Convicted of the 1958 murder of shopkeeper Sarah Hearne during a robbery in Maryland. Tried as an adult.
Background
Leonard Melvin Shockley (1941โ1959) was executed in the Maryland gas chamber on April 10, 1959, at age 17 for a murder committed when he was 16. He was one of the last juveniles executed in the United States.
Sources & Verification
Convicted in Maryland of murder (as a juvenile). Executed by gas chamber April 10, 1959. Associated with Maryland House of Corrections Cemetery area. Find a Grave memorial 102013505: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102013505/leonard_melvin_shockley . Historical records of juvenile executions in the U.S.
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