Executed
Jesse Bishop
Jesse Bishop was executed in 1979 at Nevada State Prison, where the sentence was carried out in the gas chamber. The Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records describes this as the last execution by gas chamber in the state. Jesse Bishop was held in the custody of the prison when the execution took place.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Nevada State Prison (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.