On this day: January 22
- 1981Victim Terry Pue · Atlanta child murders
Atlanta police attributed his death to Wayne Williams and closed the case; Williams was never charged or tried in it.
- 1992Prison Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins · Mark Hopkinson
Hopkinson was executed by lethal injection here on January 22, 1992.
- 1998Court / trial U.S. District Court, Sacramento · Ted Kaczynski
On the eve of his trial for the Sacramento bombings, Kaczynski pleaded guilty to all federal charges in exchange for life in prison without parole. He was sentenced in May 1998.