokes21BlackElectric chair(1955-09-02)September 2, 1955UnionMurder of Clinton E. Bond, a 37-year-old police sergeant, during a botched holdup/robbery on February 12, 1954[19]
182 Harry Wise22BlackElectric chair(1955-09-02)September 2, 1955UnionMurder of Clinton E. Bond, a 37-year-old police sergeant, during a botched holdup/robbery on February 12, 1954[19]
183 Albert Wise24BlackElectric chair(1955-09-02)September 2, 1955UnionMurder of Clinton E. Bond, a 37-year-old police sergeant, during a botched holdup/robbery on February 12, 1954[19]
184 John Henry Tune24BlackElectric chair(1956-08-21)August 21, 1956EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
185 Fred Sturdivant27BlackElectric chair(1962-07-03)July 3, 1962EssexSexual assault and murder of his 4+12-year-old stepdaughter
186 Joseph Roland Ernst25WhiteElectric chair(1962-07-31)July 31, 1962CamdenMurder of Joan Connor, his ex-girlfriend, on March 15, 1959[20]
187 Ralph Hudson43BlackElectric chair(1963-01-22)January 22, 1963AtlanticMurder of Myrtle Hudson, his estranged wife
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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.[3] The information in the above table is sourced from M. Watt Espy's research unless otherwise specified.

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