Executed

Joseph L. Taborsky

died May 17, 1960 · Wethersfield State Prison, Wethersfield, Connecticut

Joseph L. Taborsky was executed in Connecticut's electric chair at Wethersfield State Prison on May 17, 1960, the last person put to death in the state, according to the Connecticut State Library and a 2014 Hartford Courant retrospective. The Courant reports that the chair, first used in 1937, was used for 18 electrocutions, all at the prison, and that it now sits in a storage bin at the Department of Correction.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Connecticut State Library; news reports.

Custody: Serving a sentence.

Sources (2)

Capital Punishment: Executions in Connecticut Connecticut State Library, Executions in Connecticut 1639-2005
#ThrowbackThursday: ‘Mad Dog’ Last To Get The Electric Chair Hartford Courant, May 15, 2014

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