On the evening of 17 July 2002, Tracy Hansen became the first person to be executed in Mississippi since 1989. He was sentenced to death in 1987 for the murder of a police officer, David Bruce Ladner, earlier that year.
On the evening of 17 July 2002, Tracy Hansen became the first person to be executed in Mississippi since 1989. He was sentenced to death in 1987 for the murder of a police officer, David Bruce Ladner, earlier that year.