USA Executions 2002 (71)

Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, 820 convicted murderers have been executed in the United States. Of those executed: 10 were female; 21 were under the age of 18 at the time of the murder; 459 (56%) were white and 281 (34%) were black; 657 (80%) were executed by lethal injection, including 167 of the last 168 executions; 147 were executed by electric chair, 11 by gas chamber, 3 by hanging and 2 by firing squad; Executions were held in 32 different states; 289 (35%) were in Texas; 09 were in Indiana; 66 were executed in 2001, and 71 were executed in 2002. (As of January 1, 2003)

Since 1976	Date of Execution	State	Method	Murderer (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
820	12-17-02	OK	Lethal Injection	Ernest Marvin Carter, Jr. B / M / 23 - 36	04-22-66	Eugene Manowski W / M / 35	01-28-90	Handgun	None	02-22-91
819	12-12-02	AL	Lethal Injection	Anthony Keith Johnson W / M / 27 - 46	06-01-56	Kenneth Cantrell W / M / ?	03-11-84	Handgun	None	11-08-85
818	12-12-02	OK	Lethal Injection	Jay Wesley Neill W / M / 19 - 37	04-09-65	Kay Bruno W / F / 42 Jerri Bowles W / F / 19 Joyce Mullenix W / F / 25 Ralph Zeller W / M / 33	12-14-84	Stab x14 Stab x34 Stab x24 Handgun	None	07-02-85 1992
817	12-11-02	MS	Lethal Injection	Jessie Derrell Williams W / M / 31 - 51	05-03-51	Karon Ann Pierce W / F / 18	01-11-83	Slashed with knife	None	12-83
816	12-11-02	TX	Lethal Injection	James Paul Collier W / M / 48 - 55	01-07-47	Gwendolyn Joy Reed W / F / 51 Timmy Reed W / M / 32	03-14-95	Rifle	Babysitters of estranged daughter	04-24-96
815	12-10-02	OK	Lethal Injection	Jerry Lynn McCracken W / M / 23 - 35	09-28-67	Tyrrell Lee Boyd W / M / 27 Steve Allen Smith W / M / 34 Timothy Edward Sheets W / M / 37 Carol Ann McDaniels W / F / 41	10-14-90	Handgun	None	10-15-91
814	12-10-02	NC	Lethal Injection	Desmond Keith Carter B / M / 24 - 34	10-15-67	Helen Purdy W / F / 71	03-09-92	Stabbing with knife x13	Neighbor	07-05-93
813	12-09-02	FL	Lethal Injection	Linroy Bottoson B / M / 40 - 63	02-28-39	Catherine Alexander B / F / 74	10-29-79	Crushed by Car	None	05-01-81
812	12-06-02	NC	Lethal Injection	Ernest West Basden W / M / 39 - 50	11-18-52	Billy Carlyle White W / M / ?	01-20-92	Shotgun	None	04-09-93
811	12-04-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Leonard Uresti Rojas H / M / 44 - 52	06-15-50	JoAnn Reed W / F / 34 David Rojas H / M / 43	12-27-94	Handgun	Common Law Wife Brother	06-03-96
810	11-20-02	TX	Lethal Injection	William Wesley Chappell W / M / 51 - 66	09-26-36	Alexandra Heath W / F / 27 Martha Lindsey W / F / 50 Elbert Sitton W / M / 71	05-03-88	Handgun	Witnesses Against Him	11-22-89 10-09-96
809	11-20-02	MO	Lethal Injection	William Robert Jones, Jr. W / M / 21 - 37	12-09-64	Stanley Albert W / M / 49	01-16-86	Handgun	Acquaintance	02-13-87
808	11-19-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Craig Neil Ogan, Jr. W / M / 34 - 47	12-18-54	James C. Boswell OFFICER W / M / 29	12-09-89	Handgun	None	06-29-90
807	11-14-02	VA	Lethal Injection	Mir Aimal Kasi Pakistani / M / 28 - 38	02-10-64	Frank Darling W / M / 28 Lansing Bennett W / M / 66	01-25-93	AK-47	None	02-04-98
806	11-13-02	GA	Lethal Injection	William Howard Putman W / M / 37 - 59	04-05-43	David Hardin W / M / 22 Katie Back W / F / 28 William Gerald Hodges W / M / 49	07-10-80	Handgun	None	09-17-82
805	10-09-02	FL	Lethal Injection	Aileen Carol Wuornos FEMALE W / F / 33 - 46	02-29-56	Richard Mallory W / M / 51 Dick Humphreys W / M / 56 Charles Carskaddon W / M / 40 Troy Burress W / M / 50 Peter Siems W / M / 65 Walter Jeno Antonio W / M / 62 David Spears W / M / 43	12-01-89 05-19-90 05-31-90 07-30-90 09-11-90 11-19-90	Handgun	Drivers who picked her up hitchhiking	01-31-92 05-15-92 02-05-93 05-15-92 05-15-92 02-04-93
804	10-02-02	FL	Lethal Injection	Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco H / M / 27 - 43	01-04-59	Katixa "Kathy" Ecenarro H / F / 11	12-12-86	Strangulation	Daughter of girlfriend	09-23-88
803	10-01-02	TX	Lethal Injection	James Rexford Powell W / M / 44 - 56	08-23-46	Falyssa Van Winkle W / F / 10	10-06-90	Strangulation with rope	None	06-06-91
802	09-25-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Calvin Eugene King B / M / 40 - 48	10-31-53	Billy Wayne Ezell B / M / 21	02-26-94	Stabbing with knife	Drug Dealer/ Customer	06-23-95
801	09-24-02	OH	Lethal Injection	Robert Anthony Buell W / M / 41 - 62	09-10-40	Krista Lea Harrison W / F / 11	07-17-82	Strangulation	None	04-11-84
800	09-24-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Rex Warren Mays W / M / 32 - 42	01-21-60	Kristin Wiley W / F / 10 Kynara Carriero W / F / 7	07-20-92	Stabbing with knife	Neighbor	09-18-95
799	09-18-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Ron Scott Shamburger W / M / 22 - 30	11-11-71	Lori Ann Baker W / F / 20	09-30-94	Handgun	Acquaintance	10-25-95
798	09-17-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Jessie Joe Patrick W / M / 31 - 44	02-23-58	Nina Rutherford Redd W / F / 80	07-08-89	Slashing with knife	Neighbor	04-16-90
797	09-13-02	SC	Lethal Injection	Michael Joseph Passaro W / M / 36 - 40	08-19-62	Maggie Passaro W / F / 2	11-23-98	Fire	Daughter	08-17-00
796	09-10-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Tony Lee Walker B / M / 26 - 36	04-15-66	Willie Simmons B / M / 82 Virginia Simmons B / F / 66	05-23-92	Beaten with club	Acquaintance Acquaintance	11-17-93
795	08-28-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Toronto Markkey Patterson JUVENILE W / M / 17 - 24	10-17-77	Kimberly Brewer B / F / 25 Ollie Brown B / F / 3 Jennifer Brewer B / F / 6	06-06-95	Handgun	Cousin her daughters	11-20-95
794	08-23-02	SC	Lethal Injection	Anthony Green B / M / 25 - 40	12-24-61	Susan Babich W / F / 36	11-21-87	Rifle	None	10-05-88
793	08-20-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Gary Wayne Etheridge W / M / 26 - 38	01-03-64	Christi Chauvierre W / F / 15	02-02-90	Stabbing with knife	Mother's employee	11-06-90
792	08-16-02	GA	Lethal Injection	Wallace Marvin Fugate, III W / M / 41 - 52	11-24-49	Pattie Dianne Fugate W / F / 39	05-04-91	Handgun	Ex-Wife	04-29-92
791	08-14-02	MO	Lethal Injection	Daniel Anthony Basile W / M / 25 - 35	12-05-66	Elizabeth DeCaro W / F / 28	03-06-92	Handgun	None	07-12-94
790	08-14-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Javier Suarez Medina H / M / 19 - 33	06-17-69	Lawrence Rudy Cadena OFFICER H / M / 43	12-13-88	Handgun	None	06-05-89
789	08-08-02	TX	Lethal Injection	T. J. Jones JUVENILE B / M / 17 - 25	11-01-76	Willard Lewis Davis W / M / 75	02-02-94	Handgun	None	05-05-95
788	08-07-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Richard William Kutzner W / M / 53 - 59	11-17-42	Kathryn Harrison W / F / 59 Reta Sharon Van Huss W / F / 54	01-22-96 01-05-96	Strangulation with plastic cable ties	None	09-08-97
787	07-30-02	OK	Lethal Injection	Earl Alexander Frederick, Sr. W / M / 38 - 51	06-04-51	Bradford Lee Beck W / M / 41	11-11-89	Beating	None	11-19-92 03-06-98
786	07-23-02	OK	Lethal Injection	Randall Eugene Cannon W / M / 25 - 42	04-21-60	Addie Mae Hawley W / F / 84	06-24-85	Beaten, doused with gasoline and burned	None	04-18-86 08-05-93
785	07-17-02	MS	Lethal Injection	Tracy Alan Hansen W / M / 23 - 39	05-25-63	David Bruce Ladner OFFICER W / M / 33	04-10-87	Handgun	None	10-30-87
784	06-26-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Jeffery Lynn Williams B / M / 23 - 30	10-15-71	Barbara Jackson Pullins B / F / ?	10-26-94	Strangulation with electric cord	None	05-05-95
783	06-25-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Robert Otis Coulson W / M / 24 - 34	03-11-68	Mary Coulson W / F / 66 Otis Coulson W / M / 54 Sarah Coulson W / F / 25 Robin Wentworth W / F / 21 Richard Wentworth W / M / 27	11-13-92	Smothering	Mother Father Sister Sister Brother-in-law	06-22-94
782	06-13-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Daniel Earl Reneau W / M / 20 - 27	04-15-75	Kris Lee Keeran W / M / 31	01-02-96	Handgun	None	03-20-97
781	06-12-02	VA	Lethal Injection	Walter Mickens, Jr. B / M / 37 - 47	10-19-54	Timothy Jason Hall W / M / 17	03-30-92	Stabbing with knife	None	08-20-93 1995
780	05-30-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Stanley Allison Baker, Jr. W / M / 27 - 35	12-30-66	Wayne John Walters W / M / 44	09-28-94	Shotgun	None	07-26-95
779	05-28-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Napoleon Beazley JUVENILE B / M / 17 - 25	08-05-76	John Luttig W / M / 63	04-19-94	Handgun	None	03-17-95
778	05-22-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Johnny Joe Martinez H / M / 20 - 29	11-20-72	Clay Peterson W / M / 20	07-15-93	Stabbing with knife	None	01-27-94
777	05-16-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Ronford Lee Styron, Jr. W / M / 24 - 33	08-23-69	Lee Hollis Styron W / M / 11 mo	10-26-93	Beating	None	10-28-94
776	05-10-02	LA	Lethal Injection	Leslie Dale Martin W / M / 25 - 35	?-?-?	Christina Burgin W / F / 19	06-20-91	Strangulation with board	Acquaintance	05-92
775	05-10-02	AL	Electric Chair	Lynda Lyon Block FEMALE W / F / 45 - 54	02-08-48	Roger Lamar Motley OFFICER W / M / 39	10-4-93	Handgun	None	12-94
774	05-09-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Reginald Lenard Reeves B / M / 19 - 28	04-21-74	Jenny Lynn Weeks W / F / 14	09-09-93	Strangulation	None	10-04-94
773	05-03-02	SC	Lethal Injection	Richard Charles Johnson W / M / 22 - 39	?-?-?	Bruce Kenneth Smalls OFFICER B / M / 30 Dan Swanson W / M / ?	09-27-85	Handgun	None	02-1986 03-1988
772	04-30-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Rodolpho Baiza Hernandez H / M / 35 - 52	11-18-49	Victor Cervan H / M / 20	03-07-85	Handgun	None	09-26-85
771	04-26-02	OH	Lethal Injection	Alton Coleman B / M / 28 - 46	11-06-55	Tonnie Storey B / F / 15 Marlene Walters W / F / 44	07-11-84 07-13-84	Strangulation Beaten with objects	None	06-24-85 05-06-85
770	04-18-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Gerald Dwight Casey W / M / 34 - 47	01-15-55	Sonya Lynn Howell W / F / 29	07-10-89	Handgun	Acquaintance	Received at DOC 11-15-91
769	04-11-02	TX	Lethal Injection	William Kendrick Burns B / M / 22 - 43	07-04-58	Johnny Lynn Hamlett W / M / 18	03-28-81	Rifle	None	09-1981 07-1986 08-25-89
768	04-10-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Jose Santellan, Sr. H / M / 31 - 40	03-08-62	Yolanda Garza H / F / 31	08-22-93	Handgun	Girlfriend	Received at DOC 03-14-95
767	04-10-02	MO	Lethal Injection	Paul W. Kreutzer W / M / 30 - 40	02-22-72	Louise Hemphill W / F / 36	09-02-92	Strangulation	Neighbor	03-94
766	04-02-02	VA	Lethal Injection	Daniel Lee Zirkle W / M / 30 - 33	08-10-68	Christina Zirkle W / F / 4 Jessica Shifflett W / F / 14	08-02-99	Slit Throat with knife Stabbing	Daughter Step-Daughter	08-28-00 09-00
765 (*)	03-14-02	VA	Lethal Injection	James Earl Patterson W / M / 19 - 35	01-31-67	Joyce Snead Aldridge W / F / 56	01-11-87	Stabbing with knife x17	Mother of Acquaintance	06-15-00
764 (dual citizenship)	03-12-02	GA	Lethal Injection	Tracy Housel W / M / 26 - 43	05-07-58	Jean Dellinger Drew W / M / 46	04-02-85	Strangulation	Acquaintance	02-07-86
763	03-07-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Gerald Wayne Tigner, Jr. B / M / 20 - 29	12-27-72	James Williams B / M / 22 Michael Watkins B / M / 32	08-31-93	Handgun	Acquaintances	05-24-94 03-05-97
762	03-06-02	MO	Lethal Injection	Jeffrey Lane Tokar W / M / 27 - 37	08-29-64	Johnny Douglass W / M / ?	03-11-92	Shotgun	None	08-27-93
761	02-28-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Monty Allen Delk W / M / 19 - 35	02-24-67	Gene Olan Allen II W / M / ?	11-29-86	Shotgun	None	05-09-88
760	02-19-02	OH	Lethal Injection	John William Byrd Jr. W / M / 19 - 38	12-18-63	Monte Tewksbury W / M/ 40	04-17-83	Stabbing with knife	None	08-16-83
759	02-06-02	MO	Lethal Injection	Michael Owsley W / M / 31 - 40	05-07-61	Elvin Iverson B / M / 18	04-18-93	Shotgun	None	01-06-95
758	01-31-02	OK	Lethal Injection	David Wayne Woodruff W / M / 25 - 42 (see #755)	11-19-59	Roger Joel Sarfaty W / M / 52 Lloyd Thompson W / M / 63	10-12-85 07-19-86	Stabbing with knife	Acquaintance	06-15-87
757	01-31-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Randall Wayne Hafdahl Sr. a/k/a Jack Douglas Cone B / M / 32 - 48	06-17-53	James D. Mitchell Jr. OFFICER W / M / 42	11-11-85	Handgun	None	04-07-86
756	01-30-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Windell Broussard B / M / 32 - 41	03-05-60	Diana Fay Broussard B / F / 28 Corey Harris B / M / 9	04-24-92	Stabbing with knife	Estranged wife Stepson	Received at DOC 07-02-93
755	01-29-02	OK	Lethal Injection	John Joseph Romano H / M / 27 - 43 (see #758)	11-23-58	Roger Joel Sarfaty W / M / 52 Lloyd Thompson W / M / 63	10-12-85 07-19-86	Stabbing with knife	Acquaintance	01-30-87 06-11-87
754	01-29-02	CA	Lethal Injection	Stephen Wayne Anderson W / M / 26 - 48	07-08-53	Elizabeth Lyman W / F / 81	05-26-80	Handgun	None	07-24-81
753	01-24-02	GA	Lethal Injection	Ronald Keith Spivey W / M / 37 - 62	1939	Charles McCook W / M / ? Bill Watson OFFICER W / M / 41	12-28-76	Handgun	None	06-30-77 12-29-83
752	01-16-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Jermarr Carlos Arnold B / M / 24 - 43	09-27-58	Christine Marie Sanchez H / F / 21	07-15-83	Handgun	None	12-19-90
751	01-09-02	TX	Lethal Injection	Michael Patrick Moore W / M / 30 - 38	09-16-63	Christa E. Bentley W / F / 35	02-26-94	Stabbing with knife, Handgun	None	11-03-94
750	01-09-02	MO	Lethal Injection	James R. Johnson W / M / 42 - 52	04-18-49	Les Roark OFFICER W / M / ? Pam Jones W / F / ? Charles Smith OFFICER W / M / ? Sandra Wilson OFFICER W / F / ?	12-08-91	Handgun Rifle Rifle Rifle	None	?-?-?

* volunteer
# juvenile at time of the crime
~foreign national
¥ white defendant executed for black victim
Ã Woman

**Race of defendant information supplied by NAACP Legal Defense Fund

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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