Rutherford County Executions

NAME	AGE	RACE	SEX	OCCUPATION	CRIME	METHOD	DATE			MTPL	COUNTY
Liberty		Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	Dec	19	1801		RUTHERFORD
Keith, Daniel	32	White	Male	Stock Swindler	Murder-Rape	Hanging	Dec	17	1880		RUTHERFORD
Hopkins, Charlie	64	Black	Male	Laborer	Murder	Asphyxiation-Gas	Jun	14	1940		RUTHERFORD

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This page was developed from the data file "Executions in the United States, 1608-1987: The ESPY File", Espy, M. Watt, and John Ortiz Smykla, Principal Investigators. Funded by the National Science Foundation. This dataset represents the most complete list of executions in the United States compiled to date

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