Executed

Celestino Madeiros

died August 23, 1927 · Massachusetts

Celestino Madeiros was executed by the state of Massachusetts on August 23, 1927, the same day as Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The Death Penalty Information Center reports that in 1925 Madeiros confessed to a different killing that had been linked to the case against Sacco and Vanzetti. The source's account gives no further detail about the confession's weight or how it was received.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Source

Massachusetts Death Penalty Information Center

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