On this day: June 25

  1. 1959
    Prison Nebraska State Penitentiary · Charles Starkweather

    Starkweather was executed in the electric chair here at 12:05 a.m. on June 25, 1959.

  2. 1990
    Prison Cummins Unit (execution) · Ronald Gene Simmons

    Simmons was executed by lethal injection in the state execution chamber at the Cummins Unit, Lincoln County, on June 25, 1990, after waiving his appeals.