Executed
Eli Norman
Eli Norman was hanged in 1812 in Alabama, which the Death Penalty Information Center's state timeline describes as the first known legal execution in the state. The source gives no details of the sentence, where the hanging took place, or who Eli Norman was, and it does not name a facility or county. Because the death was a judicial execution, it is recorded here as carried out under a court sentence.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: the state's death penalty timeline.