List of people executed in Pennsylvania - wikipedia List of people executed in Pennsylvania This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2014 ) As of 2018, a total of 1,043 people have been executed in Pennsylvania since 1693, the 3rd highest of any other state or commonwealth in the Union, after New York ( 1,130 ) and Virginia ( 1,361 ). Until 1915, hanging was the common method of execution. 1915 saw the first use of the electric chair, even though it was approved by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1913. The delay was due to the time needed to finish the Western Penitentiary in Centre County, now the State Correctional Institution -- Rockview. On November 29, 1990, Governor Casey changed the form of execution to lethal injection. Since 1976 Since the re-instatement of the Death Penalty by the Supreme Court in 1976, 3 individuals, all convicted of murder, have been executed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All were executed by lethal injection, and in all three cases, they waived their appeals and asked that the execution be carried out. Executed person Date Victim ( s ) Governor Keith Zettlemoyer 2 May 1995 Charles DeVetsco. Tom Ridge Leon Moser 15 August 1995 Linda Moser, Donna Moser, and Joanne Moser. Gary M. Heidnik 6 July 1999 Deborah Dudley and Sandra Lindsay. References Jump up ^ http://deathpenaltyusa.org/usa1/state/pennsylvania1.htm Jump up ^ http://deathpenalty.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=004087 Jump up ^ http://www.cor.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/death_penalty/17351/history/607968 Jump up ^ http://articles.philly.com/1995-05-03/news/25673982_1_keith-zettlemoyer-execution-warrant-pennsylvania-post-conviction-defender-organization Jump up ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/17/us/killer-of-his-ex-wife-and-2-daughters-is-executed.html See also Capital punishment in the United States Capital punishment in the United States Articles Federal Government Military Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Washington, D.C. Puerto Rico American Samoa Lists of individuals executed Federal Government Military Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Michigan Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wyoming By year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Scheduled executions Other List of U.S. Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment List of death row inmates in the United States List of women on death row List of women executed since 1976 Juveniles National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Death Penalty Information Center Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_executed_in_Pennsylvania&oldid=826446157 '' Categories : Lists of people executed in the United States People executed by Pennsylvania Pennsylvania - related lists Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from February 2014 All articles needing additional references Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 19 February 2018, at 04 : 02. About Wikipedia

Question: when was the last time the death penalty was used in pa
Answer: 6 July 1999