On this day: January 22

  1. 1981
    Victim 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.

  2. 1992
    Prison Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins · Mark Hopkinson

    Hopkinson was executed by lethal injection here on January 22, 1992.

  3. 1998
    Court / 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.