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List of people executed in Kansas

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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.

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List of people executed in Kansas

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Note: This list only contains non-military executions at the Kansas State Penitentiary.[13][14]

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  1. Also murdered George Richet in Texas and sentenced to life. Heofgen killed Smoll after escaping prison there.
  2. Also killed McClelland's father.
  3. Wife Geneva Orr (23) and children Lora Mae (3), Melba (2), and LaVerne (11 months).
  4. Father William (50), mother Opal (41), and sister Jennie (20).
  5. Committed numerous other murders in Louisiana, Florida, Tennessee, Illinois, and Colorado.


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