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NOTE
I apologize; due to personal matters over the past few months, I have been less active in creating and revising articles than I normally am. I fully intend to get more involved in the next month or two (as of January 2024).

Good Articles!

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# GA Article Title Pub. Date GA Status Date State Type
1 This user wrote "Kidnapping of Peter Weinberger", which became a good article. Murder of Peter Weinberger (was called Kidnapping of Peter Weinberger at the time of GA status) 2021-11 2022-06 New York Death penalty case
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Listed in chronological order.

Articles with a * by them are my proudest publications. I really hope you read them :)

Articles I Have Created (from Scratch)
# Article Title Pub. Date State Type
1 Richard Kiefer 2014-06 Indiana Death penalty case
2 Walter Holmes 2014-06 Kentucky Death penalty case
3 Willie Darden 2018-01 Florida Death penalty case (post-Gregg)
4 Thoughts and Prayers (album) 2019-07 N/A Music
5 Randy the Band 2020-07 N/A Music
6 Capital punishment in Seychelles 2021-07 N/A (International) Country history and overview
7 Capital punishment in the Gambia 2021-07 N/A (International) Country history and overview
8 Capital punishment in Malawi* 2021-07 N/A (International) Country history and overview
9 Capital punishment in Sierra Leone 2021-08 N/A (International) Country history and overview
10 Capital punishment in Comoros 2021-09 N/A (International) Country history and overview
11 Murder of Peter Weinberger*

(Formerly Kidnapping of Peter Weinberger; formerly Angelo LaMarca)

2021-11 New York Death penalty case
12 Capital punishment in Rwanda 2022-01 N/A (International) Country history and overview
13 Capital punishment in Lesotho 2022-01 N/A (International) Country history and overview
14 Execution of John Grant (formerly John Marion Grant)* 2022-01 Oklahoma Death penalty case (post-Gregg)
15 Asbury Respus 2022-02 North Carolina Death penalty case
16 Capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2022-04 N/A (International) Country history and overview
17 Capital punishment in Cameroon 2022-04 N/A (International) Country history and overview
18 James Morelli 2022-05 Illinois Death penalty case
19 Adriano Domingo 2022-05 Hawaii Death penalty case
20 Alexander McClay Williams* 2022-07 Pennsylvania Death penalty case (exoneration)
21 Henry McCollum and Leon Brown* 2022-11 North Carolina Death penalty case (exoneration)
22 Execution of Mohsen Shekari 2022-12 N/A (Iran) Death penalty case
23 Execution of Majidreza Rahnavard* 2022-12 N/A (Iran) Death penalty case
24 David Funchess* 2023-02 Florida Death penalty case (post-Gregg)
25 Murder of Davis Timmerman 2023-03 South Carolina Death penalty case
26 Wilbert Lee Evans* 2023-05 Virginia Death penalty case (post-Gregg)
27 Scharlette Holdman 2023-06 N/A Death penalty abolitionist
28 List of people executed in Massachusetts 2023-06 Massachusetts State history and overview
29 Murder of Penowanyanquis* 2023-08 Massachusetts Death penalty case (pre-1900)
30 Murder of Billy Jack Gaither* 2023-08 Alabama Homophobia
31 Raymond Snowden 2023-09 Idaho Death penalty case
32 Murders of Helen and Margaret Lynch 2024-01 New York Death penalty case
33 Surprise Attack (album) 2024-02 N/A Music
34 No Rules (Kik Tracee album)* 2024-04 N/A Music

FYI, "Post-Gregg" means the execution took place in the United States after the Gregg v. Georgia decision of 1976. Any American entry labeled "death penalty case" without that distinction took place between 1900–1967.

Major Contributions to Death Penalty Articles

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Essentially articles that I more or less rewrote or nearly constructed in their entirety. Usually, these were stubs that I fleshed out with in-text citations, more detail, and occasionally photos.

Major Contributions to Death Penalty Articles
Article title Edit date State Type
1 Hurt Hardy [note 1] 2019-07 Missouri Death penalty case
2 James Donald French 2019-07 Oklahoma Death penalty case
3 Andrzej Czabański (renamed from Stanislaw Czabański) 2019-12 N/A (Poland) Non-American death penalty case
4 List of people executed in New Jersey 2020-04 New Jersey (Overview) State history and overview
5 Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani 2020-08 N/A (Iran) Non-American death penalty case
6 Capital punishment in Peru 2020-09 N/A (Peru) Country history and overview
7 David Joseph Watson 2020-09 Federal/Florida Death penalty case
8 Harold McQueen Jr.* 2021-05 Kentucky Death penalty case (post-Gregg)
9 Capital punishment in Alaska 2021-05 Alaska (Overview) State history and overview
10 John Eldon Smith 2021-05 Georgia Death penalty case (post-Gregg)
11 George Mercer 2021-06 Missouri Death penalty case (post-Gregg)
12 Joseph Filkowski* 2021-06 Ohio Non-death penalty case
13 Donald Eugene Harding 2021-07 Arizona Death penalty case (post-Gregg)
14 Elmer Bruner (renamed from Elmer Brunner) 2021-07 West Virginia Death penalty case
15 Leonard Shockley 2022-02 Maryland Death penalty case
16 Jerry White 2022-05 Florida Death penalty case (post-Gregg)
17 Henry Ruhl 2022-05 Federal/Wyoming Death penalty case
18 Capital punishment in Hawaii 2022-05 Kingdom and Territory State history and overview
19 Capital punishment in Eswatini 2022-09 N/A (Eswatini) Country history and overview
20 George Dale 2022-11 Illinois Death penalty case
21 Clyde Arwood 2022-11 Federal/Tennessee Death penalty case
22 Procedure 769, Witness to an Execution 2023-02 California Death penalty documentary/film
23 Morris Mason 2023-05 Virginia Death penalty case (post-Gregg)
24 Capital punishment in Gabon 2023-07 N/A (Gabon) Country history and overview
25 Capital punishment in Chad 2023-08 N/A (Chad) Country history and overview
26 Ralph Hudson 2023-09 New Jersey Death penalty case
27 Roxana Druse 2023-10 New York Death penalty case (pre-1900)
28 List of people executed in Maryland 2023-11 Maryland State history and overview
29 Capital punishment in Burkina Faso 2024-05 N/A (Burkina Faso) Country history and overview
30 Capital punishment in Eritrea 2024-05 N/A (Eritrea) Country history and overview
31 Capital punishment in Uganda 2024-05 N/A (Uganda) Country history and overview
32 Arthur Hodges 2024-05 Arkansas Death penalty case
33 Godfrey v. Georgia 2024-10 Georgia SCOTUS death penalty case (post-Gregg)

Notes regarding this section:

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  1. ^ This article was one sentence (followed by several citations) before I fleshed it out with more text and citations. However, in July 2024, it was determined that Hardy was not a significant enough crime figure or historical figure to warrant having his own article (especially because the sole basis for his article, that he was the final person subjected to a public execution in the United States, was false), so the article was deleted.

Major Contributions to Non-Death Penalty Articles

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Only counting edits where I more or less rewrote the article, and/or edits where I contributed to more than half of what was already there.

Article title Edit date Type
1 Welfare Problems 2020-04 Punk rock album
2 Randy (band) 2020-04 Punk rock band
3 The Human Atom Bombs 2020-11 Punk rock album
4 You Can't Keep a Good Band Down 2020-11 Punk rock album
5 Cinder Block 2022-05 Punk rock singer
6 Oppressed Logic 2022-06 Hardcore punk band
7 Smoke or Fire 2022-06 Punk rock band
8 Marie Trintignant 2022-06 French actress, victim of domestic abuse
9 A Date for Mad Mary 2022-08 Irish film (one of my favorite movies of all time)
10 A-F Records 2024-01 Punk rock record label
11 Heartbreak Station 2024-01 Hard rock album
12 Still Climbing (Cinderella album) 2024-01 Hard rock album
13 XYZ (XYZ album) 2024-01 Hard rock album
14 Marcie Free 2024-04 Hard rock/AOR singer
15 Peace in Our Time (Good Riddance album) 2024-07 Punk rock album

PLANNED Major Contributions

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The current order in which these are listed is simply the order in which I added them to the table - i.e. the top ones were added earliest.

Name State Date of Execution Brief Synopsis Article Issues
Aaron Mitchell California 1967-04-12 Aaron Mitchell was the last person to be executed in California before the nationwide moratorium in 1972, and he was the next to last person in the United States overall. He was executed for murdering a police officer. The article has very few sources or details; I know there is PLENTY out there about him. It definitely needs to be both fleshed out AND reorganized.
Tony Paretti New York 1927-02-17 Tony Paretti was a gangster who was active in New York until the time of his execution. I honestly wonder if he is a notable enough figure to deserve his own article, even considering that he had connections to a lot of notable figures in New York's organized crime scene. Nevertheless, his page is a stub; there appear to be a lot of references, but there is very little information on the page relative to what a start-class article might include.
David Dewayne Johnson Arkansas 2000-12-19 David Johnson was executed in Arkansas for murdering 67-year-old Leon Brown. His execution was not a historical landmark. (Honestly not sure if he's notable enough to warrant having his own article, but it's here, so I'd might as well.) This is in a much better state than most of the articles here, but it could still use some fleshing out, many more sources, and in-text citations to replace the general ones.
Eddie Lee Mays New York 1963-08-15 Eddie Lee Mays was the last person to be executed in the history of New York. Like Ralph Hudson and Elmer Brunner, he was executed in a state that no longer has the death penalty, meaning that he is highly unlikely to ever have successors. He was executed for his involvement in a stick-up murder, wherein he shot and murdered a customer of a restaurant, Maria Marini, for not retrieving her money for him quickly enough. This page just barely escapes being a stub. As it stands now, it has four citations, which isn't terrible, but it could be better. It needs to be fleshed out and given some more citations.
George and Michael Krull Federal/Georgia 1957-08-23 George and Michael Krull were siblings who were executed for kidnapping and raping a woman in Georgia. Because they transported her across state lines, they were eligible for the federal death penalty and executed in Georgia (which also carried the death penalty for rape at the time) under a federal death warrant. The article is a stub with four citations. It could use more citations and more fleshing out, especially considering that it contains two infoboxes for each sibling. (I also feel like there is a way to discuss Michael Krull's observation that "When your local people commit rape they get just 10 or 20 years sometime" - especially in light of the fact that Georgia's death penalty history is notoriously rife with racism that particularly affected its rape cases in the 20th century.)
Oscar Comery New Hampshire 1916-02-08 The third to last person executed in New Hampshire, and one of only three in the 20th century. (The other two, Frederick Small (1918) and Howard Long (1939), actually have Wikipedia articles, too; they are fully fleshed out.) The article is a stub.
Sam Cardinelli Illinois 1921-04-15 He was a Chicago-based gang leader who was ultimately executed for the murder of saloon owner Andrew P. Bowman. (Interestingly, after his execution, his family allegedly tried to have him revived. As I've heard similar stories about other notorious executed killers, I'll have to check on the veracity of that.) The article has zero in-line citations, and the tone is kind-of sensationalist. It doesn't look like it has been updated much since 2010/2011.

(For my own convenience, the format for the table above:

| NAMEofSUBJECT || STATE || DOE || METHOD || SYNOPSIS || ISSUES |-

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Added in order of when I think to include them. I'll remove each name as they receive articles, or if I decide not to create one for that particular person. My priorities are cases with injustice, followed by serial killers (only because those tend to be noteworthy enough to resist challenges related to their notability - I personally don't have much of an interest in serial killers, but I want to help with the WikiProject for it).

Top Priorities are marked with an asterisk.

Name State Date of Execution Short description Justification of notability
James Willis Cobern Alabama 1964-09-04 James Cobern was executed for breaking into a woman's house and robbing her. (He also sexually assaulted and murdered the victim, but he was only ever convicted for the robbery, which is what makes his execution a landmark.) He was the last person to be executed in the United States not just for robbery, but for any non-murder crime. Cobern's execution was a historical landmark; in addition, I've seen a lot of misinformation about his case, including sooooo many people who misspell his name. I feel that a Wikipedia article could address those issues.
John Snowden* Maryland 1919-02-28 He is largely believed to have been innocent today. His arrest, trial, and execution were rife with racism. He was convicted of murdering Lottie Mae Brandon in her home on August 8, 1917; police extracted a confession from him by brutally beating him for several hours. This case is noteworthy enough to earn its own page on the official website of the State of Maryland (Here - John Snowden MSA). His case still generates conversation to this day. He was also one of very few executed inmates in the United States to receive a posthumous pardon.
Alpha Otis O'Daniel Stephens Georgia 1984-12-28 He was executed for murdering Roy Asbell during an attempt to rob him. What made his case particularly noteworthy was his inclusion in an NPR story 16 years after his execution, as his execution was recorded in its entirety on audio tape. His execution was also horrifically botched, to the point of being one of Georgia's main motivators to switch to lethal injection as a method of execution. I feel like the NPR story, as well as the many articles written about his case at the time of his execution, warrant him receiving his own article. As a staunch death penalty opponent, I would also like to alert the people out there about how the electric chair essentially tortured him to death while he was conscious; the state Supreme Court ruling that abolished electrocution in Georgia, Dawson v. State (2001), goes into some detail. His execution pokes holes into the myth that the electric chair reliably renders inmates unconscious in 1/240th of a second.
Eugene LaMoore* Alaska 1950-04-14 He was executed for robbing a store and murdering the storeowner. His co-defendant, Austin Nelson, was executed two years prior, on March 1, 1948. He was the last person executed in the Alaskan territory prior to them abolishing the death penalty. (Alaska never carried out an execution as a state.) As LaMoore was black, his case also raised questions regarding the racial disparity in the death penalty's application in Alaska, as the territory executed black and Native American murderers at an extremely disproportionate rate compared to white murderers.
James Dukes Illinois 1962-08-24 He was executed for the murder of Detective John Blyth. He was the final person executed in Illinois prior to their death penalty moratorium.
Brian Keith Terrell* Georgia 2015-12-08 He was executed for the murder of John Henry Watson in 1995. There is a lot of evidence that Terrell may not have been the perpetrator in the crime and that he was a victim of the racially biased legal system in Georgia. His execution was also slightly botched.
Nelson Charles* Alaska 1939-11-10 He was executed for the murder of Cecelia Johnson, his mother-in-law. His case was fairly controversial at the time due to Charles's history of mental illness and addiction, as well as the racial disparities in Alaska's death penalty system, which tended to target Native American and black murderers more than white murderers. (Charles was Native American.)
Frank Henry Burness New York 1904-06-27 He was executed for murdering a man; I'm pretty sure that sometime before his execution, he confessed to several other murders committed on prior occasions. This was a moderately notable case at the time, but the other murders on prior occasions seem to qualify Burness being classified as a serial killer. Adding his article could help out with that WikiProject related to serial killers.
Lauren Porter Georgia 1947-04-25 He (yes, he) was executed for the murder of his neighbor, William Roderic Cofer; I think the motive was robbery/burglary. I've only ever seen one source on this, and I somewhat doubt the validity of the source based on other mistakes I've seen from the same author, but Porter was allegedly responsible for about 4-5 other scattered and somewhat random murders in his area a few years prior to Cofer's murder - thus classifying Porter as a serial killer (if I can find other information to confirm this, and if not, I will delete him from my page because he isn't noteworthy enough to receive an article otherwise).

I also feel that it is worth mentioning (here, not on his page) that the name "Lauren" used to be more masculine/male-coded than it is today.

Jack Trawick* Alabama 2009-06-11 He was executed for the murder of Stephanie Gach, who, prior the murder, he did not know. He was a self-confessed serial killer. He admitted to murdering at least four women. Especially as a modern one, he definitely deserves his own article.
Marie Porter (murderer) Illinois 1938-01-28 Don't know much about the murder she committed, either, but I know it involved her brother-in-law, and she hired a hitman who was executed alongside her. I'm iffy about this one, but since executions of women have been so rare in this country (they make up approximately 3% of all executions, including ~1% of modern executions since 1976), I think that gives her some degree of notability. ...Maybe. (I also think she was the only woman executed in Illinois in the 20th century; I think she may have been the final execution of a woman in Illinois.)
Earl Gardner (murderer)* Federal/Arizona 1936-07-12 Not 100% sure, but I think he murdered his wife? I know Gardner was a member of the Apache Nation, so I'm assuming that he murdered her on a reservation, thus making it a federal case. He was executed by the U.S. federal government in Arizona. Gardner was hanged at a time when Arizona had already fully transitioned to using the gas chamber to carry out executions. Back when he was executed, federal executions were required to be carried out by hanging regardless of the method that a state had adopted and grown accustomed to using (which explained why, for instance, James Alderman was hanged in Florida despite Florida having used the electric chair for 5 years). Gardner's hanging was so notoriously, horrifically botched and mishandled, that it inspired federal authorities to amend the laws regarding the methods that states could use. Federal executions from then on out were carried out with the method that each state was used to utilizing, which, considering the sheer number of botched executions by other methods, is like placing a bandage on a bullet wound. But anyway, Gardner's was the last under the mandated hanging statute.
G. Phil Hanna* N/A N/A N/A - wouldn't say he committed a crime, although I think his line of work should be illegal. Not a person who was executed this time, but a very famous executioner who was active in the American Midwest in the early 20th century. Considering that less prolific executioners have pages on Wikipedia, I think Hanna might deserve one as well.
Vincent Ciucci Illinois 1962-03-23 He was executed for murdering his wife and children. (You could class him as a mass murderer.) This was an extremely notorious case at its time; this may have gotten more press than James Morelli, who, by virtue of notoriety alone, absolutely earned his own article. Ciucci also postponed his execution for 7 years (which, at the time of his execution, was nearly unprecedented). Arguably, all of Illinois's final three executions before the death penalty moratorium were massive press events deserving of their own articles.
Richard Carpenter (criminal) Illinois 1958-12-19 He was executed for murdering Chicago police detective William J. Murphy. One of Illinois's last three executions, this was a massive press event on a similar level as Vincent Ciucci. One only has to Google his name to see that there has been plenty written about him already. This case is long overdue an article.
Something about the 1926 Will County prison escape? IDK about the title yet Illinois 1927-07-15

1928-10-10

As far as I know, 7+ inmates escaped from (I THINK) the Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, and in the process, they murdered the warden, Peter Klein. Four of the inmates were executed. One of them, Charles Shader, was the last person to ever be executed by hanging in Illinois. This made front-page news at the time that it occurred; I just don't know much about it at all, but the escape attempt, the murder, and its aftermath are definitely noteworthy enough to earn its own article. I'll think of an appropriate title to frame the case once I learn more about it.
Mecklenberg death row escape Virginia 1984-05-31 Six Virginia death row inmates—Linwood and James Briley, Earl Clanton, Derick Peterson, Willie Leroy Jones, and Lem Tuggle—escaped from death row at the now-closed Mecklenburg Correctional Center in Virginia. This was very big news when it occurred, and it is the biggest death row escape in American history. I've even seen several documentaries about it. The Mecklenberg Correctional Center page does mention the escape, but I think the escape itself warrants having its own page due to its uniqueness and notoriety.
Lem Tuggle Virginia 1996-12-?? He was executed for murdering Jessie Havens. Prior to that, he served time in prison for murdering a teenager named Shirley Brickey. He participated in the Mecklenberg escape, and besides the Briley Brothers, I think he's the only Virginia death row escapee whose notoriety warrants him having his own article. (The others' cases received far less press, and I don't know why.)

As an update to this, I still think Lem Tuggle's case was noteworthy enough to warrant an article, but I also think most Mecklenberg escapees had cases noteworthy enough to warrant articles.

Willie Lloyd Turner* Virginia 1995-05-25 Don't know much about his crime; he was executed for murdering a man during a robbery. He had a similar role in the Mecklenburg escape as Wilbert Lee Evans, helping guards. Aside from that, Willie Turner was well-known for two big reasons. First, while he was awaiting execution, he lobbied for better treatment and conditions for death row inmates (and, really, inmates in the Virginia Department of Corrections as a whole) by filing several complaints and lawsuits about the cruel treatment inmates received, including having to occupy death watch cells days after other inmates' executions by electric chair and having to be exposed to the smell of burning flesh in the hallways. (Virginia switched to lethal injection shortly before his execution.) Second, after his execution, there was a very highly publicized controversy wherein his attorney reported finding a typewriter in his cell with a loaded gun hidden inside.
Dennis Stockton Virginia 1995-09-27 Don't know much about his crime, except that he was executed for his part in a murder-for-hire scheme that resulted in the murder of a 17-year-old teenage boy. While on death row in Virginia, Dennis Stockton wrote very well-publicized journals about day-to-day life on death row; these journals became well-publicized after he released them to the Virginia press. He also revealed information in his journals about the Mecklenburg escape. I've just read so much about him, that it makes it clear that he was a very noteworthy inmate from Virginia's death row in the 1990s.
Earl Clanton Virginia 1988-04-14 He was sentenced to death and executed for the murder of Wilhelmina Smith in 1980. He ALSO participated in the Mecklenberg escape - and I regret saying Tuggle's case was the only one besides the Briley case that received noteworthy levels of press; ever since I wrote that, I have found that Clanton got significant amounts of attention before his execution, mostly due to his rehabilitation behind bars (despite the fact that he was executed anyway), Clanton's participation in multiple initiatives to convince young people not to turn to a life of crime, and the fact that an actor who once played the title character in Dennis the Menace lobbied against Clanton's execution.

In fact, I could argue that the only one of the six escapees who was likely not notable enough to warrant an article was Willie Leroy Jones, because Derick Lyn Peterson received significant levels of press due to his botched electrocution in 1991.

Bertram Spencer* Massachusetts 1912-09-17 I have no idea what crime he committed. I know nothing about this case right now. His case got loads of press and controversy at its time because of Spencer's well-documented struggles with mental illness. (I have no idea what specific mental issues he had.) Given that his execution occurred in 1912, I understand that society's understanding of mental illness probably wasn't all that great, but the amount of press he got warrants him getting an article, as well as some coverage to underscore how executions are still disadvantaging and failing those who struggle with mental illness.

Countries with No Death Penalty Articles (or Stubs)

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NOTE: I have a personal project to complete a non-stub article for every country in Africa! Africa is severely underrepresented when it comes to articles covering their countries' histories, particularly their histories with the death penalty. These topics deserve well-formatted, well-structured, and well-sourced articles that avoid resorting to a colonialist or condescending slant in their coverage. If anyone wants to help with this niche project, even if it's just sending me a link to a good source, or even if it's just encouraging me to get started on a particular country, I'd appreciate it greatly!

After I finish Africa, my next priority is South America, followed by Oceania, and then Asia.

Country Continent Status Latest Execution Stub or Nonexistent?
Capital punishment in Guyana South America Retentionist (Moratorium) 1997 Stub
Capital punishment in Azerbaijan Asia Abolitionist (1998) 1993 Stub
Capital punishment in the Maldives Asia Retentionist (Moratorium) 1954 Stub
Capital punishment in Nepal Asia Abolitionist (1991) 1979 Stub
Capital punishment in Fiji Oceania Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Suriname South America Abolitionist (2015) 1954 Stub
Capital punishment in Kiribati Oceania Unknown Unknown Nonexistent
Capital punishment in Paraguay South America Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Colombia South America Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Chile South America Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Bolivia South America Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Argentina South America Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in the Solomon Islands Oceania Abolitionist (1966, 1978) Unknown Nonexistent
Capital punishment in Palau Oceania Unknown Unknown Nonexistent
Capital punishment in Vanuatu Oceania Unknown Unknown Nonexistent
Capital punishment in American Samoa Oceania Retentionist (Moratorium) 1930s Stub
Capital punishment in Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe Abolitionist (1998, 2000, 2019) 1977 Stub
Capital punishment in Bhutan Asia Abolitionist (2004, 2008) 1964 (?) Stub
Capital punishment in Oman Asia Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Myanmar Asia Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Algeria Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Angola Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Burundi Africa Abolitionist (2009) Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Burkina Faso Africa Abolitionist (?) Unknown ***EDITED***
Capital punishment in Benin Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Cameroon Africa Retentionist (de facto Abolitionist) 1997 ***CREATED***
Capital punishment in the Central African Republic Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Chad Africa Abolitionist Unknown ***EDITED***
Capital punishment in Comoros Africa Retentionist (de facto Abolitionist) 1997-05-29 ***CREATED***
Capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa Retentionist (Moratorium) 2003-01-(??) ***CREATED***
Capital punishment in Republic of the Congo Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Djibouti Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Equatorial Guinea Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Eritrea Africa Retentionist (de facto Abolitionist) Unknown ***EDITED***
Capital punishment in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Africa Unknown Unknown ***EDITED***
Capital punishment in Gabon Africa Abolitionist (2010) Unknown ***EDITED***
Capital punishment in the Gambia Africa Retentionist (Moratorium) 2012 ***CREATED***
Capital punishment in Ghana Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Guinea Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Guinea-Bissau Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Ivory Coast Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Lesotho Africa Retentionist (de facto Abolitionist) 1995-11-25 ***CREATED***
Capital punishment in Liberia Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Libya Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Madagascar Africa Abolitionist (2014) 1958 Stub
Capital punishment in Malawi Africa Retentionist (de facto Abolitionist) 1992-09-26 ***CREATED***
Capital punishment in Mali Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Mauritania Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Mauritius Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Mozambique Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Namibia Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Niger Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Rwanda Africa Abolitionist 1998-04-24 ***CREATED***
Capital punishment in São Tomé and Príncipe Africa Unknown Unknown Redirect
Capital punishment in Senegal Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Seychelles Africa Abolitionist Before 1976 ***CREATED***
Capital punishment in Sierra Leone Africa Abolitionist 1998-10-19 ***CREATED***
Capital punishment in Tanzania Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Togo Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Tunisia Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Uganda Africa Retentionist (de facto Abolitionist) 1999-04-29 (c) / 2005 (m) ***EDITED***
Capital punishment in Zambia Africa Unknown Unknown Stub
Capital punishment in Zimbabwe Africa Unknown Unknown Stub

Planned Contributions to Non-Death Penalty Stubs

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Listed in order of priority.

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Notes

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About Me

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I'm AFDDiary. (The first 3 letters stand for Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses, which was my all-time favorite album when I made this account. Not anymore—I still like it, but it's not anywhere near my #1. It isn't even in my current top 30. I'm very likely going to change my username at some point, but I don't know what I want to change it to, so I guess it'll stay for now.)

If you were to ask me today, Supporting Caste by Propagandhi is my current all-time favorite album. It bests every album in existence in the lyrical, political, and musical departments, hands down, in my opinion. It is the perfect punk rock album. Anyone with even the slightest interest in human rights, equality, animal rights, or just good music in general should listen to it. Ask me anytime for my other recommendations; it's a wide swath of more punk rock, with some hard rock, rap, and metal sprinkled within.

For some quick biographical information – I am in my 20s, I am a cisgender black woman, I am a leftist, and I live in the Deep South in the United States. I'm wildly neurodivergent in several ways (most prominently Au-DHD) and still trying to adjust to life. For one fun fact, I'm a sound-color synesthete born with absolute pitch, which I think explains why I love music so much: music is a vividly colorful experience for me.

Most of my contributions here will concern capital punishment and the death penalty, especially in the United States. That topic is my special interest, and I know way too much about it and individual cases within the subject. I will branch out to creating/editing articles on other countries on a case-by-case basis as I feel more comfortable discussing them and understanding them. I also like creating and editing articles about punk rock bands and albums, glam metal bands and albums, and hard rock bands and albums, although I do those far less frequently. (Music-wise, I think I personally prefer pages dedicated to albums over bands, but I like editing both.)

My position on capital punishment:

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In case you must know, I am against the death penalty — a death penalty opponent in 100% of cases. It is unjust, unequal, excessively costly, and a waste of humanity. Every so-called "justified" execution is accompanied by one rife with problems. For my favorite example, the year after Florida executed notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, they executed an innocent man, Jesse Tafero - on top of botching it and setting his head and face on fire while he suffocated to death in the electric chair. His death was most likely agonizing and prolonged. Florida proudly did that to an innocent man.

I feel like the public has a right to know about the horrors done in their names. Wikipedia is scholarly and impartial, so I cannot show my true opinions through the articles - but I do implore you to look further into each active case you come across. (I used to have a long explanation of my position, but I don't really want that here anymore because I'd rather this page focus on my contributions here. But if you really want to know, feel free to ask, or check out the Death Penalty Information Center or the Equal Justice Initiative for some great learning resources.)