List of people executed in Iowa

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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Iowa from 1834 to 1963.

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Capital punishment was abolished in Iowa in 1965. [1] 45 people were executed in Iowa from 1834-1963, all by hanging. [2] In 2020, a man from Iowa, Dustin Lee Honken, was federally executed at USP Terre Haute by lethal injection. [3]

List of people executed in Iowa

State executions

NameRaceSexDate of ExecutionMethodCrime(s)
Patrick O’ConnorWhiteMJune 30, 1834 Hanging Murder
William McCauleyMay 13, 1845 Murder
William HodgeJuly 15, 1845 Robbery and Murder
Stephen Hodge Robbery and Murder
William HinkleAugust 13, 1858 Murder
F. GillickApril 27, 1860 Murder
N. A. JohnsonMay 18, 1860 Robbery and Murder
Daniel CliffordJune 19, 1860 Robbery and Murder
Benjamin McCombFebruary 17, 1865 Murder
Chester BellowsDecember 16, 1887 Murder
Henry SchmidtJanuary 15, 1888 Murder
James DooleyJanuary 19, 1894 Rape and Murder
Jacob CumberlandFebruary 8, 1895 Murder
Joseph SmithBlackApril 20, 1906 Murder
John JunkinsJuly 29, 1910 Robbery and Murder
Stanley GrammellJuly 5, 1918 Rape
Robert Johnson Rape
Fred Allen Rape
Ira PaveyWhiteSeptember 8, 1922 Murder
Eugene WeeksSeptember 15, 1922 Robbery and Murder
Orrie CrossNovember 24, 1922 Robbery and Murder
Earl ThrostMarch 9, 1923 Murder
William OlanderSeptember 7, 1923 Robbery and Murder
Roy MaupinBlackJanuary 18, 1924 Murder
Archie BurrisJanuary 2, 1925 Murder
Harland SimmonsWhiteNovember 16, 1925 Robbery and Murder
J. A. R. AltringerNovember 6, 1931 Murder
Elmer BrewerJune 5, 1935 Murder
Pat Griffin Murder
Reginald TracyNovember 29, 1935 Murder
Allen WheatonJanuary 24, 1938 Robbery and Murder
John Mercer Murder
Franz JacobsonApril 19, 1938 Murder
Marlo Heinz Murder
Walter RhodesMay 7, 1940 Murder
Ivan SullivanNovember 12, 1941 Murder
Stanley KasterDecember 29, 1944 Robbery and Murder
William JarrettFebruary 23, 1945 Murder
William HeincyMarch 29, 1946 Robbery and Murder
Philip Heincy Robbery and Murder
Corliss BruntlettJuly 6, 1949 Robbery and Murder
Edward James BeckwithAugust 4, 1952 Rape and Murder
Charles Noel Brown July 24, 1962 Robbery and Murder
Charles Edwin Kelley September 6, 1962 Robbery and Murder

Federal executions

NameRaceSexDate of ExecutionPlace of ExecutionMethodCrime(s)
Victor Feguer WhiteMMarch 15, 1963 Iowa State Penitentiary Hanging Kidnapping (victim killed)
Dustin Lee Honken July 17, 2020 USP Terre Haute Lethal injection Murder

See also

References

  1. "Abolition of capital punishment in Iowa". statelaws.findlaw.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. "Executions in Iowa, from 1834-1963". deathpenaltyusa.org. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. "Dustin Lee Honken executed". apnews.com. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.