fyi... Hanging, Electric Chair, Gas Chamber, Firing Squad and other historic methods of Capital Punishment THE HISTORY OF EXECUTIONS IN AMERICA BEFORE LETHAL INJECTION (Plus a Few Thousand Lynchings) http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution.htm The following is a detailed State by State listing of 14,490 executions that occurred under civil authority in the United States or within territory that later became the United States. From George Kendal being shot for espionage in Virginia (Dec. 1, 1607*) until Gary Gilmore met his maker for murder in Utah (1977), it includes (when known) the convict's name, age, race, sex, occupation, crime, date of execution, method of execution, whether it was a single or multiple execution and the County in which the crime occurred. Click on the individual States to view the details