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List of crimes that resulted in someone being executed by lethal injection?

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Obviously I don't own the article, but when I created this list, as per the title, the intention was for it to be a list of notable people executed by lethal injection, meaning people that have their own articles due to their own notability as per WP:CRIME. Over the years it looks like quite a few people who do not have their own article have been added in, with their name instead piped to the crime they committed. Some stand-alone articles for people also appear to have been since merged/redirected to the article about their crime. Personally, as per the list title, I think the threshold for inclusion should be an article about the individual. This was never intended to be a list of everyone executed. However, I will save the lists of crimes that have recently been removed from the article here, just to make things easier in case a consensus is reached to include them. Damien Linnane (talk) 06:21, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

think this can be included per the format you suggested. NelsonLee20042020 (talk) 07:01, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Damien Linnane: Personally I disagree with this take. The crime a person was convicted of is ultimately still about that executed individual. Frankly, a lot of the people on this list should probably not be the title of their own article anyway, and the title instead should probably be "Murder of (crime victim)". The reason the people are on this list is because of the crime they committed, nothing more. If someone was executed people are interested to know why and what the crime was and "Murder of" articles provide that information. Perhaps if there is little info provided in the article about the perpetrator of the crime then it shouldn't be included on this list but in cases like Lisa Montgomery, a whole section of the Murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett article is about her life and what led up to her committing that crime. In my opinion, murder of articles should be included on this list if there is sufficient information about the perpetrator found within the article. It is silly to have separate articles for murderers who were convicted of the same crime, one page about the crime should exist which provides all the information about the crime, perpetrators, etc. Inexpiable (talk) 08:56, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Inexpiable. You know out of all the ones I removed, Lisa Marie Montgomery was one of only a couple where I seriously paused for a while to consider whether removing them was appropriate since they had their own section at their related murder articles; I ended up going ahead with it just for consistency, but yes I think she should be added back. There are definitely articles in this list where the person has significantly less coverage and relevance. For example, Andrew Kokoraleis links to Ripper Crew. I was prompted to do this after seeing some people added to the list who have very little information about them at the article related to their crime, partially because if the threshold is simply lowered to crimes that resulted in execution, this article suddenly because immensely less comprehensive than it currently is. I think this list contains almost everyone who has been executed who technically has their own article. There's probably a lot of gaps and works to be done if we officially lower the threshold. But I'm happy to take it on a case by case basis if you like. Damien Linnane (talk) 22:28, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Damien Linnane: The thing is Kokoraleis is quite a notable individual though as he was Illinois's last execution before capital punishment was abolished in the state. That alone in my opinion should make him a more worthy entry than some of the individuals currently on the list here. Also, the "Murder of" articles usually tend to be more flushed out and detailed compared to some of the other articles currently on the list. I mean you have to think where do you draw the line? Most of the people on the list are also American, there's already a bias towards American individuals compared to other individuals from different countries around the world. Given bias already exists and cannot be avoided I still believe "Murder of" articles should just be included here. Inexpiable (talk) 22:23, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Inexpiable. Yeah, I think you're right. I'm definitely not going to oppose adding 'Murder of' articles back in general, though I'll keep my eye out for articles that really don't tell you much about the person who was executed. I'll start migrating people back to the main article when I get a chance after manually reviewing them. Other people are welcome to do it before I get to it though.
In that case, whenever you have some free time, would you be willing to start also helping me add the 'Murder of' articles I found below that weren't in the article already? No worries if you're busy.
@NelsonLee20042020: you're welcome to also start adding the new articles I've found either into the main article, or just formatting them into the table below. Whichever you prefer. Incidentally thanks for your interest in this. It's pretty much just been Inexpiable and myself working on this article regularly, which is probably why I balked a bit when I saw you adding a lot of 'Murder of' articles, as I knew actively trying to add some in would potentially draw attention to the fact many 'Murder of' articles aren't in the list, which would inadvertently make the article no longer look as comprehensive as it was. But if you're here to help us do that now, you're very welcome to.
And what do both of you think about the legal cases? The US court cases listed below that revolved heavily around a single person's execution? Do you think we should ad those in as well. Damien Linnane (talk) 03:03, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Inexpiable:@NelsonLee20042020: I've added back all the cases I removed from the article, and have also updated the lead as well. Now that we're in agreement that crimes resulting in someone being executed should be added to the article, can you help me add the crimes below? And can I get your feedback on the legal cases as well? Damien Linnane (talk) 06:12, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Damien Linnane, @Inexpiable, we can take the time to add them one by one. I want to suggest this. We should separate the list into smaller ones, like one section for the United States (obviously it is the majority), one more for China, and several others for the other countries that adopt lethal injection. Some of the China cases are a bit ambiguous on what method did they use to execute some of the criminals listed below, because they use either firing squad or lethal injection. The United States, we can consider separate them as sublists, state by state too. NelsonLee20042020 (talk) 07:39, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Damien Linnane, @Inexpiable. This will mitigate the difficult length of the list. otherwise the list itself would be too long with everyone gathered together. NelsonLee20042020 (talk) 07:41, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Naturally I only want to add people to the list if a reliable source is found that the method of execution is lethal injection; the people from China listed below are only potential people to add IF we can find sources. The list is obviously long, but I don't think that's a problem. Longer featured lists exists, like List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication, which has over 630 people in it. This list currently has under 400, and even if all the people below are added it will still have under 450. In any case, we should still start adding people one at a time like you suggested. Thanks for being willing to help. Damien Linnane (talk) 08:03, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Potential additions

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Here's a list of articles that may need to be added if articles about crimes are included; the relevant person's name can be found at each article.

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