List of individuals executed in Michigan

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Before U.S. jurisdiction

Name Date of execution Crime Method Race
French jurisdiction
Folle-AvoineNovember 29, 1683MurderShotNative American
UnknownNovember 29, 1683MurderShotNative American
Pierre Berge (or Boucher) dit La TulipeNovember 26, 1705AssaultHanging (in Montreal)[1]White
Bartellemy Pichon dit La RozeNovember 7, 1707DesertionHanging[2]White
British jurisdiction
Unknown female slave (whose owner's name was Clapham)April 1763MurderHangingNative American
Michael Duélate 1760sMurderHanging[3]White
Joseph HeckerDecember 1775MurderHanging[4]White
Jean Baptiste ContincineauMarch 26, 1777BurglaryHanging[5]White
Ann WyleyMarch 26, 1777BurglaryHanging[5]Black

Under U.S. jurisdiction (territorial)

Name Date of execution Crime Method Race
Buhnah1819MurderUnknown methodNative American
KetaukaDecember 27, 1821MurderHanging[6]Native American
KewaubisDecember 27, 1821MurderHanging[6]Native American
James BrownFebruary 1, 1830MurderHangingWhite
Stephen Simmons[7][8]September 24, 1830MurderHanging[9]White
Wau-Bau-Ne-Me-MeeJuly 1836MurderHangingNative American

After statehood (federal)

Name Date of execution Crime Method Race
Anthony ChebatorisJuly 8, 1938MurderHangingWhite

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ See Burton p. 164; Tulipe was a drummer in the company of Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac who assaulted a 12-year-old girl. He was convicted and executed in Quebec.
  2. ↑ See Burton pp. 164–165
  3. ↑ See Burton p. 142; Dué was arrested for murdering a man in Detroit and was tried, convicted and executed in Montreal.
  4. ↑ See Caitlin p. 68. Burton p. 194 mentions the execution of a person named "Ellers" in December 1775.
  5. 1 2 See Burton pp. 193–195 for an account of Contincineau's trial. The presiding judge Philip Dejean was subsequently indicted for the murder of Contincineau. According to the account in Burton, Contincineau's accomplice, the slave woman Ann Wyley, was freed by Dejean on the condition that she act as executioner on Contincineau. Caitlin p. 68 notes that Dejean later went back on his offer and had Wiley hanged.
  6. 1 2 See Caitlin p. 262 for a description of the execution of Ketauka and Kewaubis
  7. ↑ David G. Chardavoyne>A Hanging in Detroit: Stephen Gifford Simmons and the Last Execution Under Michigan Law
  8. ↑ Robert M. Bohm Deathquest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Capital Punishment 2011 1437734936 Page 9 "Two of the latter three executed were Native Americans, and both were executed in 1821. The other, Stephen Simmons, was executed in 1830, 7 years before Michigan gained statehood. Simmons in a drunken rage killed his wife in Detroit."
  9. ↑ For a detailed account of Simmons' execution, see Caitlin "Michigan's Last Infliction of Capital Punishment" pp. 289–293
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