List of people executed in Oklahoma
Appearance
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Oklahoma since 1976.
The total amounts to 112 people, and all were executed by lethal injection.[1]
# | Executed person | Ethnicity | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Victim(s) | Note(s) | ||||||
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Under the Governorship of Henry Bellmon – 1 execution | |||||||||||||
1 | Charles Troy Coleman | White | 43 | M | September 10, 1990 | John Seward | Executed for the 1979 murder of John Seward during a robbery spree which left 3 other people dead. | ||||||
Under the Governorship of David Walters – 2 executions | |||||||||||||
2 | Robyn Leroy Parks | Black | 37 | M | March 10, 1992 | Abdullah Ibrahim | Executed for the 1978 murder of Abdullah Ibrahim in order to prevent being caught using a stolen credit card. | ||||||
3 | Olan Randle Robison | White | 46 | M | March 13, 1992 | Shiela Lovejoy and Robert Swinford | Executed for the 1980 murders of Shiela Lovejoy and Robert Swinford during a violent burglary in order to fund a meth lab. | ||||||
Under the Governorship of Frank Keating – 52 executions | |||||||||||||
4 | Thomas J. Grasso | White | 32 | M | March 20, 1995 | Hilda Johnson | Executed for the 1991 murder of Hilda Johnson, an elderly woman, during a home invasion. Also killed an elderly man in New York in similar circumstances. | ||||||
5 | Roger Dale Stafford | White | 43 | M | July 1, 1995 | Melvin Lorenz, Linda Lorenz, Richard Lorenz, Isaac Freeman, Louis Zacarias, Terri Horst, David Salsman, Anthony Tew, and David Lindsey | Executed for the 1978 murders of the Lorenz family and for 6 murders at a steakhouse restaurant during a murder spree. | ||||||
6 | Robert Allen Brecheen [2] | White | 40 | M | August 11, 1995 | Marie Stubbs | Executed for the 1983 murder of Marie Stubbs and the attempted murder of her husband during a home invasion. | ||||||
7 | Benjamin Brewer | White | 38 | M | April 26, 1996 | Karen Joyce Stapleton | Executed for the 1978 rape and murder of Karen Stapleton who was an Oklahoma college student. | ||||||
8 | Steven Keith Hatch | White | 42 | M | August 9, 1996 | Richard Douglas and Marilyn Douglas | Executed for the 1979 murders of Richard and Marilyn Douglas during a home invasion along with his accomplice who had his sentence commuted due to insanity. They also tried to kill the couple´s two children who both survived. | ||||||
9 | Scott Dawn Carpenter | Native American | 22 | M | May 8, 1997 | A.J. Kelley | Executed for the 1994 murder of A.J. Kelley during a robbery of Kelley's fishing supply shop. He is currently the youngest post-Furman execution at age 22 at the time of execution. | ||||||
10 | Michael Edward Long | White | 35 | M | February 20, 1998 | Sheryl Graber and Andrew Graber | Executed for the 1987 murder of his co-worker Sheryl Graber and her 2-year-old son Andrew after Sheryl repeatedly rejected his sexual advances. | ||||||
11 | Stephen Edward Wood | White | 38 | M | August 5, 1998 | Robert B. Brigden | Executed for the 1995 murder of Robert Brigden, a convicted child rapist, in prison while serving a life sentence for killing 2 men. | ||||||
12 | Tuan Anh Nguyen | Asian | 39 | M | December 10, 1998 | Amanda White and Joseph White | Executed for the 1982 murder of his wife and his young niece and nephew after his marriage fell apart. | ||||||
13 | John Wayne Duvall | White | 47 | M | December 17, 1998 | Karla Duvall | Executed for the 1986 murder of his wife Karla Duvall during a bitter divorce. | ||||||
14 | John Walter Castro | Native American | 37 | M | January 7, 1999 | Beulah Grace, Sissons Cox, and Rhonda Pappan | Executed for the murders of Sissons Cox and Rhonda Pappan on two different occasions during 1983. He also received life for the murder of Beulah Grace. | ||||||
15 | Sean Richard Sellers | White | 29 | M | February 4, 1999 | Paul Bellofatto, Vonda Bellofatto, and Robert Bower | Executed for the 1985 murder of his mother Vonda Bellofatto and his stepfather Paul Bellofatto. He also received life for the murder of Robert Bower. | ||||||
16 | Scotty Lee Moore | White | 43 | M | June 3, 1999 | Alex Fernandez | Executed for the 1982 murder and robbery of Alex Fernandez in revenge for Fernandez firing him a month earlier. | ||||||
17 | Norman Lee Newsted | White | 45 | M | July 8, 1999 | Larry Buckley | Executed for the 1984 murder of taxi driver Larry Buckley during a robbery attempt. | ||||||
18 | Cornel Cooks | Black | 43 | M | December 2, 1999 | Jennie Elva Ridling | Executed for the 1982 murder 76-year-old Jennie Ridling during a robbery of her house. | ||||||
19 | Bobby Lynn Ross | Black | 41 | M | December 9, 1999 | Sergeant Steven Leroy Mahan, Elk City Police Department | Executed for the 1983 murder of Steven Mahan while fleeing from a failed armed robbery attempt. | ||||||
20 | Malcolm Rent Johnson | Black | 41 | M | January 6, 2000 | Ura Alma Thompson | Executed for the 1982 rape and murder of 80-year-old Ura Thompson after breaking into her apartment. | ||||||
21 | Gary Alan Walker | White | 46 | M | January 13, 2000 | Eddie O. Cash, Valerie Shaw-Hartzell, Jane Hilburn, Janet Jewell, Margaret Bell Lydick, and DeRonda Gay Roy | Executed for the murder of Eddie Cash after the victim let him stay in his house during a rape and murder spree which killed 5 others in 1984. | ||||||
22 | Michael Donald Roberts | Black | 41 | M | February 10, 2000 | Lula Mae Brooks | Executed for the 1988 murder of 80-year-old Lula Brooks during a burglary spree in which 19 other houses were robbed. | ||||||
23 | Kelly Lamont Rogers | Black | 31 | M | March 23, 2000 | Karen Marie Lauffenburger | Executed for the 1990 rape and murder of Karen Lauffenburger after she delivered pizza to his house. | ||||||
24 | Ronald Keith Boyd | Black | 43 | M | April 27, 2000 | Officer Richard Oldham Riggs, Oklahoma City Police Department | Executed for the 1986 murder of Richard Riggs after Riggs stopped him on suspicion of committing a robbery. | ||||||
25 | Charles Adrian Foster | Black | 51 | M | May 25, 2000 | Claude Wiley | Executed for the 1983 murder of Claude Wiley, an elderly grocer who delivered food to Foster's girlfriend. | ||||||
26 | James Glenn Rodebeaux | Native American | 51 | M | June 1, 2000 | Nancy Rose Lee McKinney | Executed for the 1986 murder of his girlfriend Nancy McKinney. He also killed his first wife in 1978 and attempted to kill his second wife in 1983. | ||||||
27 | Roger James Berget | White | 39 | M | June 8, 2000 | Rick Lee Patterson | Executed for the 1986 murder of Rick Patterson during a car jacking. | ||||||
28 | William Clifford Bryson | Black | 29 | M | June 15, 2000 | James Earl Plantz | Executed for his participation in the 1988 murder of his girlfriend´s husband James Plantz in order to receive a life insurance payout. His girlfriend Marilyn Plantz was executed 1 year later. | ||||||
29 | Gregg Francis Braun | White | 39 | M | July 20, 2000 | Gwendolyn Sue Miller, Barbara Kchendorfer, Mary Rains, Pete Spurrier, and Geraldine Valdez | Executed for killing 5 women during a multi-state murder spree in 1992. Executed in Oklahoma for Gwendolyn Miller's murder during a flower shop robbery. | ||||||
30 | George Kent Wallace | White | 59 | M | August 10, 2000 | William Von Eric Domer and Mark Anthony McLaughlin | Executed for the 1990 murders of William Domer and Mark McLaughlin after abducting and sexually paddling both victims who were aged in their early teens. | ||||||
31 | Eddie Leroy Trice | Black | 48 | M | January 9, 2001 | Ernestine Jones | Executed for the 1987 rape and murder of Ernestine Jones and attacking her mentally disabled son during a home invasion. | ||||||
32 | Wanda Jean Allen | Black | 41 | F | January 11, 2001 | Gloria Jean Leathers | Executed for the 1989 murder of Gloria Leathers during a lovers quarrel in broad daylight. She also previously killed another woman in 1983. | ||||||
33 | Floyd Allen Medlock | White | 29 | M | January 16, 2001 | Katherine Ann Busch | Executed for the 1990 rape and murder of 7-year-old Katherine Busch after the victim wandered into his apartment. | ||||||
34 | Dion Athanasius Smallwood | Native American | 31 | M | January 18, 2001 | Lois Frederick | Executed for the 1992 murder of his girlfriend´s adopted mother after she threatened to call the police on him. Smallwood was also abusive to his girlfriend. | ||||||
35 | Mark Andrew Fowler | White | 35 | M | January 23, 2001 | John Barrier, Rick Cast, and Chumpon Chaowasin | Both were executed for the 1985 murders of three men during a robbery of the supermarket where Fox was fired from six months before the murder. | ||||||
36 | Billy Ray Fox | White | 35 | M | January 25, 2001 | ||||||||
37 | Loyd Winford Lafevers | White | 35 | M | January 30, 2001 | Addie Mae Hawley | Executed for the 1984 rape and murder of 84-year-old Addie Hawley. His partner in crime Randall Eugene Cannon was executed a year later. | ||||||
38 | Dorsie Leslie Jones, Jr. | White | 61 | M | February 1, 2001 | Stanley Eugene Buck, Sr. | Executed for the 1979 murder of Stanley Buck, Sr during a shooting spree in a tavern where he attempted to kill 3 other people including the victim´s son. | ||||||
39 | Robert William Clayton | White | 40 | M | March 1, 2001 | Rhonda Kay Timmons | Executed for the 1985 rape and murder of Rhonda Timmons at the apartment complex where he worked as a groundskeeper. | ||||||
40 | Ronald Dunaway Fluke | White | 52 | M | March 27, 2001 | Ginger Lou Fluke, Kathryn Lee Fluke, and Suzanna Michelle Fluke | Executed for the 1998 murders of his wife and his two daughters in response to his financial ruin caused by his gambling addiction. | ||||||
41 | Marilyn Kay Plantz | White | 40 | F | May 1, 2001 | James Earl Plantz | Executed for planning and hiring her boyfriend and another man to murder her husband James Plantz for his life insurance payout in 1988. Her boyfriend was executed 1 year earlier. | ||||||
42 | Terrance Anthony James | Native American | 41 | M | May 22, 2001 | Mark Allen Berry | Executed for the 1983 murder of Mark Berry in prison. He suspected that Berry snitched on him after they were arrested for destruction of government property. | ||||||
43 | Vincent Allen Johnson | Black | 42 | M | May 29, 2001 | Shirley Mooneyham | Executed for the 1991 murder of Shirley Mooneyham after being allegedly paid money to kill her by her husband. | ||||||
44 | Jerald Wayne Harjo | Native American | 40 | M | July 17, 2001 | Ruther Porter | Executed for the 1988 rape and murder of Ruther Porter after breaking into her house in order to steal her car. | ||||||
45 | Jack Dale Walker | White | 35 | M | August 28, 2001 | Shelly Deann Ellison and Donald Gary Epperson | Executed for the 1988 murder of his girlfriend Shelly Ellison and her uncle Donald Epperson and wounding her grandmother during an argument over custody of their child. | ||||||
46 | Alvie James Hale, Jr. | White | 53 | M | October 18, 2001 | William Jeffery Perry | Executed for the 1983 murder of William Perry after he abducted Perry and held him for ransom. Perry's parents owned a bank which Hale was in debt to. | ||||||
47 | Lois Nadean Smith | White | 61 | F | December 4, 2001 | Cindy Baillee | Executed for the 1982 murder and torture of her son Greg´s ex-girlfriend Cindy Baillee after Lois suspected Cindy of telling law enforcement about Greg´s illegal activities. | ||||||
48 | Sahib Lateef Al-Mosawi | Arab | 53 | M | December 6, 2001 | Inaam Al-Nashi and Mohamed Al-Nashi | Executed for the 1992 murders of Inaam Al-Nashi and her uncle Mohamed Al-Nashi and wounding her sister during a domestic dispute after he was told to leave. | ||||||
49 | John Joseph Romano | White | 43 | M | January 29, 2002 | Roger Joel Sarfaty and Lloyd Thompson | Both were executed for the 1985 robbery and murder of jeweler Roger Sarfaty after robbing Sarfaty's jewelry store. Romano was on a weekend furlough from prison at the time of the murder. Both were also convicted in the death of Lloyd Thompson, but only Romano was given the death penalty for that murder. | ||||||
50 | David Wayne Woodruff | White | 42 | M | January 31, 2002 | ||||||||
51 | Randall Eugene Cannon | White | 42 | M | July 23, 2002 | Addie Mae Hawley | Executed for the 1985 rape and murder of 84-year-old Addie Hawley. His partner in crime Loyd Lafevers was executed for the same crime a year earlier. | ||||||
52 | Earl Alexander Frederick, Sr. | White | 51 | M | July 30, 2002 | Bradford Lee Beck | Executed for the 1989 robbery and murder of Bradford Beck. Frederick was also convicted of killing an elderly man in Texas. | ||||||
53 | Jerry Lynn McCracken[3] | White | 35 | M | December 10, 2002 | Tyrrell Lee Boyd, Steve Allen Smith, Timothy Edward Sheets, and Carol Ann McDaniels | Executed for the 1990 murders of four people during a robbery of a tavern. | ||||||
54 | Jay Wesley Neill | White | 37 | M | December 12, 2002 | Kay Bruno, Jerri Bowles, Joyce Mullenix, and Ralph Zeller | Executed for the 1984 murder of 4 people during a vicious bank robbery. | ||||||
55 | Ernest Marvin Carter, Jr. | Black | 36 | M | December 17, 2002 | Eugene Manowski | Executed for the 1990 murder of Eugene Manowski in order to steal a wrecker from a scrapyard where Carter was a night watchman before being fired. Manowski was the current night watchman at the time of the murder. | ||||||
Under the Governorship of Brad Henry – 40 executions | |||||||||||||
56 | Daniel Juan Revilla | White | 34 | M | January 16, 2003 | Mark Gomez | Executed for the 1987 child abuse murder of his girlfriend´s 13-month-old son Mark Gomez. He hated Gomez because he wasn't his son. | ||||||
57 | Bobby Joe Fields | Black | 39 | M | February 13, 2003 | Louise J. Schem | Executed for the 1993 home invasion murder of Louise Schem after a long struggle for her gun. | ||||||
58 | Walanzo Deon Robinson | Black | 31 | M | March 18, 2003 | Dennis Eugene Hill | Executed for the 1989 murder of Dennis Hill during an argument about drug sales. Robinson was a hardcore member of the Van Nees gangster bloods, an extremely violent gang. | ||||||
59 | John Michael Hooker | Black | 49 | M | March 25, 2003 | Sylvia Stokes and Durcilla Morgan | Executed for the 1988 murder of his wife Sylvia Stokes and her mother Durcilla Morgan after she moved in with her mother and filed a protective order against him. | ||||||
60 | Scott Hain | White | 32 | M | April 3, 2003 | Michael William Houghton and Laura Lee Sanders | Executed for the 1987 murders of Michael Houghton and Laura Sandlers during a car jacking. | ||||||
61 | Don Wilson Hawkins, Jr. | White | 43 | M | April 8, 2003 | Linda Ann Thompson | Executed for the 1985 kidnapping and murder of Linda Thompson during a failed attempt to get ransom money from her family. | ||||||
62 | Larry Kenneth Jackson | Black | 40 | M | April 17, 2003 | Wendy Cade | Executed for the 1994 murder of his girlfriend Wendy Cade after she helped him escape from a prison work detail. He was serving a 30 year sentence for the murder of his wife at the time. | ||||||
63 | Robert Wesley Knighton | White | 62 | M | May 27, 2003 | Richard Denney and Virginia Denney | Executed for the 1990 murders of Richard Denney and his wife Virginia while on a crime spree, after breaking out of a halfway house. He was serving a sentence for manslaughter. | ||||||
64 | Kenneth Chad Charm | Black | 37 | M | June 5, 2003 | Brandy Crystian Hill | Executed for the 1994 rape and murder of 14-year-old Brandy Hill who was the daughter of a friend. | ||||||
65 | Lewis Eugene Gilbert II | White | 31 | M | July 1, 2003 | Roxanne Lynn Ruddell | Executed for the 1994 murder of Roxanne Ruddell during a multi-state killing spree which left 3 others dead. | ||||||
66 | Robert Don Duckett | White | 39 | M | July 8, 2003 | John E. Howard | Executed for the 1988 murder of John Howard after escaping from prison and going on the run. | ||||||
67 | Bryan Anthony Toles | Black | 31 | M | July 22, 2003 | Juan Franceschi and Lonnie Franceschi | Executed for the 1993 murders of Juan Franceschi and his teenage son Lonnie during a home invasion. | ||||||
68 | Jackie Lee Willingham | White | 33 | M | July 24, 2003 | Jayne Ellen Van Wey | Executed for the 1994 murder of Jayne Van Wey after she refused to buy perfume from him. | ||||||
69 | Harold Lloyd McElmurry III | White | 33 | M | July 29, 2003 | Rosa Vivien Pendley and Robert Pendley | Executed for the 1999 murders of Robert and Rosa Pendley while burglarizing their home. | ||||||
70 | Tyrone Peter Darks | Black | 39 | M | January 13, 2004 | Sherry Goodlow | Executed for the 1994 murder of his wife Sherry Goodlow during a bitter divorce and custody battle. | ||||||
71 | Norman Richard Cleary | White | 38 | M | February 17, 2004 | Wanda Neafus | Executed for the 1991 murder of Wanda Neafus while she was housekeeping for the wealthy homeowners. | ||||||
72 | David Jay Brown | White | 49 | M | March 9, 2004 | Eldon Lee McGuire | Executed for the 1988 murder of his ex-wife's father Eldon McGuire because he blamed him for his legal troubles stemming from disputes with his wife. | ||||||
73 | Hung Thanh Le | Asian | 37 | M | March 23, 2004 | Hai Hong Nguyen | Executed for the 1992 murder of Hai Nguyen and attacking his wife during a violent robbery. | ||||||
74 | Robert Leroy Bryan | White | 63 | M | June 8, 2004 | Mildred Inabell Bryan | Executed for the 1994 kidnapping and murder of his aunt Mildred Bryan so he could cash checks in her name because he believed his aunt owed him considerable money. | ||||||
75 | Windel Ray Workman | White | 46 | M | August 26, 2004 | Amanda Hollman | Executed for the 1987 child abuse murder of his girlfriend´s 2-year-old daughter Amanda Hollman. | ||||||
76 | Jimmie Ray Slaughter | White | 57 | M | March 15, 2005 | Melody Sue Wuertz and Jessica Rae Wuertz | Executed for the 1991 murder of his ex -girlfriend Melody Wuertz and her 1-year-old daughter Jessica. | ||||||
77 | George James Miller, Jr. | Black | 37 | M | May 12, 2005 | Gary Kent Dodd | Executed for the 1994 murder and robbery of motel clerk Gary Dodd after failing to borrow money off of others. | ||||||
78 | Michael Lannier Pennington | Black | 37 | M | July 19, 2005 | Bradley Thomas Grooms | Executed for the 1991 murder and robbery of convenience store clerk Bradley Grooms while he was stationed nearby. | ||||||
79 | Kenneth Eugene Turrentine | Black | 52 | M | August 11, 2005 | Avon Stevenson, Anita Richardson, Tina Pennington, and Martise Richardson | Executed for the 1994 murders of his sister, his wife and her children after he suspected his wife and sister of cheating out of money to support their drug addictions. | ||||||
80 | Richard Alford Thornburg, Jr. | White | 40 | M | April 18, 2006 | Jim Poteet, Terry Shepard, and Kevin Smith | Executed for the 1996 murders of three men because he suspected that they were behind an attempt on his life. | ||||||
81 | John Albert Boltz | White | 74 | M | June 1, 2006 | Doug Kirby | Executed for the 1984 murder of his adult stepson Doug Kirby after being confronted about repeatedly threatening Kirby's mother. | ||||||
82 | Eric Allen Patton | Black | 49 | M | August 29, 2006 | Charlene Kauer | Executed for the 1994 murder of Charlene Kauer after he broke into her house and ransacked it. | ||||||
83 | James Patrick Malicoat | White | 31 | M | August 31, 2006 | Tessa Leadford | Executed for the 1997 child abuse murder of his 13-month-old daughter Tessa Leadford. Tessa´s mother Mary Leadford was sentenced to life for her role in the murder. | ||||||
84 | Corey Duane Hamilton | Black | 38 | M | January 9, 2007 | Joseph Gooch, Theodore Kindley, Senaida Lara, and Steven Williams | Executed for the 1992 murders of four people he killed while committing armed robbery of a fried chicken restaurant. | ||||||
85 | Jimmy Dale Bland | White | 49 | M | June 26, 2007 | Doyle Windle Rains | Executed for the 1997 murder of Doyle Rains after the two men argued. Bland previously served time for killing another man in 1977. | ||||||
86 | Frank Duane Welch | White | 46 | M | August 21, 2007 | Jo Talley Cooper and Debra Anne Stevens | Executed for the 1987 rape and murder of Jo Cooper and Debra Stevens. Welch was caught by DNA evidence 10 years after the crimes. | ||||||
87 | Terry Lyn Short[4] | White | 47 | M | June 17, 2008 | Ken Yamamoto | Executed for the 1995 firebombing of Ken Yamamoto. Short's only target was his ex-girlfriend but numerous other residents in the apartment complex were injured. | ||||||
88 | Jessie James Cummings, Jr. | White | 52 | M | September 25, 2008 | Melissa Moody | Executed for the 1991 murder of his niece Melissa Moody after he molested her. | ||||||
89 | Darwin Demond Brown | Black | 32 | M | January 22, 2009 | Richard Yost | Executed for the 1995 murder of Richard Yost during a convenience store robbery. First of three men executed for his murder. | ||||||
90 | Donald Lee Gilson | White | 48 | M | May 14, 2009 | Shane Coffman | Executed for the 1995 child abuse murder of his girlfriend´s 8-year-old son Shane Coffman. Shane´s mother Bertha Coffman was sentenced to life without parole for her role in the murder. | ||||||
91 | Michael Paul DeLozier | White | 32 | M | July 9, 2009 | Orville Lewis Bullard and Paul Steven Morgan | Executed for the 1995 murders of Orville Bullard and Paul Morgan while camping. | ||||||
92 | Julius Ricardo Young | Black | 60 | M | January 14, 2010 | Joyland Morgan and Kewan Morgan | Executed for the 1993 murders of his girlfriend´s daughter Joyland Morgan and her 2-year-old son Kewan Morgan. | ||||||
93 | Donald Ray Wackerly II | White | 41 | M | October 14, 2010 | Pan Sayakhoummane | Executed for the 1996 murder of Pan Sayakhoummane while on a robbery spree to support his drug addiction. | ||||||
94 | John David Duty | White | 58 | M | December 16, 2010 | Curtis Wise | Executed for the 2002 murder of Curtis Wise while serving a life sentence in prison for another murder. | ||||||
95 | Billy Don Alverson | Black | 39 | M | January 6, 2011 | Richard Kevin Yost | Executed for the 1995 murder of Richard Yost while robbing his convenience store. Second of three men executed for this crime. | ||||||
Under the Governorship of Mary Fallin – 17 executions | |||||||||||||
96 | Jeffrey David Matthews | White | 38 | M | January 11, 2011 | Otis Earl Short | Executed for the 1994 murder of his grand uncle Otis Short and the attempted murder of his grand aunt. | ||||||
97 | Gary Roland Welch | White | 49 | M | January 5, 2012 | Robert Dean Hardcastle | Executed for the 1994 murder of Robert Hardcastle during an argument over a drug shipment. | ||||||
98 | Timothy Shaun Stemple | White | 46 | M | March 15, 2012 | Trisha Stemple | Executed for the 1996 murder of his wife Trisha Stemple in order to receive a life insurance payout. | ||||||
99 | Michael Bascum Selsor | White | 57 | M | May 1, 2012 | Clayton Chandler | Executed for the 1975 murder of Clayton Chandler during a robbery spree. He was previously commuted off of death row but a retrial in 1998 got him put on death row again. | ||||||
100 | Michael Edward Hooper | White | 40 | M | August 14, 2012 | Cynthia Jarman, Tonya Jarman, and Timmy Jarman | Executed for the 1993 murder of his girlfriend and her 2 children after she broke up with him. | ||||||
101 | Garry Thomas Allen | Black | 56 | M | November 6, 2012 | Gail Titsworth | Executed for the 1986 murder of his girlfriend Gail Titsworth in broad daylight in revenge for leaving him. | ||||||
102 | George Ochoa | Latino | 38 | M | December 4, 2012 | Francisco Morales and Maria Yanez | Executed for the 1993 murder of Francisco Morales and Maria Yanez while burglarizing the couples home. Osvaldo Tores was also sentenced to death for these murders but got his sentence commuted in 2004. | ||||||
103 | Steven Ray Thacker [5] | White | 42 | M | March 12, 2013 | Laci Dawn Hill, Forrest Reed Boyd, and Ray Patterson[6] | Executed for the 1999 murder of Laci Dawn Hill during a multi-state killing spree which left two other victims dead. | ||||||
104 | James Lewis DeRosa | White | 36 | M | June 18, 2013 | Curtis Plummer and Gloria Plummer | Executed for the 2000 murders of Curtis and Gloria Plummer during a robbery. | ||||||
105 | Brian Darrell Davis | Black | 39 | M | June 25, 2013 | Josephine Sanford | Executed for the 2001 rape and murder of his girlfriend's mother Josephine Sanford after his girlfriend left with her kid. | ||||||
106 | Anthony Rozelle Banks | Black | 60 | M | September 10, 2013 | Sun "Kim" Travis | Executed for the 1978 rape and murder of Sun Travis. He was convicted of the murder 18 years later by DNA evidence while serving a life sentence for other crimes. | ||||||
107 | Ronald Clinton Lott | Black | 53 | M | December 10, 2013 | Anna Laura Fowler and Zelma Cutler | Executed for the 1986 rape and murder of Anna Fowler and the 1987 rape and murder of Zelma Cutler. Both were elderly women. Another man was initially on death row for the crimes until DNA evidence implicated Lott. | ||||||
108 | Johnny Dale Black | White | 48 | M | December 17, 2013 | Bill Pogue | Executed for the 1998 murder of Bill Pogue and viciously attacking his son in law after Black and his friends mistook Pogue's vehicle for the vehicle of a man they wanted to fight. Black had a prior conviction for manslaughter. | ||||||
109 | Michael Lee Wilson | Black | 38 | M | January 9, 2014 | Richard Yost | Executed for masterminding the 1995 murder of Richard Yost during a convenience store robbery. Third of three men executed for this crime. | ||||||
110 | Kenneth Eugene Hogan | White | 52 | M | January 23, 2014 | Lisa Stanley | Executed for the 1988 murder of Lisa Stanley after an argument broke out between Hogan and Stanley. | ||||||
111 | Clayton Darrell Lockett | Black | 38 | M | April 29, 2014 | Stephanie Neiman | Lockett's execution was halted 33 minutes after it started following the discovery that the vein being used to inject the three drug cocktail had collapsed and thus the drugs were not administered as planned. However, Lockett soon died of what was first described as a heart attack. Following an autopsy, it was discovered that Lockett had in fact died from the three drug cocktail. Clayton had been sentenced to death for the 1999 rape and murder of Stephanie Neiman.[7] | ||||||
112 | Charles Frederick Warner | Black | 47 | M | January 15, 2015 | Adrianna Waller | Executed while awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court decision in Warner v. Gross on whether capital punishment was still not considered "cruel and unusual punishment". The plaintiff in the case was changed to Warner's fellow death row inmate Richard Glossip after Warner's execution. Warner was executed for the 1997 rape and murder of Adrianna Waller, an 11-month-old baby. |
Demographics
Gender | ||
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Male | 109 | 97% |
Female | 3 | 3% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 67 | 60% |
Black | 35 | 31% |
Native American | 6 | 5% |
Asian | 2 | 2% |
Latino | 1 | 1% |
Other Race | 1 | 1% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 112 | 100% |
Month | ||
January | 24 | 21% |
February | 5 | 4% |
March | 13 | 12% |
April | 7 | 6% |
May | 9 | 8% |
June | 11 | 10% |
July | 13 | 12% |
August | 11 | 10% |
September | 3 | 3% |
October | 2 | 2% |
November | 1 | 1% |
December | 13 | 12% |
Age | ||
20 - 29 | 4 | 4% |
30 - 39 | 44 | 39% |
40 - 49 | 42 | 38% |
50 - 59 | 15 | 13% |
60 - 69 | 6 | 5% |
70 - 79 | 1 | 1% |
Day | ||
Monday | 2 | 2% |
Tuesday | 50 | 45% |
Wednesday | 1 | 1% |
Thursday | 53 | 47% |
Friday | 5 | 4% |
Saturday | 1 | 1% |
Sunday | 0 | 0% |
Total | 112 | 100% |
See also
References
- ^ "Searchable Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ BRANSTETTER, ZIVA (November 11, 2007). "Oklahoma rides the roller coaster with death penalty laws". Tulsa World. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ "Jerry Lynn McCracken". clarkprosecutor.org. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ "Terry Lyn Short executed". Associated Press. June 17, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ "Oklahoma executes man convicted in 10 day rampage that left 3 people dead in three states". Associated Press. March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
- ^ Thacker was executed for Hill's murder, which took place in Oklahoma; the other two victims were killed in Missouri (for which Thacker received a life sentence) and Tennessee (for which Thacker received a death sentence), respectively.
- ^ Talley, Tim (August 28, 2014). "Drugs, Not Heart Attack, Killed Clayton Lockett In Oklahoma Execution: Autopsy". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.