List of people executed in Virginia
This is a list of individuals executed in Virginia since the reinstitution of the death penalty after Gregg v. Georgia.
Since 1982, a total of 111 individuals have been executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia; all were convicted of capital murder.
No. | Name | Date of Execution | Method of Execution | Victim(s) | Governor |
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1 | Frank Coppola | August 10, 1982 | electric chair | Muriel Hatchell | Chuck Robb |
2 | Linwood Earl Briley | October 12, 1984 | John Gallaher | ||
3 | James Dyral Briley | April 18, 1985 | Judy Barton and Harvey Barton | ||
4 | Morris Mason | June 25, 1985 | Margaret Hand | ||
5 | Michael Marnell Smith | July 31, 1986 | Audrey Jean Weiler | Gerald Baliles | |
6 | Richard Lee Whitley | July 6, 1987 | Phoebe Parsons | ||
7 | Earl Clanton, Jr. | April 14, 1988 | Wilhemina Smith | ||
8 | Alton Waye | August 30, 1989 | Laverne Marshall | ||
9 | Richard T. Boggs | July 19, 1990 | Treeby Shaw | Douglas Wilder | |
10 | Wilbert Lee Evans | October 17, 1990 | sheriff deputy William Truesdale | ||
11 | Buddy Earl Justus | December 13, 1990[1] | Ida Mae Moses | ||
12 | Albert Jay Clozza | July 24, 1991[2] | Patricia Ann Bolton | ||
13 | Derick Lynn Peterson | August 22, 1991 | Howard Kauffman | ||
14 | Roger Keith Coleman | May 20, 1992 | Wanda Fay McCoy | ||
15 | Edward B. Fitzgerald, Sr. | July 23, 1992 | Patricia Cubbage | ||
16 | Willie Leroy Jones | September 11, 1992 | Graham and Myra Adkins | ||
17 | Timothy Dale Bunch | December 10, 1992 | Su Cha Thomas | ||
18 | Charles Sylvester Stamper () | January 19, 1993 | Franklin Cooley, Agnes Hicks, and Stephen Staples | ||
19 | Syvasky L. Poyner | March 18, 1993 | Joyce Baldwin, Louise Paulett, Chestine Brooks, Vicki Ripple, and Carolyn Hedrick | ||
20 | Andrew J. Chabrol | June 17, 1993 | Lisa Harrington | ||
21 | Joe Louis Wise, Sr. | September 14, 1993 | William Ricketson | ||
22 | David Mark Pruett | December 16, 1993 | Wilma Harvey and Debra McInnis | ||
23 | Johnny Watkins, Jr. | March 3, 1994 | Betty Barker and Carl Buchanan | George Allen | |
24 | Timothy Wilson Spencer () | April 27, 1994 | Susan Tucker, Debbie Davis, Susan Hellams, and Diane Cho | ||
25 | Dana Ray Edmonds | January 24, 1995 | lethal injection | John Elliot | |
26 | Willie Lloyd Turner | May 26, 1995 | W. Jack Smith, Jr. | ||
27 | Dennis Wayne Stockton | September 27, 1995 | Kenneth Arnder | ||
28 | Mickey Wayne Davidson | October 19, 1995 | Doris Davidson, Mamie Clatterbuck, and Tammy Clatterbuck | ||
29 | Herman Charles Barnes | November 13, 1995 | Clyde Jenkins and Mohammed Afifi | ||
30 | Walter Milton Correll, Jr. | January 4, 1996 | Charles W. Bousman, Jr. | ||
31 | Richard Townes, Jr. | January 23, 1996 | Virginia Goebel | ||
32 | Joseph John Savino III | July 17, 1996 | Thomas McWaters | ||
33 | Ronald B. Bennett | November 21, 1996 | Anne Keller Vaden | ||
34 | Gregory Warren Beaver | December 4, 1996 | state trooper Leo Whitt | ||
35 | Larry Allen Stout | December 10, 1996 | Jacqueline Kooshian | ||
36 | Lem Davis Tuggle, Jr. | December 12, 1996 | Jessie Geneva Havens | ||
37 | Ronald Lee Hoke | December 16, 1996 | Virginia Stell | ||
38 | Michael Carl George | February 6, 1997 | Alexander Sztanko | ||
39 | Coleman Wayne Gray | February 26, 1997 | Richard McClelland | ||
40 | Roy Bruce Smith | July 17, 1997 | Manassas police officer John Conner | ||
41 | Joseph Roger O'Dell, III | July 23, 1997 | Helen Schartner | ||
42 | Carlton Jerome Pope | August 19, 1997 | Cynthia Gray | ||
43 | Mario Benjamin Murphy | September 17, 1997 | James Radcliff | ||
44 | Dawud Majid Mu'Min | November 13, 1997 | Gladys Nopwasky | ||
45 | Michael Charles Satcher | December 9, 1997 | Ann Borghesani | ||
46 | Thomas H. Beavers, Jr. | December 11, 1997 | Marguerite Lowery | ||
47 | Tony Albert Mackall | February 10, 1998 | Mary Elizabeth Dahn | Jim Gilmore | |
48 | Douglas McArthur Buchanan, Jr. | March 18, 1998 | Donald, J.J. and Geraldine Buchanan, and Douglas Buchanan, Sr. | ||
49 | Ronald L. Watkins | March 25, 1998 | William McCauley | ||
50 | Angel Francisco Breard | April 14, 1998 | Ruth Dickie | ||
51 | Dennis Wayne Eaton | June 18, 1998 | Virginia state trooper Jerry Hines; Walter Custer, Jr., Ripley Marston, Sr., and Judith MacDonald | ||
52 | Danny Lee King | July 23, 1998 | Carolyn Rogers | ||
53 | Lance Antonio Chandler, Jr. | August 20, 1998 | Billy Dix | ||
54 | Johnile L. DuBois | August 31, 1998 | Philip Council | ||
55 | Kenneth Manual Stewart, Jr. | September 23, 1998 | electric chair | Cynthia and Jonathan Stewart | |
56 | Dwayne Allen Wright | October 14, 1998 | lethal injection | Saba Tekle | |
57 | Ronald Lee Fitzgerald | October 21, 1998 | Coy H. White and Hugh Morrison | ||
58 | Kenneth Wilson | November 17, 1998 | Jacqueline Stephens | ||
59 | Kevin Wayne Cardwell | December 3, 1998 | Anthony Brown | ||
60 | Mark Arlo Sheppard | January 20, 1999 | Richard and Rebecca Rosenbluth | ||
61 | Tony Leslie Fry | February 4, 1999 | Leland A. Jacobs | ||
62 | George Adrian Quesinberry, Jr. | March 9, 1999 | Thomas L. Haynes | ||
63 | David Lee Fisher | March 25, 1999 | David William Wilkey | ||
64 | Carl Hamilton Chichester | April 13, 1999 | Timothy Rigney | ||
65 | Arthur Ray Jenkins, III | April 20, 1999 | Floyd Jenkins and Lee H. Brinklow | ||
66 | Eric Christopher Payne | April 28, 1999 | Ruth Parham and Sally Fazio | ||
67 | Ronald Dale Yeatts | April 29, 1999 | Ruby Meeks Dodson | ||
68 | Tommy David Strickler | July 21, 1999 | Leann Whitlock | ||
69 | Marlon DeWayne Williams | August 17, 1999 | Helen Bedsole | ||
70 | Everett Lee Mueller | September 16, 1999 | Charity Powers | ||
71 | Jason Matthew Joseph | October 19, 1999 | Jeffrey Anderson | ||
72 | Thomas Lee Royal, Jr. | November 9, 1999 | Hampton police officer Kenny Wallace | ||
73 | Andre L. Graham | December 9, 1999 | Richard and Rebecca Rosenbluth, and Sheryl Stack | ||
74 | Douglas Christopher Thomas | January 10, 2000 | James B. and Kathy J. Wiseman | ||
75 | Steve Edward Roach | January 13, 2000 | Mary Ann Hughes | ||
76 | Lonnie Weeks, Jr. | March 16, 2000 | Virginia state trooper Jose M. Cavazos | ||
77 | Michael David Clagett | July 6, 2000 | electric chair | Lam Van Son, Wendell G. Parish, Jr., Karen Sue Rounds, and Abdelaziz Gren | |
78 | Russell William Burket | August 30, 2000 | lethal injection | Katherine and Ashley Tafelski | |
79 | Derek Rocco Barnabei | September 14, 2000 | Sarah Wisnosky | ||
80 | Bobby Lee Ramdass | October 10, 2000 | Mohammed Kayani | ||
81 | Christopher Cornelius Goins | December 6, 2000 | Robert, Nicole, David, Daphne Jones; and James Randolph | ||
82 | Thomas Wayne Akers | March 1, 2001 | Wesley Brant Smith | ||
83 | Christopher James Beck | October 18, 2001 | Florence Marie Marks, David Kaplan, and William Miller | ||
84 | James Earl Patterson | March 13, 2002 | Joyce Snead Aldridge | Mark Warner | |
85 | Daniel Lee Zirkle | April 2, 2002 | Christina Zirkle and Jessica Shiflett | ||
86 | Walter Mickens, Jr. | June 12, 2002 | Timothy Jason Hall | ||
87 | Mir Aimal Kasi | November 14, 2002 | Frank Darling and Lansing Bennett | ||
88 | Earl Conrad Bramblett | April 9, 2003 | electric chair | Blaine, Teresa, Winter, and Anah Hodges | |
89 | Bobby Wayne Swisher | July 22, 2003 | lethal injection | Dawn McNees Snyder | |
90 | Brian Lee Cherrix | March 18, 2004 | Tessa Van Hart | ||
91 | Dennis Mitchell Orbe | March 31, 2004 | Richard Burnett | ||
92 | Mark Wesley Bailey | July 22, 2004 | Katherine and Nathan Bailey | ||
93 | James Bryant Hudson | August 18, 2004 | Stanley, Walter, and Patsy Cole | ||
94 | James Edward Reid | September 9, 2004 | Annie Mae Lester | ||
95 | Dexter Lee Vinson | April 27, 2006 | Angela Felton | Tim Kaine | |
96 | Brandon Wayne Hedrick | July 20, 2006 | electric chair | Lisa Yvonne Crider | |
97 | Michael William Lenz | July 27, 2006 | lethal injection | inmate Brent H. Parker | |
98 | John Yancey Schmitt | November 9, 2006 | Earl Shelton Dunning | ||
99 | Kevin Green | May 27, 2008 | Patricia L. Vaughan | ||
100 | Robert Stacy Yarbrough | June 25, 2008 | Cyril Hugh Hamby | ||
101 | Kent Jermaine Jackson | July 10, 2008 | Beulah Mae Kaiser | ||
102 | Christopher Scott Emmett | July 24, 2008 | John Fenton Langley | ||
103 | Edward Nathaniel Bell | February 19, 2009 | Winchester police officer Ricky Timbrook | ||
104 | John Allen Muhammad | November 10, 2009[3] | Dean Harold Meyers (Beltway sniper attacks) | ||
105 | Larry Bill Elliott | November 17, 2009 | electric chair | Dana Thrall and Robert Finch | |
106 | Paul Warner Powell | March 18, 2010 | Stacie Reed | Bob McDonnell | |
107 | Darick Demorris Walker | May 20, 2010 | lethal injection | Stanley Beale and Clarence Elwood Threat | |
108 | Teresa Lewis | September 23, 2010 | Julian C. and Charles J. Lewis | ||
109 | Jerry Terrell Jackson | August 18, 2011 | Ruth Phillips | ||
110 | Robert Charles Gleason, Jr. | January 16, 2013 | electric chair | Harvey Gray Watson, Jr., and Aaron Alexander Cooper | |
111 | Alfredo Rolando Prieto | October 1, 2015 | lethal injection | Rachael A. Raver and Warren H. Fulton III | Terry McAuliffe |
See also
References
- ↑ This was the last execution held at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, which closed the following day.
- ↑ This was the first execution held at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt.
- ↑ Josh White and Maria Glod (2009-11-10). "D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad is executed in Va.". The Washington Post.
External links
- Executions in the United States, Death Penalty Information Center
- Innocence Case Drew Unprecedented International Support
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