<Tr> <Th> Criminal status </Th> <Td> Executed </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Conviction (s) </Th> <Td> 2 counts of first degree murder </Td> </Tr> <P> Billy Bailey (January 1947--January 25, 1996) was a convicted murderer hanged in Delaware in 1996 . He became only the third person to be hanged in the United States since 1965 (the previous two were Charles Rodman Campbell and Westley Allan Dodd, both in Washington) and the first person hanged in Delaware in 50 years . </P> <P> In 1979, Bailey was assigned to the Plummer House, a work release facility in Wilmington, Delaware, but soon escaped . He later appeared at the home of his foster sister, Sue Ann Coker, in Cheswold, Delaware, saying he was upset and was not going back to the Plummer House . </P>

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