Executions Under The Uniform Code of Military Justice
A total of ten military executions have been carried out by the United States Army under the provisions of the original Uniform Code of Military Justice of 5 May 1950. The first four of these executions, those of Bernard J. O'Brien, Chastine Beverly, Louis M. Suttles and James L. Riggins, were carried out by military officials at the Kansas State Penitentiary near Lansing, Kansas. The remaining six executions took place in the boiler room of the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Hanging was the method employed in these ten executions.
Executed person | Date of sentencing | Date of execution | Crime |
---|---|---|---|
Bernard J. O'Brien | 19 June 1952 | 31 July 1954 | Premeditated murder |
Chastine Beverly | 10 October 1951 | 1 March 1955 | Robbery, premeditated murder |
Louis M. Suttles | 10 October 1951 | 1 March 1955 | Robbery, premeditated murder |
James L. Riggins | 10 October 1951 | 1 March 1955 | Robbery, premeditated murder |
Thomas J. Edwards | 1 April 1953 | 14 February 1957 | Premeditated murder |
Winfred D. Moore | 19 August 1953 | 14 February 1957 | Murder, assault with intent to commit robbery |
Ernest L. Ranson | 5 June 1953 | 3 April 1957 | Lifting weapon against superior officer, premeditated murder, rape, robbery, 2 counts of assault with dangerous weapon |
Abraham Thomas | 15 April 1954 | 23 July 1958 | Four counts premeditated murder |
John E. Day, Jr. | 1 October 1951 | 23 September 1959 | Murder, premeditated assault with attempt to do bodily harm with dangerous weapon, assault |
John A. Bennett | 8 February 1955 | 13 April 1961 | Rape, premeditated attempted murder |
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