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This is the list of people executed by electrocution through the electric chair. The electric chair was mainly used in the United States from the 1890s till today, and the Philippines from 1926 to 1976.
Billy Wayne Waldrop, along with William Eugene Singleton and Henry Leslie Mays, shot, beat, and killed Thurman Macon Donahoo during a robbery. The three then set Donahoo's home on fire, leaving him for dead. His charred body was later found in the ruins of the house.[8][9]
Joseph Louis Taborsky, one of the two culprits behind the Mad Dog killings, and the last person executed by the electric chair in the state of Connecticut.[13]
Ted Bundy, a serial killer who confessed to 30 murders, 20 of which have been confirmed. Bundy was one of the most notorious criminals of the late 20th century.[16]
Judy Buenoano, convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of her husband, James Goodyear. She also received a life sentence for the murder of her son, Michael Buenoano. In 1978, she murdered her then-boyfriend, Bobby Joe Morris, in Colorado, but was never tried for his death due to her existing death sentence in Florida.[16]
Allen Lee Davis, a convicted murderer. His botched execution led Florida to switch from the electric chair to lethal injection.[16]
Willie Darden, executed for robbery and murder committed in 1973.[16]
John Spenkelink, the first person executed in Florida after capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.[16]
Jerry White (criminal), convicted of murdering a shopper during a grocery store robbery. His execution drew attention due to witnesses reporting an unusual physical reaction to the electric chair.[16]
Robert Dale Henderson, a convicted spree killer who murdered 12 people, including three victims in a single day.[16]
Gerald Stano, a convicted serial killer who murdered at least 23 young women and girls. He confessed to 41 murders, though police believe his actual victim count could be as high as 88.[16]
Michael Durocher, a serial killer who murdered five people between 1983 and 1988 in Florida, including his six-month-old son, his girlfriend and her daughter.[22]
Lena Baker, shot and killed Ernest Knight in what she alleges was self-defense. Baker was given a full and unconditional pardon sixty years after her execution in 2005.[29]
Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, a couple and pair of serial killers executed on March 8, 1951, for one out of a suspected total of three to 20 murders.[57]
George Sitts – convicted serial killer who was executed for the 1946 murder of state Division of Criminal Investigation special agent Tom Matthews.[70]
Julio Guillen, who was executed in 1950 for the attempted assassination of Filipino president Manuel Roxas, which that resulted in the deaths of two bystanders.[96]
