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US Death Penalty Crimes Since 1900

Crimes receiving the death penalty before 1900 included arson, piracy, slave revolt, horse stealing, forgery, counterfeit, sodomy, and witchcraft. Can you name the nine crimes U.S. state or federal jurisdictions have executed people for since 1900?
All answers are nouns.
Some of the crimes are similar
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Last Execution
Convict
Location
Crime
2021
David Neal Cox Sr.
Mississippi
Murder
1964
James Coburn
Alabama
Robbery
1964
Ronald Wolfe
Missouri
Rape
1962
Rudolph Wright
California
Assault by a life convict
1960
Billy Monk
California
Kidnapping
1953
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
New York
Espionage
1945
Eddie Slovik
France
Desertion
1941
Frank Bass
Alabama
Burglary
1901
Black Jack Ketchum
New Mexico
Train Robbery
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Jan 30, 2021
Should accept High Treason
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Level 85
Jan 30, 2021
That is not the crime they were executed for. They were convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917.