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This alphabetical list features notable cases up to August 2024, and only those where lethal injection can be reliably sourced to be the method of execution. The criterion for notability is either an article on the individual, or the crime they were executed for, in the English Wikipedia.
NameBornDiedAge1963200642193719955819512008571975201034- The Murders
- The Courts
- The Oprah Episode
- The Execution
Authorities said Wrinkles was on methamphetamine when he cut the phone lines, broke into his brother-in-law's Evansville home and killed his wife, Debra Jean Wrinkles, 31; her brother, Mark "Tony" Fulkerson, 28; and Fulkerson's wife, Natalie "Chris" Fulkerson, 26. The couple was in the middle of a divorce and custody battle over their two children....
In the lead-up to his trial, Wrinkles claimed his wife had become abusive. He said he was afraid she planned to shoot or stab him. But police and Debra Wrinkles' family said it was who Wrinkles had a history of abusing his wife. "I feel like Caesar on the steps of the Senate. I'm made out to be this bad guy because of women's rights and all this st...
A week after the Indiana Supreme Court declined Wrinkles' final review motion, he appeared as a guest on "The Oprah Winfrey Show"via remote feed from prison. During the talk show segment, he was confronted by members of his victims' families. The Fulkersons' children; Debra and Tony's mother, Mae McIntire; and Natalie's mother, Mary Winnecke, were ...
On the day of his execution, Wrinkles continued to speak about the change he had undergone, saying in his final statement that he was "not proud of the man I was, but I am no longer that man." He died from lethal injection at 12:39 a.m. on Dec. 11, 2009, at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. His final meal was prime rib, a loaded baked potato, ...
- Breaking News Reporter
A total of 20 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Indiana in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977. Before 1995, electrocution was the sole method of execution. This was replaced with lethal injection in 1995.
No.NameRaceAge20White4919Michael Allen LambertWhite3618David Leon WoodsWhite4217Marvin BieghlerWhite58Jun 26, 2024 · Indiana’s last execution was in 2009, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Matthew Eric Wrinkles was executed for the murders of his wife and her brother and sister-in-law. The yearslong pause has been attributed to the unavailability of lethal injection drugs.
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- State Government Reporter
Jul 2, 2024 · Ward was sentenced to lethal injection in 2002 for the July 11, 2001 murder and rape of 15-year-old Dale, Indiana, honor roll student Stacy Payne. She worked at Jenk’s Pizza, was a...
- Jon Webb
- Enterprise Reporter
Jan 13, 2021 · Lisa Montgomery - the only female inmate on federal death row in the US - has been executed for murder. She received a lethal injection at a prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, after a last-minute...
Dec 11, 2019 · The last person the state executed was Matthew Wrinkles, who died by lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison on Dec. 11, 2009. That was now 10 years ago. State officials say the delay...
