List of people executed in Kansas

This is a list of people executed in Kansas.

No one has been executed by the state of Kansas since 1965, although capital punishment is legal there. Historically, 58 people have been executed in the area now occupied by the state. Many of these were federal executions of soldiers and POWs, often at the United States Disciplinary Barracks in Leavenworth. Fourteen German POWs were executed at Leavenworth in 1945.

The last executions in Kansas were at the Kansas State Penitentiary, when spree killers James Latham and George York were executed for murder in 1965. Except for John Coon, executed in 1853 by firing squad, all federal and state executions in Kansas have been by hanging.

List of people executed in Kansas

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List of People Executed in Kansas
NumberNameDateNotes
1George MillerMay 6, 1950
2Preston McBrideApril 6, 1951
3James Bernard LammersJanuary 5, 1952
4Nathaniel GermanyMay 21, 1954
5Merle Martin Jr.July 16, 1954
6Lowell Lee AndrewsNovember 30, 1962
7Richard Eugene HickockApril 14, 1965[A]
8Perry Edward SmithApril 14, 1965[A]
9George Ronald YorkJune 22, 1965
10James Douglas LathamJune 22, 1965
Note: This list contains only non-military executions in Kansas since 1950.
Notes
  1. ^ a b Hickock and Smith committed the Clutter family murders on November 15, 1959.

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