List of people executed in Maryland

Last updated November 09, 2023

This is a list of at least 310 people executed in Maryland, United States, between 1638 and 2005.^[1]^[2]

1638–1699: 16 executions

No.	Name	Age	Race	Sex	Occupation	Crime	Method	Date of Execution	County
1	Thomas Smith	?	White	Male	Seaman	Sedition, Piracy, Murder^[3]	Hanging	1638-06-20	St. Mary's
2	Edward Beckler	?	White	Male	Seaman	Sedition, Piracy, Murder^[3]	Hanging	1638-06-20	St. Mary's
3	Richard Ingle	43	White	Male	Seaman	Piracy	Hanging	1653-??-??	St. Mary's
4	William Eltonhead	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1655-??-??	Anne Arundel
5	William Lewis	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1655-??-??	Anne Arundel
6	John Leggatt	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1655-??-??	Anne Arundel
7	John Pedro	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1655-??-??	Anne Arundel
8	John Dandy	?	White	Male	Gunsmith	Murder	Hanging	1657-01-03	Calvert
9	Jacob [slave of Utee]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1665-01-04	St. Mary's
10	Anatchcom	?	Native American	Male	?	Murder	Shooting	1669-05-08	St. Mary's
11	John [unknown surname]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1671-04-14	St. Mary's
12	James Sall	?	White	Male	Servant	Murder	Hanging	1671-04-14	St. Mary's
13	Robert Spear	?	White	Male	Servant	Murder	Hanging	1671-04-14	St. Mary's
14	Robert Warry	?	White	Male	Servant	Murder	Hanging	1671-04-14	St. Mary's
15	Isabella Yousley	?	White	Female	?	Murder	Hanging	1671-04-17	St. Mary's
16	Rebecca Fowler	?	White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft	Hanging	1685-01-09	Calvert

1700–1799: 72 executions

No.	Name	Age	Race	Sex	Occupation	Crime	Method	Date of Execution	County
1	Tom^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1728-11-15	Cecil
2	Jupiter Jack^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1728-12-16	Charles
3	Pompey^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1728-12-16	Charles
4	Parraway [slave of John Aldridge]^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Gibbeting	1729-04-18	Prince George's
5	Corra [slave of Aquilla Hall]^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Gibbeting	1729-05-16	Baltimore
6	Babb^[4]	?	Black	Female	Slave	?	Hanging	1729-06-17	Kent
7	Coacko^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1730-11-25	Prince George's
8	Ben^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1732-11-10	Prince George's
9	Stepney^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Gibbeting	1733-05-16	Charles
10	Tom^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1733-10-03	Anne Arundel
11	Harry^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1733-11-14	Prince George's
12	Michael Aley^[5]	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1735-01-16	Queen Anne's
13	Anthony^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1736-11-10	St. Mary's
14	Kildare^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1736-11-10	Anne Arundel
15	Sam^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1736-11-10	Prince George's
16	Sambo/Sango^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1736-11-10	Prince George's
17	Jack [slave of Leonard Holliday]^[4]	?	Native American	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1737-05-27	Prince George's
18	Cloe^[4]	?	Black	Female	Slave	?	Hanging	1737-05-27	Anne Arundel
19	Iago^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1737-05-27	Anne Arundel
20	Jack^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1737-05-27	Anne Arundel
21	Jack^[4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1737-06-01	Charles
22	Henry Murphy^[5]	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1737-11-16	Charles
23	Bess [slave of John Beale]	?	Black	Female	Slave	Conspiracy to Murder by Poison	Hanging	1738-06-07	Prince George's
24	Charles [slave of Richard Hellen]^[5]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1738-12-12	Calvert
25	[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1738-??-??	Anne Arundel
26	[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1738-??-??	Anne Arundel
27	[Unknown]	?	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1738-??-??	Anne Arundel
28	[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	1739-??-??	Anne Arundel
29	[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Slave Revolt	Hanging	1739-??-??	Prince George's
30	[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1739-??-??	Anne Arundel
31	[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
32	[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
33	[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
34	[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
35	[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
36	[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
37	[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
38	Jack [slave of Phillip Hammond]^[5]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1743-07-22	Anne Arundel
39	Frank [slave of Phillip Hammond]^[5]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1743-07-22	Anne Arundel
40	[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Gibbeting	1743-??-??	?
41	[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Gibbeting	1743-??-??	?
42	Esther Anderson	?	White	Female	?	Murder	Burning	1746-05-13	Kent
43	Hector Grant	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1746-05-13	Kent
44	James Horney	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1746-05-13	Kent
45	Thomas Lamb^[6]	?	?	Male	Servant	Murder	Hanging	1747-05-13^[6]	Prince George's^[6]
46	York [unknown first name]	?	Black	Male	Slave^[4]	Horse Stealing	Hanging	1747-12-09^[4]	Anne Arundel^[4]
47	John Murphy	?	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1749-12-13	Frederick
48	Martha Bassett	?	White	Female	Servant	Murder	Hanging	1752-01-10	Baltimore
49	Mary Powell	?	White	Female	Servant	Murder	Hanging	1752-01-10	Baltimore
50	John Berry	?	White	Male	Servant	Murder	Gibbeting^[5]	1752-01-10	Baltimore
51	Key [unknown first name]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1755-??-??	St. Mary's
52	[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1755-??-??	?
53	Stephen [slave of Ennals]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Theft	Hanging	1762-??-??	Dorchester
54	Richard Crosby	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1762-05-26	Frederick
55	Michael Peck	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1762-10-08	Frederick
56	Toby^[5]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1767-06-26	Dorchester
57	John Stinson^[5]	?	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1769-10-20	Baltimore
58	Tom^[5]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1770-05-02	Somerset
59	[Unknown]	?	?	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	1773-01-22	Frederick
60	[Unknown]	?	?	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	1773-01-22	Frederick
61	[Unknown]	?	?	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	1773-01-22	Frederick
62	[Unknown]	?	?	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	1773-01-22	Frederick
63	[Unknown]	?	White	Male	?	Treason	?	1781-07-25	Frederick
64	[Unknown]	?	White	Male	?	Treason	?	1781-07-25	Frederick
65	[Unknown]	?	White	Male	?	Treason	?	1781-07-25	Frederick
66	Robert Conaway	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1783-11-05	Baltimore
67	John Lee	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1783-11-05	Baltimore
68	Francis Piers	?	Latino	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1783-11-05	Baltimore
69	Donnelly [unknown first name]	?	White	Male	?	Robbery	Hanging	1788-??-??	Baltimore City
70	Murray [unknown first name]	?	White	Male	?	Robbery	Hanging	1788-??-??	Baltimore City
71	Patrick Cassidy	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1788-??-??	Baltimore City
72	John Webb	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1788-??-??	Baltimore City

1800–1899: 139 executions

No.	Name	Age	Race	Sex	Occupation	Crime	Method	Date of Execution	County
1	Sam [slave of Harding]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1803-03-30	Frederick
2	William Morris		White	Male	Escaped Prisoner	Murder	Hanging	1808-04-22	Baltimore City
3	William Robinson		White	Male	Escaped Prisoner	Murder	Hanging	1808-04-22	Baltimore City
4	Daniel Dougherty		White	Male	Escaped Prisoner	Murder	Hanging	1808-04-22	Baltimore City
5	Caleb Dougherty		Black	Male	Escaped Prisoner	Murder	Hanging	1808-04-22	Baltimore City
6	John Riggin		White	Male	Escaped Convict	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1808-04-22	Worcester
7	Frank Johnston		Black	Male	?	Accessory to Murder	Hanging	1808-11-25	Montgomery
8	Peregrine [slave of Rochester]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1810-??-??	Queen Anne's
9	John Armstrong		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1811-11-06	Queen Anne's
10	Jonathan [slave of Owings]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1813-01-26	Frederick
11	Harry [slave of Owings]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1813-01-26	Frederick
12	Nimrod [slave of Owings]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1813-01-26	Frederick
13	Solomon [slave of Owings]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1813-01-26	Frederick
14	Dick [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	1817-??-??	Anne Arundel
15	Joseph Hare		White	Male	Highwayman	Robbery	Hanging	1818-09-10	Baltimore City
16	John Alexander		White	Male	Highwayman	Robbery	Hanging	1818-09-10	Baltimore City
17	John Cotterill		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1820-02-25	Montgomery
18	William Cotterill		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1820-02-25	Montgomery
19	William Cotterill, Jr.		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1820-02-25	Montgomery
20	John Ferguson		?	Male	Seaman	Piracy	Hanging	1820-04-13	Baltimore City
21	Israel Denny		?	Male	Seaman	Piracy	Hanging	1820-04-13	Baltimore City
22	Peregrine Hutton	28	White	Male	Stagecoach Driver	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1820-07-14	Baltimore City
23	Morris Hull	20	White	Male	Druggist	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1820-07-14	Baltimore City
24	Peter [slave of Baker]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1821-03-02	Frederick
25	Kitty [slave of Baker]		Black	Female	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1821-03-02	Frederick
26	George [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	1824-01-29	Baltimore
27	Henry [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	1824-01-29	Baltimore
28	Shelby Jump		?	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1829-??-??	Caroline
29	George Swearingen	29	White	Male	Sheriff	Murder	Hanging	1829-01-02	Allegany
30	Henny [slave of Insley]		Black	Female	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1831-06-??	Dorchester
31	John Markley		White	Male	Ex-Convict	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1831-06-24	Frederick
32	Nelson Wallis		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1833-12-20	Baltimore City
33	Aurelia Chase		Black	Female	Slave	Poisoning	Hanging	1833-12-20	Baltimore City
34	William Adams		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1835-05-29	Baltimore City
35	[Unknown]		?	?	?	?	Hanging	1844-??-??	St. Mary's
36	Adam Horn		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1844-01-12	Baltimore City
37	Henry McCurry		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1845-06-27	Baltimore City
38	Joseph Alexander		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1847-02-26	Baltimore City
39	Charles [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	1847-06-04	St. Mary's
40	Tom [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	1848-??-??	Anne Arundel
41	Conrad Vinter		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1849-07-21	Baltimore City
42	Nicholas Murphy		White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1851-08-08	Kent
43	William Shelton		White	Male	Laborer	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1851-08-08	Kent
44	Abraham Taylor		White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1851-08-08	Kent
45	David [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1852-??-??	Anne Arundel
46	David Johnson		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1853-01-07	Anne Arundel
47	Thomas Connor	19	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1853-08-05	Baltimore City
48	Robert Swift		?	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1855-04-20	Cecil
49	Frederick Miller	25	White	Male	Peddler	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1856-01-03	Allegany
50	Saul [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1856-02-27	Queen Anne's
51	Phillip Hawkins		Black	Male	Freedman	Murder	Hanging	1858-01-??	Frederick
52	Marion Crop	23	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1859-04-08	Baltimore City
53	Henry Gambrill	25	White	Male	Saloon Keeper	Murder	Hanging	1859-04-08	Baltimore City
54	John Cyphus	34	Black	Male	Drayman	Murder	Hanging	1859-04-08	Baltimore City
55	Peter Corrie	26	White	Male	Butcher	Murder	Hanging	1859-04-08	Baltimore City
56	[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1860-11-??	Prince George's
57	[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1860-11-??	Prince George's
58	[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1860-11-??	Prince George's
59	[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1860-11-??	Prince George's
60	Henry Kennard		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1861-??-??	Baltimore
61	Joseph Kuhns		White	Male	Soldier	Murder	Hanging	1862-03-07	Baltimore City
62	Mary Naylor		Black	Female	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1863-??-??	Anne Arundel
63	William Richardson		White	Male	?	Espionage	Hanging	1863-07-05	Frederick
64	Andrew Laypole		White	Male	?	Espionage	Hanging	1864-05-23	Baltimore City
65	George McDonald		White	Male	Soldier	Desertion	Shooting	1864-09-27	Baltimore City
66	Thomas Davis		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1866-11-02	Prince George's
67	William James		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1866-11-02	Prince George's
68	Henry Luckett		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1866-11-02	Prince George's
69	William Plater		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1866-11-02	Prince George's
70	Lucy Purnell		Black	Female	?	Murder	Hanging	1868-02-28	Worcester
71	[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1869-03-05	Somerset
72	[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1869-03-05	Somerset
73	[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1869-03-05	Somerset
74	[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1869-03-05	Somerset
75	George Turner		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1869-05-29	Frederick
76	Nimrod Richards		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1870-08-12	Prince George's
77	John Rice		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1870-09-16	Calvert
78	John Martin	21	Black	Male	Farm Laborer	Rape	Hanging	1871-02-10	Frederick
79	John Howard		White	Male	Canal Boat Worker	Murder	Hanging	1871-02-10	Allegany
80	Mary Wallis	17	Black	Female	Domestic Servant	Murder	Hanging	1871-02-10	Prince George's
81	Fred Lawrence		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1871-07-??	Talbot
82	William Pritchard		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1871-09-29	Baltimore
83	William Craig		Black	Male	Farm Laborer	Rape	Hanging	1873-01-10	Allegany
84	Thomas Jackson	49	Black	Male	Merchant	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1873-07-11	St. Mary's
85	Albert Sanders	23	Black	Male	Ex-Convict	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1873-07-11	Calvert
86	Thomas Hollohan		White	Male	Laborer	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1873-08-01	Baltimore City
87	Joshua Nicholson		White	Male	Laborer	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1873-08-01	Baltimore City
88	James West		Black	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	1873-08-23	Baltimore City
89	Levan Palmer		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1873-08-23	Baltimore
90	Ernest Smith		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1874-08-??	Talbot
91	George Wheeler	23	Black	Male	Farm Hand	Murder	Hanging	1875-03-12	Talbot
92	[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1875-03-12	?
93	Jenkins Howell		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1876-08-12	Worcester
94	Charles Simpson		Black	Male	?	?	Hanging	1877-02-09	Charles
95	Martin Henry		Black	Male	?	?	Hanging	1877-02-09	Charles
96	James Hawkins	20	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1877-11-23	Baltimore
97	Henry Norfolk		White	Male	Farmer	Murder	Hanging	1877-12-21	Anne Arundel
98	Edward Costley	19	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1878-06-21	Frederick
99	Hiram Fooks		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1878-07-21	Somerset
100	Medford Walters	18	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1879-12-05	Cecil
101	John Gothard	53	Black	Male	Farm Hand	Murder	Hanging	1881-04-29	Baltimore
102	Felix Munschor	32	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1881-11-11	Frederick
103	Arthur Preston	21	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1883-01-19	Harford
104	George Lake		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1883-06-29	Dorchester
105	John Smith	40	Black	Male	Railroad Worker	Murder	Hanging	1883-11-16	Garrett
106	Frederick Cephas		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1884-08-01	Dorchester
107	Charles Williams		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1886-01-08	Dorchester
108	Jim Stevens		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1887-02-25	Somerset
109	John Ross		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1887-09-09	Baltimore City
110	John Biscoe		Black	Male	Sailor	Murder	Hanging	1888-04-27	St. Mary's
111	Melvin Garlitz	25	White	Male	Railroad Worker	Murder	Hanging	1889-08-30	Allegany
112	Ernest Forbes		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1891-04-03	Anne Arundel
113	William Blaney		?	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1891-06-12	Baltimore City
114	Thomas Thompson		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1892-01-29	Kent
115	Buck Brooks		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-01-13	Kent
116	Moses Brown		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-01-13	Kent
117	Frisbie Comegys		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-01-13	Kent
118	Fletcher Williams		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-01-13	Kent
119	Alfred Stout		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-01-27	Cecil
120	William Bond	25	Black	Male	Farm Hand	Murder-Rape	Hanging	1893-04-14	Montgomery
121	William Pinkney		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-06-30	Prince George's
122	Daniel Barber		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-06-30	Prince George's
123	Arthur Courtney		Black	Male	Seaman	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1893-12-15	Somerset
124	Henry Taylor		Black	Male	Seaman	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1893-12-15	Somerset
125	William Leonard		White	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	1894-02-16	Frederick
126	Horace Cooper		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1895-06-21	Cecil
127	James Smith		Black	Male	Waiter	Murder-Rape	Hanging	1896-12-18	Prince George's
128	George Matthews		White	Male	Oyster Dredger	Murder	Hanging	1897-03-12	Charles
129	Peter Monahan	74	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1897-08-13	Baltimore City
130	Sommerfield Dennis	16	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1898-08-12	Worcester
131	Joseph Wright	21	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1899-03-24	Kent
132	John Berry	16	Black	Male	Odd Jobs	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1899-06-16	Prince George's
133	Cornelius Gardiner	23	Black	Male	Porter	Rape	Hanging	1899-07-28	Baltimore City
134	Charles James	21	Black	Male	Waiter	Rape	Hanging	1899-07-28	Baltimore City
135	John Myers	19	Black	Male	Messenger	Rape	Hanging	1899-07-28	Baltimore City
136	Joseph Bryan	32	Black	Male	Barber	Murder	Hanging	1899-07-28	Baltimore City
137	Armistead Taylor		Black	Male	Farm Hand	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1899-08-18	Montgomery
138	John Brown		Black	Male	Farm Hand	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1899-08-18	Montgomery
139	Samuel Johnson	22	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1899-12-08	Washington

1900–1961: 112 executions

Maryland's final execution before the nationwide death penalty moratorium caused by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Furman v. Georgia (1972) occurred in 1961.

No.	Name	Age	Race	Sex	Occupation	Crime	Method	Date of Execution	County
1	Amos Smith	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1900-08-03	Baltimore City
2	William Black	?	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1900-08-31	Baltimore City
3	Charles Overs	28	Black	Male	Railroad Worker	Murder	Hanging	1901-04-19	Frederick
4	Wiley Kirk	18	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1901-05-31	Baltimore
5	John Butler	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1901-08-23	Baltimore City
6	Frank Jones	?	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1902-06-20	Howard
7	John Johnson	?	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1902-06-20	Howard
8	Asbury Dixon	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1902-08-29	Worcester
9	John Devine	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1902-09-19	Baltimore City
10	Henry Hardy	37	Black	Male	Fisherman	Murder	Hanging	1905-07-07	Wicomico
11	John Burch	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1905-07-07	Baltimore City
12	John Simpers	?	?	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1905-01-20	Cecil
13	Isaac Winder	?	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1906-03-30	Baltimore
14	William Lee	17	Black	Male	Odd Jobs	Rape	Hanging	1906-07-26	Somerset
15	Frisbie Gibbs	40	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1907-05-10	Baltimore City
16	Edward Wilson	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1908-02-28	Baltimore City
17	Andrew Taylor	27	Black	Male	Farm Hand	Murder	Hanging	1912-08-09	Anne Arundel
18	Wesley Mills	?	Black	Male	Laborer	Rape	Hanging	1912-12-06	Somerset
19	Philip Gibson	?	Black	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	1913-01-03	Baltimore City
20	James Jacobs	?	Black	Male	?	?	Hanging	1913-01-10	Anne Arundel
21	Wish Shepard	18	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1915-08-27	Caroline
22	Frank Grano	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1915-11-26	Worcester
23	John Brown	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1916-06-30	Washington
24	John Snowden	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1919-02-28	Anne Arundel
25	Isaiah Fountain	?	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1920-07-23	Talbot
26	Charles Robinson	?	?	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1921-02-25	Frederick
27	Charles Lewis	?	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1921-03-18	Baltimore City
28	William Davis	?	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1921-03-18	Baltimore City
29	Guy Thompson	41	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1921-04-15	Montgomery
30	Henry Brown	?	Black	Male	Navy Deserter	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1921-09-01	Baltimore City
31	Samuel Smith	?	Black	Male	Chauffeur	Attempted Rape	Hanging	1922-02-24	Baltimore
32	William Stultz	?	White	Male	Plumber	Murder	Hanging	1922-11-10	Frederick
33	Bishop Hawkins	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1923-04-06	Baltimore City
34	George Chelton^[2]	21	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1923-06-08	Somerset
35	Carroll Gibson	18	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1925-02-13	Talbot
36	Isaac Benson	37	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1926-07-23	Baltimore City
37	Richard Whittemore	27	White	Male	Escaped Convict	Murder	Hanging	1926-08-13	Baltimore City
38	William Henry Ross	23	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1927-09-09	Washington
39	Arthur Swann	20	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1927-09-09	Frederick
40	Ottie Simmons	19	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1927-09-09	Frederick
41	Alfred Simms	19	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1927-11-11	Prince George's
42	Benjamin F. Spragins	28	White	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	1928-08-03	Baltimore
43	Charles P. Carey	28	White	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	1928-08-03	Baltimore City
44	Hopkins Watkins	27	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1928-11-16	Baltimore
45	John Orestus Marsh^[2]	51	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1929-08-09	Carroll
46	John Jackson	55	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1930-01-31	Baltimore City
47	Lorenzo Price	32	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1931-06-12	Baltimore
48	Thomas Blackson	42	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1932-01-15	Worcester
49	Walter F. Wright	28	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1932-04-08	Baltimore City
50	Euel Lee	60	Black	Male	Farm Laborer	Murder	Hanging	1933-01-27	Baltimore
51	Page Jupiter	46	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1934-02-02	Charles
52	James A. Gross	25	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1935-04-19	Prince George's
53	Gordon Dent	30	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1935-04-19	Prince George's
54	James Poindexter	27	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1935-06-28	Montgomery
55	William Harold	45	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1935-06-28	Montgomery
56	Willie Williams	25	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1936-06-12	Baltimore City
57	Augusto Perez	22	White	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1936-06-12	Baltimore City
58	James Irvin Howard	20	Black	Male	Laborer	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1937-07-09	Anne Arundel
59	Richard Hammond	31	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1938-08-28	Baltimore City
60	James Albert Turner	25	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1938-08-29	Montgomery
61	Fred L. Brown	44	White	Male	Farmer	Murder	Hanging	1939-03-19	Dorchester
62	Alvin Kenton	23	White	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1940-03-15	Talbot
63	Thomas C. Sanchez	40	White	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1940-03-15	Talbot
64	Otis Harrell	23	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1940-05-10	Baltimore City
65	William T. Sorrell	28	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1940-05-10	Baltimore City
66	Alexander Williams	33	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1940-06-28	Anne Arundel
67	Arthur H. Collick	27	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1940-09-13	Baltimore
68	Wilson Knott	33	White	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1941-01-10	Anne Arundel
69	French White	23	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1941-06-27	Montgomery
70	James Miller	29	White	Male	Farm Laborer	Rape	Hanging	1941-09-26	Allegany
71	Earl Loveless	22	White	Male	Farm Laborer	Rape	Hanging	1941-09-26	Allegany
72	James Baker	38	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1941-12-19	Dorchester
73	Wilbur Pritchett	37	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1942-05-08	Dorchester
74	Frank Haywood	32	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1942-06-05	Prince George's
75	Andrew Henry	54	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1942-07-10	Dorchester
76	Edward Woffard	27	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1942-07-24	Baltimore
77	Charles J. Benjamin	23	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1942-07-24	Baltimore City
78	James Gilliam	39	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1943-01-15	Worcester
79	James Ford	32	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1943-03-12	Baltimore
80	Freeman Holton	21	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1943-06-04	Baltimore City
81	Frank Williams	23	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1943-06-04	Baltimore City
82	John Lampkin	19	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1943-08-13	Baltimore City
83	William Charles Holsey^[2]	33	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1944-02-25	Carroll
84	Martin Smith	20	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1944-03-31	Baltimore City
85	John Hinton	25	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1944-06-16	Dorchester
86	Calvin William Watkins^[2]	24	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1944-11-17	Baltimore City
87	Patrick Murphy	40	White	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1945-07-20	Prince George's
88	Luther McClam	28	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1945-08-17	Baltimore City
89	Donald Brooks	31	White	Male	Truck Driver	Murder-Burglary	Hanging	1945-11-30	Baltimore City
90	John Henry Fields^[2]	38	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1945-12-28	Worcester
91	William Tasker	21	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1946-01-18	Anne Arundel
92	Lloyd Walker	22	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1946-08-09	Baltimore City
93	William Demby	22	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1946-01-04	Baltimore City
94	Roy Nathan Peters^[2]	22	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1946-01-04	Baltimore City
95	Jack Lester Barnes^[2]	25	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1946-12-13	Prince George's
96	Charles Lee Carmen^[2]	19	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1947-01-17	Cecil
97	William Copper	20	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1947-06-27	Cecil
98	Ross J. Abbott	24	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1947-08-01	Dorchester
99	Weldon Jones, Jr.	18	Black	Male	Oyster Picker	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1947-08-01	Wicomico
100	Roy Lee Lathco^[2]	39	White	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1948-04-30	Baltimore
101	Henry T. Jackson	32	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1948-04-30	Worcester
102	Ollie Smith, Jr.	22	Black	Male	Farm Hand	Rape	Hanging	1948-04-30	Dorchester
103	Howard A. Fram	31	White	Male	Unemployed	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1949-07-08	Baltimore City
104	Eugene James	31	Black	Male	Janitor	Murder-Rape	Hanging	1949-08-12	Baltimore City
105	John Knowles	26	Black	Male	Merchant Marine	Murder	Hanging	1949-08-12	Baltimore City
106	Lott Glover	31	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1953-08-25	Prince George's
107	George Grammer	35	White	Male	Office Manager	Murder	Hanging	1954-06-11	Baltimore City
108	William C. Thomas	32	Black	Male	Ex-Convict	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Hanging	1955-06-10	Baltimore City
109	Eddie Lee Daniels^[2]	29	Black	Male	Laborer	Murder-Robbery	Gas Chamber	1957-06-28	Montgomery
110	Carl Daniel Kier^[2]	23	Black	Male	Handyman	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Gas Chamber	1959-01-23^[2]^[7]	Baltimore
111	Leonard M. Shockley	17	Black	Male	Unemployed	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Gas Chamber	1959-04-10	Dorchester
112	Nathaniel Lipscomb	33	Black	Male	?	Murder-Rape	Gas Chamber	1961-06-09	Baltimore City

1994–2005: 5 executions

Between the United States Supreme Court's Gregg v. Georgia decision upholding the use of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, and Maryland's abolition of the death penalty in 2013, a total of five people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Maryland. All were executed by lethal injection.

No.	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1	John Frederick Thanos	White	45	Male	May 17, 1994	Lethal injection	Billy Winebrenner, Gregory Allen Taylor, and Melody Pistorio	William Donald Schaefer
2	Flint Gregory Hunt	Black	38	Male	July 2, 1997		Baltimore police officer Vincent Adolfo	Parris Glendening
3	Tyrone Delano Gilliam Jr.	Black	32	Male	November 16, 1998		Christine Doerfler	Parris Glendening
4	Steven Howard Oken	White	42	Male	June 17, 2004		Dawn Marie Garvin, Patricia Hirt, and Lori Ward	Robert Ehrlich
5	Wesley Eugene Baker	Black	47	Male	December 5, 2005		Jane Tyson	Robert Ehrlich

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Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned practice of killing a person as a punishment for a crime, usually following an authorised, rule-governed process to conclude that the person is responsible for violating norms that warrant said punishment. The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in such a manner is known as a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is known as an execution. A prisoner who has been sentenced to death and awaits execution is condemned and is commonly referred to as being "on death row". Etymologically, the term capital refers to execution by beheading, but executions are carried out by many methods, including hanging, shooting, lethal injection, stoning, electrocution, and gassing.

In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. It is also a legal penalty for some military offenses. Capital punishment has been abolished in 23 states and in the federal capital, Washington, D.C. It is usually applied for only the most serious crimes, such as aggravated murder. Although it is a legal penalty in 27 states, 20 states have the ability to execute death sentences, with the other seven, as well as the federal government, being subject to different types of moratoriums. The existence of capital punishment in the United States can be traced to early colonial Virginia. Along with Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan, the United States is one of four advanced democracies and the only Western nation that applies the death penalty regularly. It is one of 54 countries worldwide applying it, and was the first to develop lethal injection as a method of execution, which has since been adopted by five other countries. The Philippines has since abolished executions, and Guatemala has done so for civil offenses, leaving the United States as one of four countries to still use this method. It is common practice for the condemned to be administered sedatives prior to execution, regardless of the method used.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capital punishment by the United States federal government</span> Legal penalty in the United States

Capital punishment is a legal punishment under the criminal justice system of the United States federal government. It is the most serious punishment that could be imposed under federal law. The serious crimes that warrant this punishment include treason, espionage, murder, large-scale drug trafficking, or attempted murder of a witness, juror, or court officer in certain cases.

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Utah.

The U.S. state of Washington enforced capital punishment until the state's capital punishment statute was declared null and void and abolished in practice by a state Supreme Court ruling on October 11, 2018. The court ruled that it was unconstitutional as applied due to racial bias however it did not render the wider institution of capital punishment unconstitutional and rather required the statute to be amended to eliminate racial biases. From 1904 to 2010, 78 people were executed by the state; the last was Cal Coburn Brown on September 10, 2010. In April 2023, Governor Jay Inslee signed SB5087 which formally abolished capital punishment in Washington State and removed provisions for capital punishment from state law.

Capital punishment was abolished via the legislative process on May 2, 2013, in the U.S. state of Maryland.

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Japan. In practice, it is applied only for aggravated murder, but the current Penal Code and several laws list 14 capital crimes, including conspiracy to commit civil war; conspiracy with a foreign power to provoke war against Japan; murder; obstruction of the operation of railroads, ships, or airplanes resulting in the death of the victim; poisoning of the water supply resulting in the death of the victim; intentional flooding; use of a bomb; and arson of a dwelling. Executions are carried out by long drop hanging, and take place at one of the seven execution chambers located in major cities across the country.

Capital punishment in Michigan was legal from the founding of Sault Ste Marie in 1668 during the French colonial period, until abolition by the state legislature in 1846. Michigan is one of three U.S. states never to have executed anyone following admission into the Union. The federal government, however, outside Michigan's jurisdiction, carried out one federal execution at FCI Milan in 1938.

Capital punishment in Connecticut formerly existed as an available sanction for a criminal defendant upon conviction for the commission of a capital offense. Since the 1976 United States Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia until Connecticut repealed capital punishment in 2012, Connecticut had only executed one person, Michael Bruce Ross in 2005. Initially, the 2012 law allowed executions to proceed for those still on death row and convicted under the previous law, but on August 13, 2015, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that applying the death penalty only for past cases was unconstitutional.

Capital punishment for juveniles in the United States existed until March 2, 2005, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in Roper v. Simmons. Prior to Roper, there were 71 people on death row in the United States for crimes committed as juveniles.

Capital punishment in Alabama is a legal penalty. Alabama has the highest per capita capital sentencing rate in the United States. In some years, its courts impose more death sentences than Texas, a state that has a population five times as large. However, Texas has a higher rate of executions both in absolute terms and per capita.

Rhode Island was one of the earliest states in the United States to abolish capital punishment, having abolished it for all crimes in 1852. The death penalty was reintroduced in 1872, but it was never carried out before being abolished again in 1984. Of all the states, Rhode Island has had the longest period with no executions, none having taken place since 1845.

Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution, even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists. In the United States, after an individual is found guilty of a capital offense in states where execution is a legal penalty, the judge will give the jury the option of imposing a death sentence or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. It is then up to the jury to decide whether to give the death sentence; this usually has to be a unanimous decision. If the jury agrees on death, the defendant will remain on death row during appeal and habeas corpus procedures, which may continue for several decades.

Capital punishment in New Jersey is currently abolished, after Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine signed a law repealing it in 2007. Before this, capital punishment was used and at least 361 people have been executed.

Hanging has been practiced legally in the United States of America from before the nation's birth, up to 1972 when the United States Supreme Court found capital punishment to be in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Four years later, the Supreme Court overturned its previous ruling, and in 1976, capital punishment was again legalized in the United States. As of 2021, three states have laws that specify hanging as an available secondary method of execution.

Capital punishment is abolished in the District of Columbia. However, a number of executions were carried out under the District's jurisdiction before abolition. These executions should be distinguished from cases such as the 1942 execution of the six Nazi saboteurs which took place in the District, but under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government.

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1 2 Vallar, Cindy (2014). "Pirates' Deaths" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-08. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Hanged Slaves by Date, 1726–1775" (PDF). Maryland State Archives. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Hanged After Reprieve – All Classes by Name – 1726–1775" (PDF). Maryland State Archives. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
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↑ "Kier Dies In Gas Chamber For Murder Of Mrs. Bopst". The Baltimore Sun . January 24, 1959. p. 26. Retrieved November 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

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[:0-1] "The Espy Files" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center . 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-06-04.

[:1-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Capital Punishment History – Persons Executed in Maryland since 1923". Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services . Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

[:3-3] 1 2 Vallar, Cindy (2014). "Pirates' Deaths" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-08. Retrieved 2023-11-08.

[:02-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Hanged Slaves by Date, 1726–1775" (PDF). Maryland State Archives. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2023-11-06.

[:12-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Hanged After Reprieve – All Classes by Name – 1726–1775" (PDF). Maryland State Archives. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2023-11-07.

[:2-6] 1 2 3 Ellefson, C. Ashley (2010). "The Private Punishment of Servants and Slaves in Eighteenth-Century Maryland" (PDF). Maryland State Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-07.

[7] "Kier Dies In Gas Chamber For Murder Of Mrs. Bopst". The Baltimore Sun . January 24, 1959. p. 26. Retrieved November 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

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