As of October 2023, the last person executed in the United States was Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was executed by lethal injection in Alabama on November 17, 2022. His execution was notable due to the legal battles surrounding it and the controversies over the state's execution protocols. The frequency and methods of executions in the U.S. vary by state, with some states having moratoriums or abolishing the death penalty altogether.
The last person killed via gas chamber in the US was a German national leader, Walter LaGrand, who was sentenced to death before 1992. He was executed in Arizona in 1999.
The last person to be executed by hanging in the United States was Billy Bailey in Delaware on January 25, 1996. Delaware was the last state to use hanging as a method of execution.
Robert Charles Comer executed May 23 2007 by lethal injection
The last person to be executed in Australia was Ronald Ryan in 1967.
Last Words of the Executed was created in 2010.
Scott Allen Hain, April 2003.
Murder will get you executed.
The last person executed in Canada was Ronald Turpin, who was hanged on December 11, 1962, along with his accomplice, Arthur Lucas. Their executions took place at the Don Jail in Toronto. Capital punishment was abolished in Canada in 1976, making Turpin the last individual to face the death penalty in the country.
Daniel Wilkinson who was hanged for the murder of a police officer on 21 November 1885.
On January 17, 1977, in the state of Utah, convicted killer Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad. His brother had tried to get a stay of execution shortly before the execution but Gilmore insisted that he wanted the execution to go on as planned. He got his wish.
The last person executed for witchcraft in the United States was a woman named Ruth Lee. She was hanged in 1692 during the Salem witch trials, which were notorious for the persecution of individuals accused of witchcraft. Although other accusations and trials occurred afterward, they did not result in executions. The Salem witch trials marked a significant and tragic chapter in American history regarding the treatment of those accused of witchcraft.
On 7/30/1964. Joseph Johnson from Harris County was the last person to be executed by the electric chair method.