Joseph Szymankiewicz

Cases

• John Spenkelink execution — first involuntary post-Furman execution in the United States
  Victim

Timeline

Events across every case involving this person

1. February 4, 1973

   Joseph Szymankiewicz murdered at hotel in Tallahassee—shot and beaten by Spenkelink

   John Spenkelink execution — first involuntary post-Furman execution in the United States
2. February 4, 1973

   Joseph Szymankiewicz last seen alive, picked up by Spenkelink as hitchhiker in Tallahassee

   John Spenkelink execution — first involuntary post-Furman execution in the United States
3. February 4, 1973

   Joseph Szymankiewicz identified

   John Spenkelink execution — first involuntary post-Furman execution in the United States
4. February 9, 1973

   Spenkelink arrested for murder of Szymankiewicz

   John Spenkelink execution — first involuntary post-Furman execution in the United States