List of people executed in Alabama

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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Alabama since 1983. All of the 69 people (68 men and 1 woman) have been executed at the Holman Correctional Facility, near Atmore, Alabama. All executions since December 2002 have been by lethal injection. In 2021, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced it had constructed a facility at Holman to carry out executions by means of nitrogen hypoxia.[1]

Prior to 1983, an 18-year moratorium on executions was observed under the direction of the Supreme Court of the United States. Alabama previously executed 153 people between 1927 and 1965.[2]

List of People Executed in Alabama Since 1983
# Name Race Age Sex Date of Execution Victim(s) Governor Method
1 John Louis Evans III White 33 M April 22, 1983 Edward Nassar George Wallace Electric chair
2 Arthur Lee Jones [3] Black 47 M March 21, 1986 William Hosea Waymon
3 Wayne Eugene Ritter[a] [4] White 33 M August 28, 1987 Edward Nassar H. Guy Hunt
4 Michael Lindsey [5] Black 28 M May 26, 1989 Rosemary Zimlich Rutland
5 Horace Franklin Dunkins, Jr.[6] Black 28 M July 14, 1989 Lynn McCurry
6 Herbert Lee Richardson Black 43 M August 18, 1989 Rena Mae Callins
7 Arthur James Julius [7] Black 43 M November 17, 1989 Susie Bell Sanders
8 Wallace Norrell Thomas [8] Black 35 M July 13, 1990 Quenette Shehane
9 Larry Gene Heath[9] White 40 M March 20, 1992 Rebecca Heath
10 Cornelius Singleton [10] Black 36 M November 20, 1992 Ann Hogan
11 Willie Clisby, Jr. Black 47 M April 28, 1995 Fletcher Handley Fob James
12 Varnell Weeks Black 43 M May 12, 1995 Mark Batts
13 Edward Dean Horsley, Jr.[b] Black 38 M February 16, 1996 Naomi Rolon
14 Billy Wayne Waldrop White 44 M January 10, 1997 Thurman Macon Donahoo
15 Walter Hill Black 62 M May 2, 1997 Willie Mae Hammock, John Tatum, and Lois Tatum
16 Henry Francis Hays[11] White 42 M June 6, 1997 Michael Donald
17 Steven Allen Thompson White 34 M May 8, 1998 Robin Balarzs
18 Brian Keith Baldwin Black 40 M June 18, 1999 Naomi Rolon Don Siegelman
19 Victor Kennedy Black 37 M August 6, 1999 Annie Laura Orr
20 David Ray Duren White 37 M January 7, 2000 Kathleen Bedsole
21 Freddie Lee Wright Black 48 M March 3, 2000 Warren Green and Lois Green
22 Robert Lee Tarver, Jr. Black 52 M April 14, 2000 Hugh Sims Kite
23 Pernell La'sha Ford Black 35 M June 2, 2000 Willie C. Griffith and Linda Gail Griffith
24 Lynda Lyon Block White 54 F May 10, 2002 Opelika police Sergeant Roger Lamar Motley
25 Anthony Keith Johnson White 46 M December 12, 2002 Kenneth Cantrell Lethal injection
26 Michael Eugene Thompson White 43 M March 13, 2003 Maisie Carlene Gray Bob Riley
27 Gary Leon Brown White 44 M April 24, 2003 Jack David McGraw
28 Thomas Jerry Fortenberry White 39 M August 7, 2003 Ronald Michael Guest, Wilbut T. Nelson, Robert William Payne and Nancy Payne
29 James Barney Hubbard White 74 M August 5, 2004 Lillian Montgomery
30 David Kevin Hocker White 33 M September 30, 2004 Jerry Wayne Robinson
31 Mario Giovanni Centobie White 39 M April 28, 2005 Moody police officer Keith Turner
32 Jerry Paul Henderson White 58 M June 2, 2005 Jerry Haney
33 George Everette Sibley, Jr. White 62 M August 4, 2005 Opelika police Sergeant Roger Lamar Motley
34 John W. Peoples, Jr. White 48 M September 22, 2005 Paul and Judy Franklin and Paul Franklin, Jr.
35 Larry Eugene Hutcherson White 37 M October 26, 2006 Irma Thelma Gray
36 Aaron Lee Jones Black 55 M May 3, 2007 Carl Nelson and Willene Nelson
37 Darrell B. Grayson Black 46 M July 26, 2007 Annie Laura Orr
38 Luther Jerome Williams Black 47 M August 23, 2007 John Kirk
39 James Harvey Callahan White 62 M January 15, 2009 Rebecca Suzanne Howell
40 Danny Joe Bradley[12] White 49 M February 12, 2009 Rhonda Hardin
41 Jimmy Lee Dill[13] Black 49 M April 16, 2009 Leon Shaw
42 Willie McNair[14] Black 44 M May 14, 2009 Ella Foy Riley
43 Jack Harrison Trawick[2] White 62 M June 11, 2009 Stephanie Gach
44 Max Landon Payne[15] White 38 M October 8, 2009 Braxton Brown
45 Thomas Warren Whisenhant White 63 M May 27, 2010 Sheryl Lynn Payton
46 John Forrest Parker White 42 M June 10, 2010 Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett
47 Michael Jeffrey Land White 41 M August 12, 2010 Candace Brown
48 Holly Wood Black 50 M September 9, 2010 Ruby Lois Gosha
49 Phillip D. Hallford White 63 M November 4, 2010 Charles Eddie Shannon
50 Leroy B. White Black 52 M January 13, 2011 Ruby White
51 William Glenn Boyd White 45 M March 31, 2011 Fred Blackmon and Evelyn Blackmon Robert J. Bentley
52 Jason Oric Williams White 43 M May 19, 2011 Gerald Paravicini, Fred Barber, Linda Barber and Bryan Barber
53 Eddie Duval Powell III Black 41 M June 16, 2011 Mattie Wesson
54 Derrick O'Neal Mason Black 37 M September 22, 2011 Angela Cagle
55 Christopher Thomas Johnson White 38 M October 20, 2011 Elias Ocean Johnson
56 Andrew Reid Lackey White 29 M July 25, 2013 Charlie Newman
57 Christopher Eugene Brooks White 43 M January 21, 2016 Jo Deann Campbell
58 Ronald Bert Smith, Jr. White 45 M December 8, 2016 Casey Wilson
59 Thomas Douglas Arthur White 75 M May 26, 2017 Troy Wicker Kay Ivey
60 Robert Bryant Melson Black 46 M June 8, 2017 James Nathaniel Baker, Darryl Collier and Tamika Collins
61 Torrey Twane McNabb Black 40 M October 19, 2017 Montgomery police officer Anderson Gordon
62 Michael Wayne Eggers White 50 M March 15, 2018 Bennie Francis Murray
63 Walter Leroy Moody, Jr. White 83 M April 19, 2018 U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit judge Robert Smith Vance and Robert E. Robinson
64 Domineque Hakim Marcelle Ray Black 42 M February 7, 2019 Tiffany Harville
65 Michael Brandon Samra White 41 M May 16, 2019 Randy Duke, Dedra Hunt, Chelsea Hunt and Chelisa Hunt
66 Christopher Lee Price White 46 M May 30, 2019 Pastor Bill Lynn
67 Nathaniel Woods Black 43 M March 5, 2020 Birmingham police officers Carlos Owen, Harley Chisholm III and Charles Bennett
68 Willie B. Smith III Black 52 M October 21, 2021 Sharma Ruth Johnson
69 Matthew Reeves Black 44 M January 27, 2022 Willie Johnson, Jr.

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Notes[]

  1. ^ Ritter was the accomplice of John Louis Evans.
  2. ^ Horsley was the accomplice of Brian Baldwin.

References[]

  1. ^ Chandler, Kim (2021-08-07). "Alabama says it has built 'system' for nitrogen gas executions". The Birmingham News. Associated Press. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  2. ^ a b Gordon, Tom (June 12, 2009) "Alabama Death Row inmate Jack Trawick apologizes before execution." Birmingham News
  3. ^ Inmate Executed In Alabama Prison. The New York Times.
  4. ^ Alabama Executes Convict In Killing. The New York Times.
  5. ^ Alabama Executes Man in Death of a Widow. The New York Times.
  6. ^ 2 Electric Jolts in Alabama Execution. The New York Times.
  7. ^ Murderer of Woman Is Executed in Alabama. The New York Times.
  8. ^ A Convicted Killer Is Executed in Alabama. The New York Times.
  9. ^ HEATH v. ALABAMA, 474 U.S. 82 (1985). The New York Times.
  10. ^ Execution in Alabama for the Killing of a Nun. The New York Times.
  11. ^ Klan Member Put to Death In Race Death. The New York Times.
  12. ^ Gordon, Tom (February 12, 2009) "Danny Joe Bradley ends 26 years on Alabama's Death Row in execution chamber." Birmingham News
  13. ^ Gordon, Tom (April 16, 2009) "Updated: Alabama executes Jimmy Lee Dill for 1989 slaying of Leon Shaw of Birmingham." Birmingham News
  14. ^ Gordon, Tom (May 14, 2009) "Alabama executes Willie McNair for 1990 slaying of Ella Foy Riley in Abbeville." Birmingham News
  15. ^ Gordon, Tom (October 8, 2009) "Alabama executes Max Landon Payne for 1992 slaying of Cullman County store owner Braxton Brown." Birmingham News

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