Statistics for Executions in History

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When	Where	Method	Charges	Who	% Correct
2006	Baghdad	Hanging	Murder and torture	Saddam Hussein	89%
≈ 33	Jerusalem	Crucifixion	Claiming to be King of the Jews	Jesus	87%
1945	Northern Italy	Informal firing squad	Aggravated fascism	Benito Mussolini	80%
1793	Paris	Guillotine	Tyranny; kinging; Causing French blood to flow	Louis XVI	71%
1967	Bolivia	Summary shooting	Fomenting revolution; Guerilla warfare	Che Guevara	68%
1606	London	Hanging, drawing, quartering	Trying to blow up Parliament	Guy Fawkes	67%
1793	Paris	Guillotine	Orgies; incest; sending money to Austria	Marie Antoinette	67%
1536	London	Beheading	Adultery against the King; Incest	Anne Boleyn	56%
1305	London	Hanging, drawing, quartering	Fighting a war for Scottish independence	William Wallace	56%
1918	Yekaterinburg	Informal firing squad	Existing; WWI losses	Nicholas II	43%
2001	Indiana	Lethal injection	Oklahoma City bombing	Timothy McVeigh	42%
1649	London	Beheading	Treason against Parliament	Charles I	35%
1994	Illinois	Lethal injection	Serial killing; Clowning without a license	John Wayne Gacy	33%
1962	Israel	Hanging	Holocaust crimes; Banal evil	Adolf Eichmann	32%
1859	Virginia	Hanging	Harper's Ferry raid	John Brown	31%
1953	New York	Electric chair	Passing nuclear secrets to the USSR	Julius and Ethel Rosenberg	31%
1618	London	Beheading	Plotting against King James; Introducing smoking	Sir Walter Raleigh	28%
1880	Melbourne	Hanging	Bushranging; Killing of police	Ned Kelly	26%
1535	London	Beheading	Papism; Burning heretics; Failure to attend a coronation	Thomas More	22%
1776	New York	Hanging	Spying; Having but one life to give for his country	Nathan Hale	18%