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United States. State (s) Arkansas. Christina Marie Riggs (September 2, 1971 – May 2, 2000) was convicted of the November 1997 murders of her two children, Justin Dalton Thomas (age 5) and Shelby Alexis Riggs (age 2). [2] [3] Riggs was a licensed practical nurse, and she planned to kill the children with injections of drugs she obtained from ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arkansas since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States . 31 people have been executed in Arkansas since 1976: 30 males and 1 female ( Christina Marie Riggs ). All but John Swindler (who was executed by electric chair) were executed by lethal ...
Miles Ledford Langley of Arkadelphia, Arkansas proposed a women's suffrage clause during the 1868 Arkansas Constitutional Convention. Educator, James Mitchell wanted to see a world where his daughters had equal rights. The first woman's suffrage group in Arkansas was organized by Lizzie Dorman Fyler in 1881.
Capital punishment in Arkansas. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Arkansas . Since 1820, a total of 505 individuals have been executed. According to the Arkansas Department of Correction, as of January 16, 2019, a total of 29 men were under a sentence of death in the state.
Governors of Arkansas Territory No. Governor Term in office Appointed by 1 James Miller (1776–1851) March 3, 1819 – December 27, 1824 (resigned) James Monroe: 2 George Izard (1776–1828) March 3, 1825 – November 22, 1828 (died in office) James Monroe: John Quincy Adams: 3 John Pope (1770–1845) March 9, 1829 – March 9, 1835
Ronald James Ward. West Memphis Three. Alan Willett. Kenneth Williams (serial killer) Elijah Wood (murderer) Categories: Prisoners and detainees of Arkansas. People convicted of murder by United States jurisdictions. Murder in Arkansas.
Seymour, Connecticut. Died. November 11, 1885. Hartford, Connecticut. Nationality. American. John Mankey Riggs (October 25, 1811 – November 11, 1885) [1] [2] was the leading authority on periodontal disease and its treatment in the United States, to the point that periodontal disease was known as " Riggs' disease ." [3]
John M. Riggs. John M. Riggs (born December 2, 1946) [2] is a retired United States Army general. He was retired in 2005. He had attained the rank of lieutenant general, but was retired with the loss of one star, at the rank of major general. According to the army, this was because of misuse of contractors, but some of Riggs' supporters argued ...