Deaths in Custody
Executed

Robert Thompson

died June 9, 1777 · Connecticut

Robert Thompson was executed by hanging by the State of Connecticut on June 9, 1777. The Connecticut State Library lists this execution in its record of executions carried out in the state from 1639 to 2005. The record identifies the method as hanging and the death as a judicial execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Connecticut State Library.

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