List of people executed in Nebraska

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Nebraska since its statehood.

Post-Gregg

Four people convicted of murder have been executed by Nebraska since 1976.[1] Three were executed by electrocution. On April 21, 2011, the Nebraska Supreme Court set the first execution date via lethal injection for June 14, 2011. On May 26, 2011, the Nebraska Supreme Court stayed the execution due to objections that the sodium thiopental that Nebraska purchased from a Mumbai company failed to comply with U.S. pharmaceutical standards. The state's first lethal injection was carried out on August 14, 2018.[2]

No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Method Victim(s) Governor
1 Harold Lamont Otey Black 43 M September 2, 1994 Douglas Electrocution Jane McManus Ben Nelson
2 John Joseph Joubert White 33 M July 17, 1996 Sarpy Danny Eberle and Christopher Walden[a]
3 Robert E. Williams Black 61 M December 2, 1997 Lancaster Catherine Brooks and Patricia McGarry[b]
4 Carey Dean Moore White 60 M August 14, 2018 Douglas Lethal injection Maynard D. Helgeland and Reuel Eugene Van Ness Jr. Pete Ricketts

Demographics

Race
Black 2 50%
White 2 50%
Age
30–39 1 25%
40–49 1 25%
50–59 0 0%
60–69 2 50%
Sex
Male 4 100%
Date of execution
1976–1979 0 0%
1980–1989 0 0%
1990–1999 3 75%
2000–2009 0 0%
2010–2019 1 25%
2020–2029 0 0%
Method
Electrocution 3 75%
Lethal injection 1 25%
Governor (Party)
J. James Exon (D) 0 0%
Charles Thone (R) 0 0%
Bob Kerrey (D) 0 0%
Kay A. Orr (R) 0 0%
Ben Nelson (D) 3 75%
Mike Johanns (R) 0 0%
Dave Heineman (R) 0 0%
Pete Ricketts (R) 1 25%
Jim Pillen (R) 0 0%
Total 4 100%

Pre-Furman

Before 1903

The first execution in Nebraska reportedly was of Cyrus Tator, a former Kansas Legislature member and judge in Lykins County, Kansas who was tried and convicted of murdering his business partner in 1863.[5] Before 1903, counties carried out executions until the state took over. Since Nebraska statehood in 1867, a total of 14 people have been executed.

Name Race Age Date of execution Method Crime Victims Under Governor
Stephen D. Richards White 23 April 26, 1879 Hanging Murder Peter Anderson and Harlson family Silas Garber
Orlando Caslar White 32 May 20, 1879 George L. Monroe Albinus Nance
Milton W. Smith White July 24, 1885 His wife (name unknown) James W. Dawes
Jim Reynolds White May 21, 1886 James and John Pinkston
William Jackson Marion White March 25, 1887 John Cameron[c] John Milton Thayer
David Hoffman White July 22, 1887 James B. DeWitt
Albert Haunstine White May 17, 1891 Hiram Roten and William Ashley
Christian Furst[d] White June 5, 1891 Carl J. Pulsifer
Charles Shepherd[d] White
Ed Neil October 9, 1891 Allen and Dorothy Jones
Clinton E. Dixon[e] June 24, 1892 Corporal Thomas Carter James E. Boyd
Harry Hill White March 1, 1895 Mattes Akeson Silas A. Holcomb
Claude H. Hoover August 7, 1896 Samual DuBois
George W. Morgan October 8, 1897 Ida Gaskill

1903–1972

A total of 20 people were executed by Nebraska after 1897 and before the 1972 Supreme Court capital punishment ban.

Name Race Age Date of execution Method Crime Victims Under Governor
Gottlieb Neigenfiend White 28 March 13, 1903 Hanging Murder Anna Bryer and Albert Bryer (ex-wife and ex-father in law) John H. Mickey
William Rhea White 20 July 10, 1903 Murder-Robbery Herman Wilhelm F. Zahn, 34, white
Harrison Clark Black December 13, 1907 Murder-Robbery Edward Flury, 47/48, white George L. Sheldon
Frank Barker White January 17, 1908 Murder Daniel and Alice Barker (his brother and sister in law)
Robert M. Shumway White March 5, 1909 Murder-Rape Sarah E. Martin, 62, white Ashton C. Shallenberger
Bert M. Taylor White 38 January 28, 1910 Murder-Rape Pearl Florence Taylor, 17[f], white (niece)[g]
Thomas Johnson Black May 19, 1911 Murder-Robbery Henry R. Frankland Chester H. Aldrich
Albert Prince Black 28 March 21, 1913 Murder Edward D. Davis, 63, white (deputy warden) John H. Morehead
Allen V. Grammer[h] White 24 December 20, 1920 Electrocution Murder Lulu Vogt (Allen Grammer's mother in law) Samuel R. McKelvie
Alson B. Cole[h] White 24
James B. King Black 33 June 9, 1922 Murder Robert L. Taylor, 54, white (guard)
Walter R. Simmons White 27 August 11, 1925 Murder-Robbery Frank Herman Pahl, 47/48, white Adam McMullen
Henry E. Bartlett White 37 April 29, 1927 Murder Asa Ranson (Minden, Nebraska Police Chief)
Frank Carter White 49 June 24, 1927 Murder William McDevitt and Dr. A.D. Searles
Frank E. Sharp White 51 October 19, 1928 Murder Amanda Harriet Ostblom Sharp, 46, white (wife)
Henry J. Sherman White 21 May 31, 1929 Murder-Rape Three people, white[i] Arthur J. Weaver
Joseph T. MacAvoy White 25 March 23, 1945 Murder-Rape Anna Milroy, 16, white Dwight Griswold
Timothy Iron Bear Native American 24 December 1, 1948 Murder-Robbery John Wiley Stollar and Grace B. Stollar, 59, and 60, white Val Peterson
Roland Dean Sundahl White 21 April 30, 1952 Murder-Attempted rape Bonnie Lou Merrill, 16, white
Charles Starkweather White 20 June 25, 1959 Murder Robert Jensen, 17, white[j] Ralph G. Brooks

See also

Notes

  1. ^ John Joubert was also tried and convicted of murdering Ricky Stetson in Portland, Maine. He received a life sentence in Maine.
  2. ^ Robert E. Williams also murdered Virginia Rowe of Sioux Rapids, Iowa.[3][4]
  3. ^ Marion's uncle claimed that he saw Cameron alive in 1891, but produced no evidence to substantiate his claim. Marion received a posthumous pardon by Nebraska Governor Bob Kerrey on the 100th anniversary of his execution. In its decision, the Nebraska Board of Pardons said it made no determination about whether Marion was guilty or innocent.
  4. ^ a b Although Christian Furst and Charles Shepherd are listed at 8 and 9, the two were hanged together simultaneously in the only double hanging in Nebraska's history.
  5. ^ Private Clinton Dixon and his victim Corporal Thomas Carter were both members of the U.S. Army (Sixth U.S. Cavalry) making Dixon's execution a U.S. military execution. As such, only the President could grant clemency. President Benjamin Harrison declined to intervene.
  6. ^ Taylor was 16 when she was fatally injured, but 17 when she died.
  7. ^ Also raped and attempted to murder Pearl's younger sister, Ida Taylor.
  8. ^ a b Allen Grammer and Alson Cole were the first men electrocuted, and the only double electrocution in Nebraska. Allen Grammer was the first man to be electrocuted by the State of Nebraska, pronounced dead at 3:24 p.m. Alson Cole was pronounced dead at 3:37 p.m.
  9. ^ Roger Pochon, 35, Hattie Pochon, 36, and Eugenie Pochon, 66. Sherman raped the 14-year-old daughter of Roger and Hattie Pochon, Nellie Pochon.
  10. ^ Although Charles Starkweather murdered 10 people in Nebraska (and one in Wyoming), he was tried, convicted, and executed for only one murder, that of 17-year-old Robert Jensen.

References

  1. ^ "Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "NDCS carries out execution of Carey Dean Moore | NDCS - Nebraska Department of Correctional Services". corrections.nebraska.gov. Lincoln, Nebraska. August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  3. ^ "Inmate Details: 31861 -- Robert Williams". Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. Retrieved August 17, 2007.
  4. ^ Matthew Waite (December 3, 1997). "Williams marks state's third electrocution". Daily Nebraskan. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  5. ^ "The Execution of Cyrus Tator," NorthOmahaHistory.com.
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