Executions
Execution List 1976-1986
| Execution Date | |
|---|---|
| 01/17/77 | |
| Number since 1976 | 1.* |
| Name | Gary Gilmore |
| State | UT |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Firing Squad |
| 5/25/79 | |
| Number since 1976 | 2. |
| Name | John Spenkelink |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 10/22/79 | |
| Number since 1976 | 3.* |
| Name | Jesse Bishop |
| State | NV |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Gas Chamber |
| 03/09/81 | |
| Number since 1976 | 4.* |
| Name | Steven Judy |
| State | IN |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/3W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 08/10/82 | |
| Number since 1976 | 5.* |
| Name | Frank Coppola |
| State | VA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 12/07/82 | |
| Number since 1976 | 6. |
| Name | Charlie Brooks |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 04/22/83 | |
| Number since 1976 | 7. |
| Name | John Evans |
| State | AL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 09/02/83 | |
| Number since 1976 | 8. |
| Name | Jimmy Lee Gray |
| State | MS |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Gas Chamber |
| 11/30/83 | |
| Number since 1976 | 9. |
| Name | Robert Sullivan |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 12/14/83 | |
| Number since 1976 | 10. |
| Name | Robert Wayne Williams |
| State | LA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/B |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 12/15/83 | |
| Number since 1976 | 11. |
| Name | John Eldon Smith |
| State | GA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/2W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 01/26/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 12. |
| Name | Anthony Antone |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 02/29/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 13. |
| Name | John Taylor |
| State | LA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 03/14/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 14. |
| Name | James Autry |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 03/16/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 15. |
| Name | James Hutchins |
| State | NC |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/2W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 03/31/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 16. |
| Name | Ronald O’Bryan |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 04/05/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 17. |
| Name | Elmo Sonnier |
| State | LA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/2W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 04/05/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 18. |
| Name | Arthur Goode |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 05/10/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 19. |
| Name | James Adams |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 06/20/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 20. |
| Name | Carl Shriner |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 07/12/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 21. |
| Name | Ivon Stanley |
| State | GA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 07/13/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 22. |
| Name | David Washington |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/2W,B |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 09/07/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 23. |
| Name | Ernest Dobbert |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 09/10/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 24. |
| Name | Timothy Baldwin |
| State | LA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 09/20/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 25. |
| Name | James Dupree Henry |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/B |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 10/12/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 26. |
| Name | Linwood Briley |
| State | VA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 10/30/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 27. |
| Name | Ernest Knighton |
| State | LA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 10/30/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 28. |
| Name | Thomas Barefoot |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 11/02/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 29. |
| Name | Velma Barfield ƒ |
| State | NC |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 11/08/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 30. |
| Name | Timothy Palmes |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 12/12/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 31. |
| Name | Alpha Otis Stephens |
| State | GA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 12/28/84 | |
| Number since 1976 | 32. |
| Name | Robert Lee Willie |
| State | LA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 01/04/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 33. |
| Name | David Martin |
| State | LA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/4W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 01/09/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 34. |
| Name | Roosevelt Green |
| State | GA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 01/11/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 35. |
| Name | Joseph Carl Shaw |
| State | SC |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/2W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 01/16/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 36. |
| Name | Doyle Skillern |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 01/30/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 37. |
| Name | James Raulerson |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 02/20/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 38. |
| Name | Van Roosevelt Solomon |
| State | GA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 03/06/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 39. |
| Name | Johnny Paul Witt |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 03/13/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 40.* |
| Name | Stephen Peter Morin |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 03/20/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 41. |
| Name | John Young |
| State | GA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/3W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 04/18/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 42. |
| Name | James Briley |
| State | VA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/2B |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 05/15/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 43. |
| Name | Jesse de la Rosa |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | L/A |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 05/29/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 44. |
| Name | Marvin Francois |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/6B |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 06/25/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 45. |
| Name | Charles Milton |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/B |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 06/25/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 46. |
| Name | Morris Mason |
| State | VA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 07/09/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 47. |
| Name | Henry Martinez Porter |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | L/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 09/11/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 48. # * |
| Name | Charles Rumbaugh |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 10/16/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 49. * |
| Name | William Vandiver |
| State | IN |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 12/06/85 | |
| Number since 1976 | 50. * |
| Name | Carroll Cole |
| State | NV |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 01/10/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 51. # |
| Name | James Terry Roach |
| State | SC |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/see #35 |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 03/12/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 52. |
| Name | Charles William Bass |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 03/21/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 53. |
| Name | Arthur Lee Jones |
| State | AL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 04/15/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 54. |
| Name | Daniel Thomas |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 04/16/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 55. * |
| Name | Jeffrey Allen Barney |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 04/22/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 56. |
| Name | David Funchess |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/2W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 05/15/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 57. # |
| Name | Jay Pinkerton |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/2W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 05/20/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 58. |
| Name | Ronald Straight |
| State | FL |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 06/09/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 59. |
| Name | Rudy Esquivel |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | L/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 06/19/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 60. |
| Name | Kenneth Brock |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 06/24/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 61. |
| Name | Jerome Bowden |
| State | GA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 07/31/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 62. |
| Name | Michael Smith |
| State | VA |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Electrocution |
| 08/20/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 63. |
| Name | Randy Woolls |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 08/22/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 64. |
| Name | Larry Smith |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 8/26/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 65. |
| Name | Chester Wicker |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 09/19/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 66. |
| Name | John Rook |
| State | NC |
| Defendant/Victim Race | W/W |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 12/04/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 67. |
| Name | Michael Wayne Evans |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | B/L |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| 12/18/86 | |
| Number since 1976 | 68. |
| Name | Richard Andrade |
| State | TX |
| Defendant/Victim Race | L/L |
| Method | Lethal Injection |
| Execution Date | Number since 1976 | Name | State | Defendant/Victim Race | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/17/77 | 1.* | Gary Gilmore | UT | W/W | Firing Squad |
| 5/25/79 | 2. | John Spenkelink | FL | W/W | Electrocution |
| 10/22/79 | 3.* | Jesse Bishop | NV | W/W | Gas Chamber |
| 03/09/81 | 4.* | Steven Judy | IN | W/3W | Electrocution |
| 08/10/82 | 5.* | Frank Coppola | VA | W/W | Electrocution |
| 12/07/82 | 6. | Charlie Brooks | TX | B/W | Lethal Injection |
| 04/22/83 | 7. | John Evans | AL | W/W | Electrocution |
| 09/02/83 | 8. | Jimmy Lee Gray | MS | W/W | Gas Chamber |
| 11/30/83 | 9. | Robert Sullivan | FL | W/W | Electrocution |
| 12/14/83 | 10. | Robert Wayne Williams | LA | B/B | Electrocution |
| 12/15/83 | 11. | John Eldon Smith | GA | W/2W | Electrocution |
| 01/26/84 | 12. | Anthony Antone | FL | W/W | Electrocution |
| 02/29/84 | 13. | John Taylor | LA | B/W | Electrocution |
| 03/14/84 | 14. | James Autry | TX | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 03/16/84 | 15. | James Hutchins | NC | W/2W | Lethal Injection |
| 03/31/84 | 16. | Ronald O’Bryan | TX | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 04/05/84 | 17. | Elmo Sonnier | LA | W/2W | Electrocution |
| 04/05/84 | 18. | Arthur Goode | FL | W/W | Electrocution |
| 05/10/84 | 19. | James Adams | FL | B/W | Electrocution |
| 06/20/84 | 20. | Carl Shriner | FL | W/W | Electrocution |
| 07/12/84 | 21. | Ivon Stanley | GA | B/W | Electrocution |
| 07/13/84 | 22. | David Washington | FL | B/2W,B | Electrocution |
| 09/07/84 | 23. | Ernest Dobbert | FL | W/W | Electrocution |
| 09/10/84 | 24. | Timothy Baldwin | LA | W/W | Electrocution |
| 09/20/84 | 25. | James Dupree Henry | FL | B/B | Electrocution |
| 10/12/84 | 26. | Linwood Briley | VA | B/W | Electrocution |
| 10/30/84 | 27. | Ernest Knighton | LA | B/W | Electrocution |
| 10/30/84 | 28. | Thomas Barefoot | TX | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 11/02/84 | 29. | Velma Barfield ƒ | NC | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 11/08/84 | 30. | Timothy Palmes | FL | W/W | Electrocution |
| 12/12/84 | 31. | Alpha Otis Stephens | GA | B/W | Electrocution |
| 12/28/84 | 32. | Robert Lee Willie | LA | W/W | Electrocution |
| 01/04/85 | 33. | David Martin | LA | W/4W | Electrocution |
| 01/09/85 | 34. | Roosevelt Green | GA | B/W | Electrocution |
| 01/11/85 | 35. | Joseph Carl Shaw | SC | W/2W | Electrocution |
| 01/16/85 | 36. | Doyle Skillern | TX | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 01/30/85 | 37. | James Raulerson | FL | W/W | Electrocution |
| 02/20/85 | 38. | Van Roosevelt Solomon | GA | B/W | Electrocution |
| 03/06/85 | 39. | Johnny Paul Witt | FL | W/W | Electrocution |
| 03/13/85 | 40.* | Stephen Peter Morin | TX | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 03/20/85 | 41. | John Young | GA | B/3W | Electrocution |
| 04/18/85 | 42. | James Briley | VA | B/2B | Electrocution |
| 05/15/85 | 43. | Jesse de la Rosa | TX | L/A | Lethal Injection |
| 05/29/85 | 44. | Marvin Francois | FL | B/6B | Electrocution |
| 06/25/85 | 45. | Charles Milton | TX | B/B | Lethal Injection |
| 06/25/85 | 46. | Morris Mason | VA | B/W | Electrocution |
| 07/09/85 | 47. | Henry Martinez Porter | TX | L/W | Lethal Injection |
| 09/11/85 | 48. # * | Charles Rumbaugh | TX | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 10/16/85 | 49. * | William Vandiver | IN | W/W | Electrocution |
| 12/06/85 | 50. * | Carroll Cole | NV | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 01/10/86 | 51. # | James Terry Roach | SC | W/see #35 | Electrocution |
| 03/12/86 | 52. | Charles William Bass | TX | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 03/21/86 | 53. | Arthur Lee Jones | AL | B/W | Electrocution |
| 04/15/86 | 54. | Daniel Thomas | FL | B/W | Electrocution |
| 04/16/86 | 55. * | Jeffrey Allen Barney | TX | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 04/22/86 | 56. | David Funchess | FL | B/2W | Electrocution |
| 05/15/86 | 57. # | Jay Pinkerton | TX | W/2W | Lethal Injection |
| 05/20/86 | 58. | Ronald Straight | FL | W/W | Electrocution |
| 06/09/86 | 59. | Rudy Esquivel | TX | L/W | Lethal Injection |
| 06/19/86 | 60. | Kenneth Brock | TX | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 06/24/86 | 61. | Jerome Bowden | GA | B/W | Electrocution |
| 07/31/86 | 62. | Michael Smith | VA | B/W | Electrocution |
| 08/20/86 | 63. | Randy Woolls | TX | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 08/22/86 | 64. | Larry Smith | TX | B/W | Lethal Injection |
| 8/26/86 | 65. | Chester Wicker | TX | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 09/19/86 | 66. | John Rook | NC | W/W | Lethal Injection |
| 12/04/86 | 67. | Michael Wayne Evans | TX | B/L | Lethal Injection |
| 12/18/86 | 68. | Richard Andrade | TX | L/L | Lethal Injection |
* volunteer
# juvenile at time of the crime
~ foreign national
¥ white defendant executed for black victim
ƒ female
**Race of defendant information supplied by NAACP Legal Defense Fund “Death Row USA”