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List of people executed in Michigan

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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Michigan; which abolished the death penalty in 1847. The one person executed after 1847 was executed by the United States strictly within federal jurisdiction. Thus, it was not performed within the legal boundaries of Michigan as a matter of law.

French and British colonial periods

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Folle-AvoineNovember 29, 1683MurderShotNative American
UnknownNovember 29, 1683MurderShotNative American
Pierre Berge (or Boucher) dit La TulipeNovember 26, 1705AssaultHanging (in Montreal)See Burton [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;idno=bad1447.0001.001;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=164 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.White
Bartellemy Pichon dit La RozeNovember 7, 1707DesertionHangingSee Burton [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;idno=bad1447.0001.001;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=164 pp. 164–165]White
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Unknown female slave (whose owner's name was Clapham)April 1763MurderHangingNative American
Michael Duélate 1760sMurderHangingSee Burton [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;idno=bad1447.0001.001;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=142 p. 142]; Dué was arrested for murdering a man in Detroit and was tried, convicted and executed in Montreal.White
Joseph HeckerDecember 1775MurderHangingSee Caitlin [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;rgn=full%20text;idno=apk1036.0001.001;didno=apk1036.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000092 p. 68]. Burton [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;idno=bad1447.0001.001;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=194 p. 194] mentions the execution of a person named "Ellers" in December 1775.White
Jean Baptiste ContincineauMarch 26, 1777BurglaryHangingSee Burton [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;idno=bad1447.0001.001;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=193;page=root;view=image 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 [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;rgn=full%20text;idno=apk1036.0001.001;didno=apk1036.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000092 p. 68] notes that Dejean later went back on his offer and had Wiley hanged.White
Ann WyleyMarch 26, 1777BurglaryHangingBlack

Under U.S. jurisdiction (Michigan Territory)

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1819MurderUnknown methodNative American
KetaukaDecember 27, 1821MurderHangingSee Caitlin [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;q1=execution;rgn=full%20text;idno=APK1036.0001.001;didno=APK1036.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000286 p. 262] for a description of the execution of Ketauka and KewaubisNative American
KewaubisDecember 27, 1821MurderHangingNative American
James BrownFebruary 1, 1830MurderHangingWhite
Stephen SimmonsDavid G. Chardavoyne>A Hanging in Detroit: Stephen Gifford Simmons and the Last Execution Under Michigan LawRobert 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."September 24, 1830MurderHangingFor a detailed account of Simmons' execution, see Caitlin [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;idno=apk1036.0001.001;didno=APK1036.0001.001;view=image;seq=313;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset; "Michigan's Last Infliction of Capital Punishment"] pp. 289–293White
Wau-Bau-Ne-Me-MeeJuly 1836MurderHangingNative American

Federal executions in Michigan

Only One person has been executed by the United States for a federal crime committed in Michigan. The execution was carried out at Federal Correctional Institution, Milan, in York Charter Township near the Village of Milan.

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|Anthony Chebatoris

July 8, 1938MurderHangingWhite

As a matter of jurisdictional law, this execution did not take place in Michigan per se because it was carried out by the United States government at a US government-owned facility, located in but not subject to the State of Michigan's jurisdiction.

See also

References

  • {{cite web|url= http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/ESPYstate.pdf |title=ESPYstate.pdf-pages 166–167 }} {{small|(1.67 MB)}}

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