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Individuals who were sentenced to capital punishment by a presiding authority, but for whatever reason the execution never took place.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Criminal
23-Apr-1954   Black Panther, sentenced to death
Randall Adams
Victim
17-Dec-1948 30-Oct-2010 Innocent man in The Thin Blue Line
Mehmet Ali Agca
Assassin
9-Jan-1958   In 1981, shot Pope John Paul II
Susan Atkins
Criminal
7-May-1948 24-Sep-2009 Manson Family
Mikhail Bakunin
Anarchist
30-May-1814 1-Jul-1876 Pioneer of the Anarchist movement
Celal Bayar
Head of State
16-May-1883 22-Aug-1986 President of Turkey, 1950-60
Emperor Bokassa I
Royalty
22-Feb-1921 3-Nov-1996 Central African Emperor
Caravaggio
Painter
28-Sep-1573 18-Jul-1610 Temperamental painter
Harvey Carignan
Criminal
18-May-1927   The Want-Ad Killer
Kim Dae-Jung
Head of State
3-Dec-1925 18-Aug-2009 South Korean President, 1998-2003
Dante
Poet
1265 14-Sep-1321 La Divina Commedia
Charles de Gaulle
Head of State
22-Nov-1890 9-Nov-1970 President of France, 1958-69
Marquis de Sade
Author
2-Jun-1740 2-Dec-1814 120 Days of Sodom
John Demjanjuk
Criminal
3-Apr-1920 17-Mar-2012 Retired auto worker convicted for Nazi past
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novelist
30-Oct-1821 28-Jan-1881 Crime and Punishment
José Napoleón Duarte
Head of State
23-Nov-1925 23-Feb-1990 President of El Salvador, 1984-89
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Military
4-Jul-1807 2-Jun-1882 Privateer, Italian hero
Hermann Goering
Military
12-Jan-1893 15-Oct-1946 Founder of the Gestapo
Chun Doo Hwan
Head of State
18-Jan-1931   President of South Korea, 1980-88
Ryszard Kaczorowski
Head of State
26-Nov-1919 10-Apr-2010 President-in-exile of Poland, 1989-90
Arthur Koestler
Author
3-Sep-1905 3-Mar-1983 Darkness at Noon
Patricia Krenwinkel
Criminal
3-Dec-1947   Charles Manson Family
Henry Lee Lucas
Criminal
23-Aug-1936 12-Mar-2001 Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas
Nelson Mandela
Head of State
18-Jul-1918 5-Dec-2013 President of South Africa, 1994-99
Charles Manson
Criminal
12-Nov-1934   Helter Skelter
Ferdinand Marcos
Head of State
11-Sep-1917 28-Sep-1989 Disgraced Philippine dictator
Gaius Marius
Military
155 BC 13-Jan-86 BC Roman General and consul
Giuseppe Mazzini
Activist
22-Jun-1805 10-Mar-1872 Italian patriot, agitator
Enver Pasha
Government
22-Nov-1881 4-Aug-1922 Young Turk leader, persecuted ethnic minorities
Philippe Pétain
Head of State
24-Apr-1856 23-Jul-1951 Leader of Vichy France
Casimir Pulaski
Military
7-Mar-1745 11-Oct-1779 Polish General in the American Revolution
Sir Walter Raleigh
Explorer
c. 1552 29-Oct-1618 Favorite of Queen Elizabeth I
Richard Ramirez
Criminal
29-Feb-1960 7-Jun-2013 Serial killer, The Night Stalker
Jack Ruby
Assassin
25-Mar-1911 3-Jan-1967 Killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Military
21-Feb-1794 21-Jun-1876 Hero of Tampico
Sirhan Sirhan
Assassin
19-Mar-1944   Assassin of Robert F. Kennedy
Richard Speck
Criminal
6-Dec-1941 5-Dec-1991 Killed eight student nurses
Napper Tandy
Politician
1740 24-Aug-1803 Irish politician and revolutionary
Tex Watson
Criminal
2-Dec-1945   Honor student turned to Manson Family


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