Executed

Robert Carter

died 1957 · District of Columbia

Robert Carter was executed in the District of Columbia in 1957, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, which lists it as the most recent execution in the district. The center reports that the jury in his case recommended mercy, but the law at the time required a death sentence. Objection to the execution rests on that jury recommendation, which the sentencing law did not allow to change the outcome.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: court.

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District of Columbia Death Penalty Information Center

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