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Steven Pennel

died 1992 · Delaware

Steven Pennel was executed by lethal injection in Delaware in 1992, the first person put to death in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court's 1976 decision in Gregg v. Georgia reinstated the death penalty. The Death Penalty Information Center records his execution as the event of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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