Eddie Mays
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Eddie Lee Mays was convicted of murder and robbery in 1962 and executed by the State of New York
in 1963. He was the last person executed by the State of New York.
During a robbery of a bartender and several customers in a bar in Harlem
, New York City
, Mays shot and killed one of the customers, 31 year old Maria Marini. Mays was sentenced to death
for this crime and executed in the electric chair
at the Sing Sing
prison in 1963 at the age of 34.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
in 1963. He was the last person executed by the State of New York.
During a robbery of a bartender and several customers in a bar in Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...
, New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, Mays shot and killed one of the customers, 31 year old Maria Marini. Mays was sentenced to death
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...
for this crime and executed in the electric chair
Electric chair
Execution by electrocution, usually performed using an electric chair, is an execution method originating in the United States in which the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body...
at the Sing Sing
Sing Sing
Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services in the town of Ossining, New York...
prison in 1963 at the age of 34.
See also
- List of individuals executed in New York
- List of most recent executions by jurisdiction
- Capital punishment in the United StatesCapital punishment in the United StatesCapital punishment in the United States, in practice, applies only for aggravated murder and more rarely for felony murder. Capital punishment was a penalty at common law, for many felonies, and was enforced in all of the American colonies prior to the Declaration of Independence...
Sources
- New York Executions. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- NY Timeline. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- A Look At The Last Man To Dine In The Empire State. Dead Man Eating. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- Clyde Haberman. NYC; Life or Death? More Yawns Than Passion. The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
(1998-05-29). Retrieved on 2007-11-12.