USA Executions 2001 (66)

Since 1976
Date of ExecutionStateMethodMurderer
(Race/Sex/Age at Murder-Execution)
Date of
Birth
Victim(s)
(Race/Sex/Age at Murder)
Date of
Murder
Method of
Murder
Relationship
to Murderer
Date of
Sentence
749
(66)
12-12-01TXLethal InjectionVincent Edward Cooks
B / M / 23 - 37
07-26-64Gary Don McCarthy
OFFICER
W / M / 33
02-26-88HandgunNone12-07-88
748
(65)
12-11-01GALethal InjectionByron Ashley Parker
W / M / 23 - 41
08-1960Christy Ann Griffith
W / F / 11
06-01-84StrangulationNone11-09-84
747
(64)
12-06-01OKLethal InjectionSahib Lateef Al-Mosawi
Iraqi / M / 44 - 53
06-01-48Inaam Al-Nashi
Iraqi / F / 26
Mohammed Al-Nashi
Iraqi / M / 45
11-28-92Stabbing
with knife
Wife
Her Uncle
04-15-94
746
(63)
12-04-01OKLethal InjectionLois Nadean Smith
FEMALE
W / F / 41 - 61
09-12-40Cindy Baillee
W / F / 21
07-04-82HandgunSon's Ex-Girlfriend12-29-82
745
(62)
11-30-01NCLethal InjectionJohn Hardy Rose
W / M / 32 - 43
01-26-58Patricia Stewart
W / F / 24
01-03-91Stabbing
with knife
None05-12-92
744
(61)
11-15-01TXLethal InjectionEmerson Edward Rudd
B / M / 18 - 31
08-09-70Steve Morgan
B / M / 23
09-02-88HandgunNone03-10-89
743
(60)
11-15-01GALethal InjectionFred Marion Gilreath, Jr.
W / M / 41 - 63
01-1938Linda Gilreath
W / F / ?
Gerrit Van Leeuwen
W / M / ?
05-11-79Shotgun, RifleWife

Father-in-law
03-1980
742
(59)
11-14-01TXLethal InjectionJeffery Eugene Tucker
W / M / 28 - 41
01-01-60Wilton B. Humphreys
W / M / 65
07-11-88HandgunNone10-1999
741
(58)
11-06-01NMLethal InjectionTerry D. Clark
W / M / 41 - 45
?-?-?Dena Lynn Gore
W / F / 9
07-17-86HandgunNone05-07-87
1996
740
(57)
11-06-01GALethal InjectionJose Martinez High
B / M / 20 - 45
08-19-56Henry Phillips
W / M / ?
Bonnie Bulloch
W / M / 11
07-26-77HandgunNone12-01-78
739
(56)
10-25-01GALethal InjectionTerry Michael Mincey
a/k/a Mitchell Terry Mincey
W / M / 22 - 41
04-1960Paulette Riggs
W / F / 38
04-12-82HandgunNone08-26-82
738
(55)
10-24-01MOLethal InjectionStephen K. Johns
W / M / 35 - 55
09-26-46Donald Voepel
W / M / 17
02-18-82HandgunNone01-07-83
737
(54)
10-22-01TXLethal InjectionGerald Lee Mitchell
JUVENILE
B / M / 17 - 33
12-27-67Charles Marino
W / M / 20
06-04-85ShotgunNone04-11-86
736
(53)
10-18-01OKLethal InjectionAlvie James Hale, Jr.
W / M / 35 - 53
07-20-48William Jeffery Perry
W / M / 24
10-10-83HandgunNoneReceived By DOC 10-26-84
735
(52)
10-18-01VALethal InjectionChristopher James Beck
W / M / 20 - 26
02-02-75Florence Marie Marks
W / F / 54
David Kaplan
W / M / 34
William Miller
W / M / 52
06-06-95Handgun

Handgun,Stabbing
with knife
Handgun
Cousin

None

Former Employer
08-03-96
734
(51)
10-12-01NCLethal InjectionDavid Junior Ward
B / M / 29 - 39
11-03-61Dorothy Mae Smith
B / F / ?
04-03-91Handgun
Rifle
None04-14-92
733
(50)
10-03-01MOLethal InjectionMichael S. Roberts
W / M / 19 - 27
09-28-74Mary L. Taylor
W / F / 56
02-17-94Stabbing w/knifeNeighbor05-06-95
732
(49)
09-18-01TXLethal InjectionJames Roy Knox
W / M / 31 - 52
07-12-51Joseph Sanchez
H / M / 39
11-10-82HandgunNone12-05-85
06-22-94
731
(48)
08-31-01NCLethal InjectionRonald Wayne Frye
W / M / 34 - 42
10-09-58Ralph Childress
W / M / 70
01-24-93Stabbing w/scissorsLandlord11-15-93
730
(47)
08-28-01OKLethal InjectionJack Dale Walker
W / M / 22 - 35
03-10-66Shelly Deann Ellison
W / F / 17
Donald Gary Epperson
W / M / 30
12-30-88Stabbing w/knife x32
Stabbing w/knife x11
Former Girlfriend05-19-89
729
(46)
08-28-01WALethal InjectionJames Homer Elledge
W / M / 55 - 58
?-?-43Eloise Jane Fitzner
W / F / 47
04-18-98Strangulation,
Stabbing w/knife
Acquaintance10-28-98
728
(45)
08-24-01NCLethal InjectionClifton Allen White
W / M / 30 - 43
03-02-58Kimberly Ewing
W / F / 28
02-04-89Stabbing
with knife
None02-04-94
727
(44)
08-16-01TXLethal InjectionJeffrey Carlton Doughtie
W / M / 31 - 39
10-03-61Jerry Lee Dean
W / M / 80
Sylvia Dean
W / F / 76
08-02-93Beaten
w/metal bar
None06-09-94
726
(43)
08-08-01TXLethal InjectionMack Oran Hill
W / M / 33 - 47
08-12-53Donald Franklin Johnson
W / M / 43
03-03-87HandgunEx-Business Partner08-03-89
725
(42)
07-17-01OKLethal InjectionJerald Wayne Harjo
NA / M / 26 - 40
03-20-61Ruth Porter
W / F / 64
1-16-88SuffocationNone09-29-88
724
(41)
07-11-01TXLethal InjectionJames Joseph Wilkens Jr.
W / M / 25 - 39
07-29-61Larry W. McMillon Jr.
W / M / 4
Richard Allan Wood
W / M / 28
12-27-86RifleSon of Ex-Girlfriend
Boyfriend of Ex-Girlfriend
02-19-88
10-15-93
723
(40)
07-11-01MOLethal InjectionJerome Mallett
B / M / 26 - 42
01-01-59James F. Froemsdorf
OFFICER
W / M / 35
03-02-85HandgunNone03-07-86
722
(39)
06-27-01INLethal InjectionJames Lowery
W / M / 32 - 54
03-16-47Mark Thompson
W / M / 80
Gertrude Thompson
W / F / 80
09-30-79HandgunFormer Employers07-11-80
01-07-83
721
(38)
06-26-01TXLethal InjectionMiguel Richardson
B / M / 24 - 46
07-07-54John G. Ebbert
W / M / ?
03-31-79HandgunNone09-18-81
720
(37)
06-19-01USLethal InjectionJuan Raul Garza
H / M / 33 - 44
?-?-?Thomas Albert Rumbo
H / M / 36
Gilberto Matos
H / M / ?
Erasmo De la Fuente
H / M / ?
04-1990
09-1990
01-1991
HandgunDrug Business Associates08-10-93
719
(36)
06-14-01OHLethal InjectionJay D. Scott
B / M / 30 - 48
08-21-52Vinnie M. Price
B / F/ 74
05-06-83HandgunNone04-03-84
718
(35)
06-13-01TXLethal InjectionJohn L. Wheat
W / M / 51 - 57
05-22-44Lacey Anderson
W/F/20
Ashley Ochoa
W/F/6
Edwardo Ochoa
W/M/8
07-03-95HandgunNone02-26-97
717
(34)
06-11-01USLethal InjectionTimothy James McVeigh
W / M / 27 - 33
04-03-68168 victims
8 OFFICERS
04-19-95BombNone06-13-97
716
(33)
05-29-01OKLethal InjectionVincent Allen Johnson
B / M / 32 - 42
09-01-58Shirley Mooneyham
B / F / 44
02-08-91HandgunNoneReceived
at DOC
09-24-91
715
(32)
05-25-01DELethal InjectionAbdullah Tanzil Hameen
a/k/a Cornelius Ferguson
B / M / 27 - 37
10-07-63Troy Hodges
B / M / 22
02-08-91HandgunNone12-07-92
714
(31)
05-23-01MOLethal InjectionSamuel D. Smith
B / M / 26 - 40
06-12-60Marlin May
B / M / 24
01-05-87Stabbing with knife x19Fellow inmate at Missouri State Prison08-19-88
713
(30)
05-22-01OKLethal InjectionTerrance Anthony James
W / M / 22 - 41
03-18-60Mark Allen Berry
W / M / 25
02-06-83Strangulation with wireFellow inmate at Federal jail in MuskogeeReceived
at DOC
10-04-85
712
(29)
05-08-01ARLethal InjectionClay King Smith
W / M/ 27 - 30
07-25-70Misty Erwin
W / F / 20
Shelley Sorg
W / F / 24
Sean Sorg
W / M / 5
Taylor Sorg
W / F / 3
Samantha Rhodes
W / F / 12
03-25-98RifleGirlfriend,

her cousin,

cousin's child,

cousin's child,

babysitter
03-18-99
711
(28)
05-01-01OKLethal InjectionMarilyn Kay Plantz
FEMALE
W / F / 27 - 40
10-19-60Jim Plantz
W / M / 33
08-26-88Beaten then burned in carHusband03-31-89
710
(27)
04-26-01DELethal InjectionDavid F. Dawson
W / M / 31 - 46
04-01-55Madeline Marie Kisner
W / F / 45
12-01-86Stabbing with knifeNone07-22-88
04-02-93
709
(26)
04-25-01TXLethal InjectionDavid Lee Goff
B / M / 21 - 32
01-09-69Michael N. McGuire
W / M / 34
09-01-90HandgunAcquaintance11-25-91
708
(25)
04-25-01MOLethal InjectionMose Young, Jr.
B / M / 27 - 45
12-25-55Kent Bicknese
W / M / 22
James Scneider
W / M / 33
Sol Marks
W / M / 80
02-08-83RifleNone07-06-84
707
(24)
04-21-01NVLethal InjectionSebastian Stephanous Bridges
W / M / 34 - 37
09-12-63Hunter Blatchford
W / M / 27
10-26-97HandgunBoyfriend to estranged wife07-24-98
706
(23)
04-03-01TXLethal InjectionJason Eric Massey
W / M / 20 - 28
01-07-73Christina Benjamin
W / F / 13
James Brian King
W / F / 14
07-27-93Knife
Gun
Acquaintance10-12-94
705
(22)
03-28-01MOLethal InjectionTomas Grant Ervin
W / M / 37 - 50
01-21-51Mildred Hodges
W / F / 75
Richard Hodges
W / M / 49
12-15-88Suffocate with plastic bags over headsNone03-05-90
704
(21)
03-27-01OKLethal InjectionRonald Dunaway Fluke
W / M / 48 - 52
12-10-48Ginger Lou Fluke
W / F / 44
Kathryn Lee Fluke
W / F / 13
Suzanne Michelle Fluke
W / F / 11
10-17-97Hatchet

Gun

Gun
Wife

Daughter

Daughter
10-12-98
703
(20)
03-27-01CALethal InjectionRobert Lee Massie
W / M / 37 - 59
12-24-41Boris G. Naumoff
W / M / 61
01-03-79HandgunNone05-25-79
1989
702
(19)
03-14-01INLethal InjectionGerald W. Bivins
W / M / 31 - 41
12-07-59Rev. William H. Radcliffe
W / M / 39
01-16-91HandgunNone06-05-92
701
(18)
03-09-01NCLethal InjectionWillie Ervin Fisher
B / M / 30 - 39
03-04-62Angela Vernetta Johnson
B / F / 29
04-02-92Stabbing with knife x32 and broomstickGirlfriend02-04-93
700
(17)
03-07-01TXLethal InjectionDennis Thurl Dowthitt
W / M / 44 - 55
06-20-45Gracie Purnhagen
W / F / 16
06-13-90Cut throat with knifeSon's girlfriend10-09-92
699
(16)
03-01-01OKLethal InjectionRobert William Clayton
W / M / 24 - 40
01-08-61Rhonda Kay Timmons
W / F / 19
06-25-85Stabbing w/ knife x12, Strangulation w/ swimsuitNoneReceived
at DOC
03-12-86
698
(15)
03-01-01VALethal InjectionThomas Wayne Akers
W / M / 29 - 31
07-31-69Wesley Brant Smith
W / M / 24
12-18-98Beaten with aluminum ball batAcquaintance of accomplice08-25-99
697
(14)
02-08-01TXLethal InjectionAdolph Gil Hernandez
H / M / 38 - 50
09-01-50Elizabeth Alvarado
H / F / 69
09-30-88Beaten with ball batNone02-05-90
696
(13)
02-07-01MOLethal InjectionStanley D. Lingar
W / M / 21 - 37
04-16-63Thomas Scott Allen
W / M / 16
01-06-85RifleNone04-18-86
695
(12)
02-01-01OKLethal InjectionDorsie Leslie Jones, Jr.
W / M / 39 - 61
11-06-39Stanley Eugene Buck Sr.
W / M / 48
03-14-79HandgunNoneReceived
at DOC
06-13-80
694
(11)
01-30-01OKLethal InjectionLoyd Winford Lafevers
W / M / 19 - 35
08-28-65Addie Mae Hawley
W / F / 84
06-24-85Beaten, doused with gasoline and burnedNone04-18-86
1993
693
(10)
01-29-01TXLethal InjectionCaruthers "Gus" Alexander
B / M / 32 - 52
09-07-48Lori Bruch
W / F / 19
04-23-81Ligature StrangulationNone04-23-81
04-26-89
692
(9)
01-25-01OKLethal InjectionBilly Ray Fox
W / M / 19 - 35
10-24-65John Barrier
W / M / 27
Rick Cast
W / M / 33
Chumpon Chaowasin
A / M / 44
07-03-85Stabbed x9

Shotgun

Shotgun
Ex-Employer06-20-86
691
(8)
01-23-01OKLethal InjectionMark Andrew Fowler
W / M / 20 - 35
05-06-65John Barrier
W / M / 27
Rick Cast
W / M / 33
Chumpon Chaowasin
A / M / 44
07-03-85Stabbed x9

Shotgun

Shotgun
Ex-Employer06-20-86
690
(7)
01-18-01OKLethal InjectionDion Athanasius Smallwood
H / M / 22 - 31
08-15-69Lois Frederick
H / M / 68
02-05-92Hit with croquet mallet, burned alive in carMother of girlfriend05-26-93
689
(6)
01-18-01TXLethal InjectionAlvin Urial Goodwin, III
W / M / 22 - 37
12-27-63James Douglas Tillerson
W / M / 20
11-30-86HandgunNone08-03-87
688
(5)
01-16-01OKLethal InjectionFloyd Allen Medlock
W / M / 20 - 30
10-09-70Katherine Ann Busch
W / F / 7
12-19-90Stabbing in neck with steak knifeNone03-28-91
687
(4)
01-11-01OKLethal InjectionWanda Jean Allen
FEMALE
B / F / 29 - 41
08-17-59Gloria Jean Leathers
B / F / 29
12-02-88HandgunGirlfriend04-27-89
686
(3)
01-11-01FLLethal InjectionRobert Dewey Glock, II
W / M / 22 - 39
05-22-61Sharilyn Ritchie
W / F / 34
08-16-83HandgunNone05-04-84
685
(2)
01-09-01OKLethal InjectionEddie Leroy Trice
B / M / 34 - 48
03-27-52Ernestine Jones
B / M / 84
02-14-87Beaten with nunchucksNone06-25-87
684
(1)
01-09-01TXLethal InjectionJack Wade Clark
W / M / 26 - 37
07-29-63Melisa Ann Garcia
H / F / 23
10-15-89Stabbing with knifeNone02-21-91

Methods of execution and numbers executed by that method in the USA are:
electrocution (147), firing squad (2), gas chamber (11), hanging (3), and lethal injection (520).


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