On this day: April 21
- 1896Court / trial Campbell County Courthouse, Newport · Murder of Pearl Bryan
Jackson and Walling were tried separately in Campbell County in 1896 and convicted of first-degree murder. They were hanged together on gallows behind the courthouse on March 20, 1897, the last hanging in Newport.
- 2014Court / trial Morrison County Courthouse, Little Falls · Byron Smith
Smith's trial opened April 21, 2014. Jurors deliberated about three hours before convicting him of two counts of first-degree premeditated murder; he was sentenced to life without parole.