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This list is intended to give both an historic and a modern look at murder. With both new and old cases included it is hoped that a more complete picture will be available. This list only contains murders committed by men.   This section currently has information on 50 cases

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Zangara, Giuseppe
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Zangara, Giuseppe

 It was 1933 and the depression was biting hard in America Giuseppe Zangara resented those who he felt were responsible and decided to try and do something about it.  His plan was to murder Franklin D Roosevelt.  The president elect, Roosevelt was sitting in the back of a car after making a speech when five shots were fired.  Roosevelt was not hit but five other people were, one so badly that he died nearly three weeks later. Giuseppe Zangara was tried on the 20 March 1933 for the murder of Anton Cermak and sentenced to death.  He was electrocuted at Railford Prison in Florida.

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