List of people executed in Connecticut

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This is a list of people executed in the U.S. state of Connecticut, prior to the abolition of capital punishment in the state on April 25, 2012.[1][2][3]

1639–1893

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More information Name, Race ...
Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Nepauduck Native American M January 30, 1639 New Haven Murder [4] Theophilus Eaton
Busheage Native American M 1644[a] New Haven Attempted murder [5]
George Spencer White 41 M April 1, 1642 New Haven Bestiality A sow
William Plaine White 67 M May 1646 New Haven Pederasty Several boys, white[6]
Alse Young White 31 M May 26, 1647 Hartford Witchcraft N/A Edward Hopkins
Thomas Newton White M May 27, 1650 Fairfield Adultery N/A[7] John Haynes
Mary Johnson White F June 6, 1650 Hartford Witchcraft N/A[8] Edward Hopkins
Goodwife Bassett White F June 1651 Fairfield Witchcraft N/A[9] John Haynes
Elizabeth Knapp White F 1653 Fairfield Witchcraft N/A[10] Hopkins or Haynes
John Carrington White M March 19, 1653 Hartford Witchcraft N/A[11] Edward Hopkins
Roanna Carrington White F
Walter Robinson White 15 M March 3, 1655 New Haven Bestiality [12] Theophilus Eaton
John Knight White M June 1655 New Haven Pederasty [13]
Nathaniel Greensmith White M January 25, 1662 Hartford Witchcraft N/A[14] John Winthrop the Younger
Rebecca Greensmith White F
Mary Barnes White F March 1662 Hartford Witchcraft N/A[15]
William Potter White M June 6, 1662 New Haven Bestiality [16]
Peter Abbott White M October 16, 1667 Hartford Murder [17]
Thomas Rood White M October 18, 1672 Hartford Incest [18]
Henry Green White M June 1, 1675 Hartford Murder [19]
Cloyes Black M Murder Female, black (wife)[20]
Benjamin Tuttle White M June 13, 1677 Hartford Murder [21] William Leete
John Stoddard White M October 9, 1678 Hartford Murder [22]
Allumchoyse Native American M June 28, 1682 Hartford Murder [23]
Squampam Native American M March 2, 1686 Hartford Murder [24] Robert Treat
Daniel Matthews White M October 1694 Hartford Rape [25]
Abigail Thompson White F May 1708 Hartford Murder Male, white (husband)[26] Gurdon Saltonstall
Waisoiusksuaw Native American F May 15, 1711 Hartford Murder Male, Native American (husband)[27]
Young Squamp Native American M Murder Female, Native American (wife)[27]
Coffee Black M March 15, 1720 Fairfield Murder Nasco, Native American[28]
Hannah Black F September 15, 1731 New Haven Murder Jemimiah Beecher, white[29] Joseph Talcott
Catherine Garrett Native American 27 F May 3, 1738 New London Murder Her infant, Native American[30]
Kate Black F November 16, 1743 Hartford Murder Her infant, black[31] Jonathan Law
Jack Black M Rape [32]
Elizabeth Shaw White F December 18, 1745 Windham Murder Her infant, white[33]
Cuff Black M May 1749 New Haven Rape Female, white[34]
Sarah Bramble White F November 21, 1753 New London Murder Her illegitimate infant, newborn, white[35] Roger Wolcott
Isaac Frazier White 28 M September 7, 1768 Fairfield Burglary [36] William Pitkin
John Jacobs Native American M November 2, 1768 Litchfield Murder James Chockrer, Native American[37]
Moses Paul Native American M September 2, 1772 New Haven Murder Moses Cook, white[38] Jonathan Trumbull
Moses Dunbar White 30 M March 19, 1777 Hartford Treason[b] N/A[39]
Robert Thompson White M June 9, 1777 Fairfield Espionage N/A[40]
John Dennis White M August 8, 1777 New London Murder William Garrick, white[41]
David Griswold White M May 5, 1778 New Haven Treason N/A[42]
William Stone White M May 28, 1778 Hartford (Military) [43]
John Blair White M November 10, 1778 Hartford Counterfeiting N/A[44]
David Farnsworth White M Espionage N/A[45]
John Smith White M February 8, 1779[c] Fairfield (Military) Desertion N/A[46]
Edward Jones White M Espionage N/A[47]
Barnett Davenport White 20 M May 8, 1780 Litchfield Murder Mallery family, white[48][d]
Alexander McDowell White M March 21, 1781 Hartford (Military) [49]
Thomas Goss White M November 7, 1785 Litchfield Murder Female, white (wife)[50][e] Matthew Griswold
Hannah Ocuish Native American 12 F December 20, 1786 New London Murder Eunice Bolles, 6, white Samuel Huntington
Joseph Mountain Black 33 M October 20, 1790 New Haven Rape Female, 14, white[51]
Richard Doane White M June 10, 1797 Hartford Murder [52] Oliver Wolcott
Thomas Starr White M June 14, 1797 Middlesex Murder Samuel Cornwell, white (relative)[53]
Anthony Black M November 8, 1798 Fairfield Rape [54] Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Caleb Adams White 18 M November 29, 1803 Windham Murder Oliver Woodworth, 5, white[55]
Samuel Freeman Mixed[f] 25 M November 6, 1805 Windham Murder Hannah Simons, Native American (girlfriend)[56]
Henry Niles Native American[g] M November 4, 1807 New London Murder Female, Native American (wife)[57]
Miner Babcock White M June 6, 1816 New London Murder London, black[58] John Cotton Smith
Peter Lung White M June 20, 1816 Middlesex Murder Female, white (wife)[59]
Amos Adams Black 28 M November 30, 1817 Fairfield Rape [60] Oliver Wolcott Jr.
George Washington Native American M June 1, 1824 Tolland Murder Female, Native American (wife)[61]
Oliver Watkins White M August 2, 1831 Windham Murder Roxanna Watkins, white (wife)[62] John Samuel Peters
William Teller White 28 M September 6, 1833 Hartford Murder Ezra Hoskins, white (prison employee)[63][h] Henry W. Edwards
Caesar Reynolds White 30 M
David Sherman White M June 13, 1834 New London Murder His wife and their infant child, white[64]
Lucian Hall White 26 M June 20, 1844 Middlesex Murder-Burglary Lavinia Bacon, white[65] Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
Andrew Potter White M July 20, 1846 New Haven Murder Lucius P. Osborne, white[66] Isaac Toucey
Henry Foote White 38 M October 2, 1850 New Haven Murder-Rape Emily H. Cooper, white[67] Thomas H. Seymour
James McCaffrey White 37 M Murder Ann Smith, elderly, white[68][i]
Michael Jennings White 18 M July 11, 1854 New Haven Murder Esther Bradley, white[69] Henry Dutton
Gerald Toole White 24 M September 19, 1862 Hartford Murder Daniel Webster, white (state prison warden)[70][71] William Alfred Buckingham
Albert Starkweather White 25 M August 17, 1866 Hartford Murder His mother and his sister Ella, 46 and 14, white[72] Joseph Roswell Hawley
James Wilson White 47 M October 13, 1871 Hartford Murder William Willard, white (state prison warden)[73] Marshall Jewell
Edwin Hoyt White 39 M May 13, 1880 Fairfield Murder George Hoyt, 78, white (father)[74][75] Charles B. Andrews
Henry Hamlin White M May 28, 1880 Hartford Murder Welles Shipman, white (night watchman)[76][j]
James Smith White 23 M September 1, 1882 New London Murder Daniel J. Hayes, white (police officer)[77] Thomas M. Waller
Phillip Palladoni White M October 5, 1888 Fairfield Murder Male, white (brother)[78] Phineas C. Lounsbury
John Swift White 24 M April 18, 1889 Hartford Murder Katie Swift, 25, white (wife)[79][80] Morgan Bulkeley
Jacob Scheele White M June 18, 1891 Fairfield Murder Louis Drucker, white (constable)[81]
Andrew Borjensen White M January 29, 1892 Litchfield Murder Emma Anderson, white (ex-fiancée)[82]
Angelo Petrillo White M November 14, 1892 New Haven Murder Michael Demeo, white (brother-in-law)[83]
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1894–2005

In July 1894, Connecticut moved executions to Wethersfield State Prison, where an "automatic gallows" had been installed. The device hung prisoners by pulling them upwards using weights, rather than the usual downwards drop.[84][85] Although claimed to be more humane than traditional hanging, this mechanism was removed in May 1936 to be replaced with electrocution that November.[86][87] Only one execution occurred in Connecticut after the Gregg v. Georgia ruling of 1976, carried out by lethal injection at Osborn Correctional Institution.

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Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
John Cronin White 38 M December 18, 1894 Hartford Murder Albert J. Skinner, white[88] Luzon B. Morris
Kaspar Hartlein White 40 M December 13, 1896 Hartford Murder Louise Trebbe, white[89] Owen Vincent Coffin
Thomas Kippie White 42 M July 14, 1897 New Haven Murder Mary Kippie, white (wife)[90][91] Lorrin A. Cooke
Giuseppe Fuda White 31 M December 3, 1897 Fairfield Murder Maria Carmelia Fuda, white (Giuseppe's wife)[92][93][94]
Nicodemo Imposino White 24 M December 17, 1897
Charles Bainay White 34 M April 14, 1898 Fairfield Murder-Burglary George Nichols, white[95]
Benjamin Wallis White 21 M December 30, 1898 Fairfield Murder-Burglary Prof. David S. R. Lambert, white[96][97]
Frederick Brockhaus White 21 M September 6, 1899 George E. Lounsbury
Charles Cross White 18 M July 20, 1900 Fairfield Murder-Rape Sarah C. King, white[98]
Paul Misik White 34 M February 11, 1904 Hartford Murder Charles O'Brien, white[99] Abiram Chamberlain
Joseph Watson Black 18 M November 17, 1904 Hartford Murder Henry Osborne, white[100]
Gershon Marx White 73 M May 18, 1905 New London Murder-Robbery Pavol Rodecki, white[101][102][103][k] Henry Roberts
Ephraim Sherouk White 24 M January 9, 1906 Tolland Murder-Burglary Ludwika Kulas, white[104][105]
Henry Bailey White 40 M April 16, 1907 Middlesex Murder-Robbery George Goodale, white[106] Rollin S. Woodruff
Alexander Herman White 26 M May 10, 1907 Fairfield Murder Martin Korzinsky, white[107]
John Washelesky White 32 M July 1, 1908 New Haven Murder Peter Lucasewicz, white[108]
Lorenzo Rossi White 31 M July 24, 1908 Hartford Murder Eli Cavanaugh, white[109]
John Zett White 48 M December 21, 1908 Tolland Murder His wife and Violet Klotzer, 5, white (granddaughter)[110]
Giuseppe Campagnolo White 28 M February 24, 1909 New Haven Murder George D. Sheehan, white[111] George L. Lilley
Raeffaele Carfaro White 19 M
John Zawedzianczek White 28 M February 9, 1910 Hartford Murder Michael Weirdack, white[112] Frank B. Weeks
Andrea Tanganelli White 26 M March 29, 1912 New Haven Murder Mamie Davis, white[113] Simeon E. Baldwin
George Redding Jr. White 21 M November 1, 1912 New Haven Murder-Robbery Morris Greenberg, white[114]
Louis Saxon White 29 M July 27, 1913 Hartford Murder Annie Saxon, white (wife)[115][116]
James Plew White 48 M March 4, 1914 New Haven Murder William O. Wakefield, white[117]
Matijins Rikteraitis White 29 M May 8, 1914 New Haven Murder Female, white (wife)[118]
Joseph Buonomo White 24 M June 30, 1914 Fairfield Murder Jennie Cavaglieri, white (common-law wife)[119]
Joseph Bergeron White 40 M August 11, 1914 New Haven Murder Elizabeth R. Dowsett, white[120][121]
Bernard Montvid White 23 M August 6, 1915 Hartford Murder Rev. Joseph Zebris and Iva Gilmanaitis, 54 and 36, white[122][123] Marcus H. Holcomb
Frank Grela White 41 M August 13, 1915 Hartford Murder Female, white (wife)[124]
Harry Roe White 22 M March 3, 1916 Litchfield Murder-Robbery Hubert B. Case, white[125]
Isaac Williams White 30 M
Pasquale Zuppa White 28 M March 10, 1916 New Haven Murder-Robbery Antonio Corsi, white[126]
Francisco Vetere White 25 M October 5, 1917 New Haven Murder Annie Castelli, white (Joseph's wife)[127]
Joseph Castelli White 24 M
Stephen Buglione White 20 M November 16, 1917 Hartford Murder Raffelle Simonelli, white[128]
Giovanni Donvanso White 21 M
William Wise White 23 M December 14, 1917 Hartford Murder Anna Tobin, white[129]
Frank Dusso White 25 M June 17, 1918 New Haven Murder-Robbery Morris Goldstein, white[130]
Carmine Pisaniello White 21 M
Carmine Lanzillo White 24 M
Joseph Perretta White 33 M June 27, 1919 Hartford Murder Frank Palmez, white[131]
Erasmo Perretta White 28 M
Nikifor Nechesnook White 28 M December 3, 1919 New Haven Murder-Robbery Feodor Torrant, white[132]
Daniel Cerrone White 31 M March 5, 1920 New Haven Murder Rafele Comaoda, 14, white (stepdaughter)[133]
Elwood B. Wade White 24 M May 20, 1921 Fairfield Murder George Nott, white (girlfriend's husband)[134] Everett J. Lake
John Kaurawskas White 36 M May 27, 1921 New Haven Murder-Burglary Annie Chernock, white[135]
Emil Schutte White 55 M October 24, 1922 Middlesex Murder Ball family, white[136][l]
Gerald Chapman White 35 M April 6, 1926 Hartford Murder James Skelly, white (New Britain police officer) John H. Trumbull
Soo Hoo Wing Asian 19 M November 8, 1927 Hartford Murder Ong Ging Hem, Asian[137]
Chin Lung Asian 33 M
John Feltovic White 19 M December 10, 1929 Fairfield Murder Lester Jacobs, white[138]
Frank DiBattista White 26 M February 21, 1930 Hartford Murder-Robbery Samuel Kamaroff, white[139]
Henry Lorenzo White 26 M August 12, 1930 Hartford Murder Nils Anderson, white[140]
John Simborski White 30 M April 7, 1936 New Haven Murder Walter Koella, white (New Haven police officer)[141] Wilbur Lucius Cross
James J. McElroy White 45 M February 10, 1937 New Haven Murder Anna Mae Johnson, 32, white (love interest)[142]
Frank J. Palko White 26 M April 12, 1938 Fairfield Murder-Robbery Thomas Kearney and Winfred Walker, white (police sergeant and patrolman)[143]
Ira Allen Weaver White 36 M April 29, 1940 Middlesex Murder-Robbery Joseph Dripps, 51, white[144][m] Raymond E. Baldwin
Vincent Cots White 32 M
Peter Gurski White 28 M February 23, 1943 Litchfield Murder-Rape Ellen Bourke, 66, white[145] Raymond E. Baldwin
Wilson H. Funderburk Black 38 M April 20, 1943 Hartford Murder-Rape Christine Paramore, 11, black[146]
Carlo DeCaro White 20 M May 3, 1944 Hartford Murder-Robbery Salvatore Bonelli, 62, white[147]
Nicholas J. Rossi White 33 M June 18, 1945 Hartford Murder-Burglary Hedwig Wegner, 60, white (girlfriend)[148]
Raymond Lewie White 19 M October 1, 1946 Hartford Murder Herbert Parsell, 53, white (guard)[149][n]
Arthur Tommaselli White 25 M
James J. McCarthy White 21 M
Robert Bradley Black 38 M April 12, 1948 New Haven Murder Oscar Methany and Benjamin Carter, black[150][151][o] James C. Shannon
William Lorain White 34 M July 11, 1955 Hartford Murder-Robbery George Zgierski, 47, white[152] Abraham Ribicoff
Robert Nelson Maim White 32 M July 18, 1955 Hartford Murder-Rape Irene Fiederowicz, 11, white[153][154]
John B. Donahue White 33 M Fairfield Murder Ernest B. Morse, 33, white (state trooper)[155][154]
George James Davies White 41 M September 20, 1959 New Haven Murder-Rape-Kidnap Brenda Jane Doucette, 9, white[156][p]
Frank Wojuclewicz White 42 M October 26, 1959 Hartford Murder William J. Grabeck (police sergeant) and William Otipka, 53 and 33, white
Joseph L. Taborsky White 36 M May 17, 1960 Hartford Murder-Robbery Edward Kurpiewski and Daniel Janowski, both 30, white[q]
Michael Bruce Ross White 45 M May 13, 2005 Tolland[r] Murder-Rape-Kidnap Five women, white[s] Jodi Rell
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Executed by beheading.
  2. [b]
    High treason against the state of Connecticut.
  3. [c]
    Smith was executed by firing squad.
  4. [d]
    Caleb Mallery, his wife, and their three grandchildren.
  5. [e]
    Also suspected in a murder 20 years earlier in East Hartford.
  6. [f]
    Mulatto.
  7. [g]
    3/4th native and 1/4th black.
  8. [h]
    Murdered during an escape attempt from Wethersfield State Prison.
  9. [i]
    Also murdered her husband, Charles.
  10. [j]
    Murdered during an escape attempt from Wethersfield State Prison.
  11. [k]
    Suspected serial killer, also suspected of murdering Paul Parker and possibly two others along with an attempted poisoning.
  12. [l]
    Joseph Ball, his wife, and their son Jacob.
  13. [m]
    Weaver had also previously stabbed a Panamanian police officer.
  14. [n]
    Murdered during an escape attempt from Wethersfield State Prison. Lewie was serving time for the robbery and murder of a 77-year-old man and McCarthy for the same of a 35-year-old man.
  15. [o]
    Serial killer, also convicted of the second-degree murder of a third black man, Henry Edwards.
  16. [p]
    Serial rapist, also raped and murdered 17-year-old Gaetane Bolvin and served a year in prison for molesting two young girls. Suspected in the disappearance of 9-year-old Constance Smith in 1952 around the time of his first conviction, but denied any involvement.
  17. [q]
    Serial killer, murdered six other people and had been previously sentenced to death but released.
  18. [r]
    Crimes committed in Windham and New London County.
  19. [s]
    Tammy Williams (17), Debra Smith Taylor (23), Robin Dawn Stavinsky (19), April Brunais and Leslie Shelley (both 14), and Wendy Baribeault (17). Also confessed to murdering Dzung Ngoc Tu (25, Asian) and Paula Perrera (16) in New York.

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