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In civil and military jurisprudence, summary execution is the putting to death of a person accused of a crime without the benefit of a free and fair trial. The term results from the legal concept of summary justice to punish a summary offense , as in the case of a drumhead court-martial , but the term usually denotes the summary execution of a ...
Iowa. Date apprehended. December 21, 1978. Imprisoned at. Menard Correctional Center. John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least 33 young men and boys in Norwood Park Township, near Chicago, Illinois.
The Haymarket affair, also known as the Haymarket massacre, the Haymarket riot, the Haymarket Square riot, or the Haymarket Incident, was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois, United States. [2] The rally began peacefully in support of workers striking for ...
Oct 26, 2021 · FILE - This 1978 file photo shows serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the Chicago area in the 1970s and executed in 1994. More than 40 years after a collection of decaying bodies was found beneath Gacy’s house, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, that they have identified the remains ...
Jun 16, 2023 · After the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Gacy’s final appeal in October 1993, an execution date was set for May 10, 1994 at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois.
Oct 22, 2022 · On March 12, 1924, the young husband and father of one was found unresponsive in the driver's seat, his head and upper torso draped over the steering wheel, a gun and a bottle of gin lying on the ...
Oct 25, 2021 · He confessed to four more murders of victims found in waterways south of Chicago. More than 40 years later, here’s a guide to the investigation, conviction and execution of Gacy, and the ...
