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Dolores Moore

died 1865 · Arizona

Dolores Moore was executed by hanging in 1865 in the federal territory that is now Arizona. The Death Penalty Information Center describes it as the first recorded execution in that territory. Moore's death was a judicial execution carried out by the authorities who held them. Sources consulted for this memorial give no further account of Moore's life or of the circumstances of the execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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