A few notable crime-related events took place on this day, January 25, in history:
2006: A Mexican professional wrestler, Juana Barraza, was arrested in conjunction with the serial killingof at least 10 elderly women
1996: Billy Bailey was the last person to be hanged as a method of execution in the United States
1993: Five people were shot outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia by a Muslim extremist, resulting in two dead and three wounded
1971: Charles Manson and three female co-defendants were found guilty of the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca
1787: American Daniel Shays led a rebellion against the federal government to protest debtor's prisons, for which he was later convicted of treason
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2006: A Mexican professional wrestler, Juana Barraza, was arrested in conjunction with the serial killingof at least 10 elderly women
1996: Billy Bailey was the last person to be hanged as a method of execution in the United States
1993: Five people were shot outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia by a Muslim extremist, resulting in two dead and three wounded
1971: Charles Manson and three female co-defendants were found guilty of the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca
1787: American Daniel Shays led a rebellion against the federal government to protest debtor's prisons, for which he was later convicted of treason
For more interesting crime tidbits, news and information delivered straight to your inbox, join the Criminal Law Community!
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