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.

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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

#NameAgeRaceMethod of ExecutionDate of Execution (YYYY-MM-DD)CountyCrime
1James Brown ?BlackHanging1900-02-09HudsonMurder
2Edward Williams ?BlackHanging1900-03-09MercerMurder
3Edward Clifford ?BlackHanging1900-05-08HudsonMurder
4Robert Hill28WhiteHanging1901-02-05CamdenMurder
5Charles Brown ?WhiteHanging1901-12-03BurlingtonMurder and robbery of Washington Hunter, on January 24, 1901; co-defendant of John Young [7]
6Robert Henson ?BlackHanging1901-12-27MercerMurder in the course of arson
7John Young ?WhiteHanging1902-03-18BurlingtonMurder and robbery of Washington Hunter, on January 24, 1901; co-defendant of Charles Brown [7]
8George Hettrick ?BlackHanging1902-04-04MercerMurder
9Samuel Vanstavern42WhiteHanging1902-04-08CamdenMurder of his estranged wife Katherine, November 29, 1901 [8]
10Henry Schaub ?WhiteHanging1902-04-25EssexMurder
11Peter Herna ?WhiteHanging1902-09-19BergenMurder
12Lafayette Gruff21WhiteHanging1902-09-19CamdenMurder of his young wife, Marie Ann "Mamie" Gertrude (née Brown) [9]
13Job Williams24BlackHanging1902-11-26CumberlandMurder in the course of a robbery
14Paul A. Woodward23WhiteHanging1903-01-07CamdenMurder of John Coffin and Price Jennings, with strychnine [10]
15Frank Raisinger ?WhiteHanging1905-02-15CumberlandMurder
16Arthur Laster ?BlackHanging1905-04-14PassaicMurder in the course of a robbery
17Joseph Miller ?BlackHanging1905-04-14PassaicMurder
18Edwin Tapley, Jr. ?BlackHanging1905-12-22HudsonMurder
19Charles Long ?BlackHanging1906-01-12MercerMurder
20Nicholas Murdaco23WhiteHanging1906-01-26HudsonMurder
21Jerry Rossa ?WhiteHanging1906-02-10BergenMurder
22Guisseppe Marmo ?WhiteHanging1906-03-22EssexMurder
23Rufus Johnson31BlackHanging1906-03-24BurlingtonMurder in the course of a sexual assault and robbery
24George Smalls ?BlackHanging1906-03-24BurlingtonMurder in the course of a sexual assault and robbery
25Edward Brown ?BlackHanging1906-06-28MonmouthMurder
26Samuel Monich ?WhiteHanging1906-08-10MorrisMurder
27Saverio DiGiovanni31WhiteElectric chair1907-12-11SomersetMurder of Joseph Sansome in September 1907
28Stephen Dorsey26BlackElectric chair1907-12-17CamdenMurder in the course of a robbery
29Charles Gibson31BlackElectric chair1907-12-17CamdenMurder in the course of a robbery
30James Stewart22BlackElectric chair1908-02-04CamdenMurder
31Gilbert Matticks45BlackElectric chair1908-02-25CumberlandMurder
32George Wilson27BlackElectric chair1908-03-03EssexMurder in the course of a robbery
33Michael Tomasi25WhiteElectric chair1908-03-09HunterdonMurder
34Giacento Ricci35WhiteElectric chair1908-12-22MiddlesexMurder in the course of a sexual assault
35John Montessana50WhiteElectric chair1909-01-11EssexMurder
36Sabino Millilio32WhiteElectric chair1909-01-18HudsonMurder
37Adolphus Walker27BlackElectric chair1909-02-17CamdenMurder
38Frederick Lang26WhiteHanging1909-03-23MiddlesexMurder 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]
39Adolph Bertchey49WhiteElectric chair1909-08-10OceanMurder during a burglary
40Richard Donegan27WhiteElectric chair1909-09-07CumberlandMurder
41George Ves32WhiteElectric chair1910-01-25MiddlesexMurder
42Petro Silverio39WhiteElectric chair1910-08-09PassaicMurder
43Arthur Rose25BlackElectric chair1910-08-16PassaicMurder
44Howard Savage35BlackElectric chair1910-08-30HudsonMurder
45Gyula Toft22WhiteElectric chair1911-01-03SomersetMurder
46John Sears31BlackElectric chair1911-03-15MercerMurder during a burglary
47Christopher Buntin34BlackElectric chair1911-04-18EssexMurder
48Frank Heideman27WhiteElectric chair1911-05-23MonmouthMurder in the course of a sexual assault
49Antonio Luciano28WhiteElectric chair1912-01-16EssexMurder
50Mariano Bellini25WhiteElectric chair1912-03-12MiddlesexMurder
51Alexander Kompovic62WhiteElectric chair1912-11-04MiddlesexMurder
52Joseph Kiviatkowski30WhiteElectric chair1913-01-04HudsonMurder
53Charles Ford43WhiteElectric chair1913-02-18CamdenMurder
54Sanders Sylvanus45WhiteElectric chair1913-06-17HunterdonMurder
55William Diamond21BlackElectric chair1913-12-02MercerMurder of Eli Stetser, a prison guard, during attempted prison break on Sept. 22, 1913
56Edwin Williams30BlackElectric chair1913-12-16CamdenMurder
57William Overton27BlackElectric chair1913-12-30EssexMurder
58Antonio Fiore34WhiteElectric chair1914-02-10EssexMurder
59Raffael Longo46WhiteElectric chair1914-05-26UnionMurder
60John Dolan41WhiteElectric chair1914-08-08EssexMurder
61Joseph Toth23WhiteElectric chair1914-11-02MiddlesexMurder
62Stefano Ruggierri17WhiteElectric chair1914-12-22SomersetMurder
63George Green24BlackElectric chair1915-01-05MonmouthMurder 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]
64Griffin James Johnson46BlackElectric chair1915-01-05BurlingtonMurder of Laura Smith, his lover, during an argument on September 14, 1914 [12] [13]
65Richard Sparks16BlackElectric chair1915-01-05MonmouthMurder 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]
66Adolph Kubaszewski30WhiteElectric chair1915-01-26EssexMurder
67August Martin40WhiteElectric chair1915-02-02HudsonMurder
68Tony Haronovick26WhiteElectric chair1915-11-30PassaicMurder
69Edgar C. Murphy28WhiteElectric chair1915-12-07BurlingtonShot and killed Herman Fisher in July 1911
70Emil Swentain30WhiteElectric chair1916-07-05MonmouthMurder
71Wilson Ashbridge22WhiteElectric chair1917-01-02CamdenMurder
72Calogero Pettito34WhiteElectric chair1917-03-27SalemMurder in the course of a robbery
73Francesco Nicolisi23WhiteElectric chair1917-03-27SalemMurder in the course of a robbery
74Paul Maywoon32WhiteElectric chair1917-08-14HunterdonMurder
75Giovanni Iraca34WhiteElectric chair1918-02-09BurlingtonMurder
76Thomas Conway32WhiteElectric chair1918-04-09CamdenMurder
77Frank Laviere27WhiteElectric chair1919-08-19MiddlesexMurder in the course of a robbery
78Michael DePalma33WhiteElectric chair1919-08-19MiddlesexMurder in the course of a robbery
79Gerino Palmieri24WhiteElectric chair1919-08-19MiddlesexMurder in the course of a robbery
80Camill Martin25WhiteElectric chair1920-09-14EssexMurder
81Philip Schilling29WhiteElectric chair1921-02-01EssexMurder
82Stephen Carrigan35WhiteElectric chair1921-03-15PassaicMurder
83Frederick Pierson40BlackElectric chair1921-07-26WarrenMurder
84Harold V. Lamble (AKA George Brandon)29WhiteElectric chair1921-08-23UnionMurder of Edith Janny and Arthur P. Kupfer on August 21, 1918
85William Fitzsimmons32WhiteElectric chair1921-08-23MiddlesexMurder
86Raymond P. Schuck ?WhiteElectric chair1921-08-30CamdenMurder in the course of a robbery
87Frank J. James ?WhiteElectric chair1921-08-30CamdenMurder in the course of a robbery
88Louis J. Lively35BlackElectric chair1922-01-17BurlingtonMurder and mutilation of 7-year-old Matilda Russo in June 1921 [14]
89George Washington Knight26BlackElectric chair1922-01-17MiddlesexMurder of Edith M. Wilson, March 12, 1921, in the course of a sexual assault and robbery [14]
90George Gares56WhiteElectric chair1922-02-02MiddlesexMurder and sexual assault of a female child
91William Morehouse57WhiteElectric chair1922-05-31EssexMurder during a burglary
92Guilford Young28WhiteElectric chair1922-09-15CamdenMurder
93William Battles19BlackElectric chair1923-02-13EssexMurder in the course of a sexual assault
94Frank Sage31WhiteElectric chair1924-01-15HudsonMurder
95Antonio Turco34WhiteElectric chair1924-01-29SussexMurder in the course of a robbery
96Angelino Carlino38WhiteElectric chair1924-01-29SussexMurder in the course of a robbery
97Frank Taylor34WhiteElectric chair1924-07-15GloucesterMurder
98Edward Allen25WhiteElectric chair1924-07-15GloucesterMurder
99Tony Briglia25WhiteElectric chair1924-07-15GloucesterMurder
100Anthony Bagdanowitz23WhiteElectric chair1924-07-15CamdenMurder
101Anthony Staub59WhiteElectric chair1924-07-22PassaicMurder
102Daniel Genese24WhiteElectric chair1925-12-15SomersetMurder in the course of a robbery
103James Lynch28WhiteElectric chair1926-11-30BergenMurder in the course of a robbery
104Peter Doro32WhiteElectric chair1927-01-11EssexMurder
105Paul William Feursten45WhiteElectric chair1927-05-17CamdenMurder of Harriet A. Vickers on Jun. 29, 1926
106Salvatore Merra49WhiteElectric chair1927-08-05EssexMurder
107Louis Capozzi27WhiteElectric chair1927-11-18EssexMurder in the course of a robbery
108Joseph "Big Joe" Juliano35WhiteElectric chair1927-11-18EssexMurder in the course of a robbery
109Christopher Barone21WhiteElectric chair1927-11-18EssexMurder in the course of a robbery
110Nick "Little Joe" Juliano28WhiteElectric chair1927-11-18EssexMurder in the course of a robbery
111George Yarrow28WhiteElectric chair1928-06-01GloucesterMurder in the course of a sexual assault
112David Ware49BlackElectric chair1929-05-31MercerMurder
113 Peter Kudzinowski 25WhiteElectric chair1929-12-21HudsonSerial killer; murders of 20-year-old Harry Quinn, 5-year-old Julia Mlodzianowski, and 7-year-old Joseph Storelli
114Joseph Marrazzo29WhiteElectric chair1930-01-10MercerMurder
115Frank Pannatiere26WhiteElectric chair1930-01-10MercerMurder
116 Henry Colin Campbell (AKA Henry Close)62WhiteElectric chair1930-04-18UnionMurder of Mildred Mowry in 1929; suspected of murdering Margaret Brown in 1928
117Joseph Rado27WhiteElectric chair1930-07-22EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
118John Murray32WhiteElectric chair1930-07-22EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
119Louis Malanga23WhiteElectric chair1930-07-22EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
120Victor Giampietro24WhiteElectric chair1930-07-22EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
121Arthur Cort22WhiteElectric chair1930-12-29EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
122William Gimbel21WhiteElectric chair1930-12-29EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
123Joseph Calabrese24WhiteElectric chair1930-12-29EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
124Daniel Grosso32WhiteElectric chair1931-04-10UnionMurder during the course of a robbery
125Joseph Rusnak25WhiteElectric chair1931-07-14HudsonMurder
126Bonaventura Nardella43WhiteElectric chair1931-07-20PassaicMurder
127Vincent Leonar36WhiteElectric chair1931-07-27EssexMurder
128Charles Fithian22WhiteElectric chair1931-12-30SalemMurder of J. William MacCausland during a botched robbery attempt
129Peter Giordano20WhiteElectric chair1931-12-30SalemMurder of J. William MacCausland during a botched robbery attempt
130William Frazier31WhiteElectric chair1932-04-01UnionMurder
131Raymond George22BlackElectric chair1932-04-25HudsonMurder
132Eugene Compo22WhiteElectric chair1932-06-08EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
133Giuseppe Di Dolce43WhiteElectric chair1932-07-20UnionMurder
134John Hart32BlackElectric chair1933-04-05UnionMurder
135Louis Fine50WhiteElectric chair1933-06-12AtlanticMurder during the course of a robbery
136Andreacy Kumachinsky52WhiteElectric chair1933-11-08HunterdonMurder
137Melroyal Burrell33BlackElectric chair1934-03-26EssexMurder 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]
138George DiStefano25WhiteElectric chair1935-03-15MercerMurder during the course of a robbery
139Michael Mule23WhiteElectric chair1935-03-15MercerMurder during the course of a robbery
140Connie Scarponi23WhiteElectric chair1935-03-15MercerMurder during the course of a robbery
141John Favorito25WhiteElectric chair1935-10-15BergenMurder during the course of a robbery
142Kurt Barth22WhiteElectric chair1935-10-15EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
143Romaine Johnson32BlackElectric chair1935-12-30CumberlandMurder during the course of a sexual assault and robbery
144 Bruno Richard Hauptmann 36WhiteElectric chair1936-04-03HunterdonFamous kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. on March 2, 1932
145Charles Zied37WhiteElectric chair1936-06-22CamdenMurder
146Edward Metelski26WhiteElectric chair1936-08-04MiddlesexMurder of a police officer
147Ramon Cota (AKA Orby Hethcoat)35WhiteElectric chair1938-01-21MercerMurder
148William Stephan29WhiteElectric chair1938-02-08CamdenMurder during the course of a robbery
149Doran Roach27BlackElectric chair1938-03-22UnionMurder of Celia Kadesh and her daughter by stabbing
150Albert Faria30WhiteElectric chair1938-04-01EssexMurder
151Harry Simmons26Native AmericanElectric chair1938-04-01EssexMurder
152Smalley Burrell23BlackElectric chair1938-08-23GloucesterMurder during the course of a robbery
153William Brown23BlackElectric chair1938-08-23GloucesterMurder during the course of a robbery
154Walter Dworecki42WhiteElectric chair1940-03-28CamdenConspiracy to commit murder
155William Kupkosky31WhiteElectric chair1941-12-02EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
156George Foulds23WhiteElectric chair1942-01-06MercerMurder during the course of a robbery
157Robert Cox31BlackElectric chair1942-03-10CamdenMurder
158John Swan26BlackElectric chair1944-02-15MiddlesexSexual assault and murder of 20-year-old Marion Oliver
159Howard Jefferson30BlackElectric chair1944-02-29SalemMurder during the course of a sexual assault
160Arthur Degroat35BlackElectric chair1945-11-05BergenMurder
161Daniel Molnar25WhiteElectric chair1945-11-27MiddlesexMurder 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]
162Robert Deegan28WhiteElectric chair1945-12-11BergenMurder during the course of a robbery
163James Brooks24BlackElectric chair1948-04-23EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
164George Hicks22BlackElectric chair1948-09-28EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
165George Cole24BlackElectric chair1948-09-28EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
166Ralph Cordasco51WhiteElectric chair1949-06-27EssexMurder
167Alfred Collins36BlackElectric chair1949-08-16GloucesterMurder during the course of a sexual assault and robbery
168Buford Tansimore52BlackElectric chair1950-04-04EssexMurder
169Howard Auld26WhiteElectric chair1951-05-27CamdenMurder during the course of a sexual assault
170Clarence Smith38WhiteElectric chair1952-05-13EssexMurder
171Frederick Dunk26WhiteElectric chair1952-05-13EssexMurder
172Robert Jellison23WhiteElectric chair1952-05-13EssexMurder
173Irving Peterson33BlackElectric chair1952-08-26MonmouthMurder
174Theodore Walker22BlackElectric chair1954-07-27MercerMurder during the course of a sexual assault and robbery
175James Beard40BlackElectric chair1954-08-17CamdenMurder
176Frank Roscus34WhiteElectric chair1955-01-04EssexMurder
177Eugene Monahan44WhiteElectric chair1955-01-11UnionMurder during the course of a robbery
178Felipe Rios27Asian (Filipino)Electric chair1955-05-03CamdenMurder during the course of a robbery
179Joaquin Rodriguez33Asian (Filipino)Electric chair1955-05-03CamdenMurder during the course of a robbery
180Jose Cruz25Asian (Filipino)Electric chair1955-05-03CamdenMurder during the course of a robbery
181Alfred Stokes21BlackElectric chair1955-09-02UnionMurder of Clinton E. Bond, a 37-year-old police sergeant, during a botched holdup/robbery on February 12, 1954 [19]
182Harry Wise22BlackElectric chair1955-09-02UnionMurder of Clinton E. Bond, a 37-year-old police sergeant, during a botched holdup/robbery on February 12, 1954 [19]
183Albert Wise24BlackElectric chair1955-09-02UnionMurder of Clinton E. Bond, a 37-year-old police sergeant, during a botched holdup/robbery on February 12, 1954 [19]
184John Henry Tune24BlackElectric chair1956-08-21EssexMurder during the course of a robbery
185Fred Sturdivant27BlackElectric chair1962-07-03EssexSexual assault and murder of his 4+12-year-old stepdaughter
186 Joseph Roland Ernst 25WhiteElectric chair1962-07-31CamdenMurder of Joan Connor, his ex-girlfriend, on March 15, 1959 [20]
187 Ralph Hudson 43BlackElectric chair1963-01-22AtlanticMurder 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. [3]

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