USA Executions 2003 (65)

Total since 1976

Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, 885 convicted murderers have been executed in the United States. Of those executed: 10 were female; 22 were under the age of 18 at the time of the murder; 506 (57%) were white and 301 (34%) were black; 718 (81%) were executed by lethal injection, including 232 of the last 234 executions; 151 were executed by electric chair, 11 by gas chamber, 3 by hanging and 2 by firing squad. Executions were held in 32 different states: 313 (35%) were in Texas and 11 were in Indiana; 71 were executed in 2002, and 65 were executed in 2003.

(As of January 1, 2004)

For 2003 alone
Executed
Numberin Texas Male Female Black White Other
Weapon used in murder
HandgunKnife
6523 65 0 20 41 4 38 10
Victims
Number Male Female Black White Other not related to murderer
102 54 49 17 78 9 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
885
(65)		12-05-03NCLethal InjectionRobbie James Lyons
B / M / 21 - 31		07-10-72Stephen Wilson Stafford
W / M / 48		09-25-93HandgunNone05-06-94
884
(64)		12-04-03TXLethal InjectionIvan Ray Murphy, Jr.
W / M / 23 - 38		01-10-65Lula Mae Denning
W / F / 80		01-09-89Beating with objectAcquaintanceOctober 1990
883
(63)		12-03-03TXLethal InjectionRichard Charles Duncan
W / M / 45 - 61		05-19-42John Abner High
W / M / 71
Ruth Brown High
W / F / 73		10-07-87Beating
Smothering		Partner's Father
Partner's Mother		May 1995
882
(62)		11-20-03TXLethal InjectionRobert Lloyd Henry
W / M / 30 - 41		09-26-62Carol Lea Arnold
W / F / 57
Hazel Rumohr
W / F / 83		09-05-93Beating
Stabbing		Acquaintances 11-14-94
881
(61)		11-14-03NCLethal InjectionJohn Dennis Daniels
B / M / 32 - 46		05/22/57Isabella Daniels Crawford
B / F / 77		01-17-90Strangulation with electrical cordAunt 09-24-90
880
(60)		11-07-03NCLethal InjectionJoseph Timothy Keel
W / M / 26 - 39		07-06-64John Simmons
W / M / ??		07-10-90RifleFather-In-Law 08-12-91
03-30-93
879
(59)		11-04-03GALethal InjectionJames Willie Brown
W / M / 26 - 55		06-06-48Brenda Sue Watson
W / F / 21		05-13-75AsphyxiationDate02-03-83
1991
878
(58)		10-29-03MOLethal InjectionJohn Clayton Smith
W / M / 35 - 41		03-01-62Brandie Kearnes
W / F / 22
Wayne Hoewing
W / M / 51		07-04-97Stabbing with knifeFormer Girlfriend & her stepfather07-06-99
877
(57)		 10-03-03 NCLethal Injection Edward Ernest Hartman
W / M / 28 - 39		08-25-64Herman Smith, Jr.
W / M / 77		 06-03-93 Handgun Housemate,
Mother's
Ex-Boyfriend		 10-20-94
876
(56)		 09-26-03 NC Lethal Injection Joseph Earl Bates
W / M / 22 - 35		 05-01-68 Charles Edward Jenkins
W / M / ?		 08-11-90 Handgun Acquaintance 03-02-91
11-09-94
875
(55)		09-12-03NCLethal InjectionHenry Lee Hunt
I / M / 39 - 58		11-22-44Jackie Ray Ransom
NA / M / 37
Larry Jones
W / M / ?		09-08-84HandgunNone12-20-85
874
(54)		09-10-03TXLethal InjectionLarry Allen Hayes
W / M / 50 - 54		11-23-48Mary Evelyn Hayes
W / F / 46
Rosalyn Ann Robinson
B / F / 18		07-15-99HandgunWife
 
None		05-17-00
873
(53)		09-03-03FLLethal InjectionPaul Jennings Hill
W / M / 40 - 49		02-06-54Dr. John Bayard Britton
W / M / 69
James Herman Barrett
W / M / 74		07-29-94ShotgunNone12-06-94
872
(52)		08-22-03NCLethal InjectionWilliam Quentin Jones
B / M / 18 - 34		08-29-68Edward Peebles
B / M / 32		03-07-87Uzi HandgunNone11-03-87
07-01-91
871
(51)		08-07-03ALLethal InjectionTommy Jerry Fortenberry
W / M / 20 - 39		02-14-64Ronald Michael Guest
W / M / 21
Wilbur T. Nelson
W / M / 51
Robert William Payne
W / M / 43
Nancy Payne
W / F / 29		08-25-84HandgunNone03-04-86
870
(50)		07-29-03OKLethal InjectionHarold Loyd McElmurry III
W / M / 29 - 33		06-01-70Rosa Vivien Pendley
W / F / 75
Robert Pendley
W / M / 80		08-02-99Scissors
Pipe		Former Employer06-16-00
869
(49)		07-24-03TXLethal InjectionAllen Wayne Janecka
W / M / 29 - 53		11-03-49Kevin Wanstrath
W / M / 14 mo
John Wanstrath
W / M / 35
Diana Wanstrath
W / F / 36		07-05-79HandgunNone04-08-81
11-04-93
868
(48)		07-24-03OKLethal InjectionJackie Lee Willingham
W / M / 25 - 33		10-23-69Jayne Ellen Van Wey
W / F / 62		12-20-94BeatingNone09-06-95
867
(47)		07-23-03TXLethal InjectionCedric Lamont Ransom
B / M / 18 - 29		08-18-73Herbert P. Primm, Jr.
W / M / 42		12-07-91HandgunNone12-10-92
02-14-97
866
(46)		07-23-03VALethal InjectionBobby Wayne Swisher
W / M / 20 - 27		03-02-76Dawn McNees Snyder
W / F / 22		02-05-97KnifeNone10-31-97
865
(45)		07-22-03OKLethal InjectionBryan Anthony Toles
B / M / 21 - 31		09-09-71Juan Franceschi
H / M / 39
Lonnie Franceschi
H / M / 15		07-16-93HandgunNone10-27-94
864
(44)		07-09-03ARLethal InjectionRiley Dobi Noel
B / M / 23 - 31		05-22-72Marcell Young
B / M / 17
Malak Hussian
B / M / 10
Mustafa Hussian
B / M / 12		06-04-95HandgunNone07-18-96
863
(43)		07-09-03TXLethal InjectionChristopher Black, Sr.
B / M / 38 - 43		08-02-59Gwendolyn Black
B / F / 36
Christina Black
B / F / 15 weeks
Katrese Houston
B / F / 17 mo		02-07-98HandgunWife
 
Daughter
 
Step-Granddaughter		08-10-98
862
(42)		07-08-03OKLethal InjectionRobert Don Duckett
W / M / 24 - 39		07-01-64John E. Howard
W / M / 53		10-18-88Beaten with fireplace pokerAcquaintance07-06-89
861
(41)		07-02-03TXLethal InjectionHilton Lewis Crawford
W / M / 56 - 64		03-14-39Samuel McKay Everett
W / M / 12		09-12-95Handgun, BeatingFamily Friend07-24-96
860
(40)		07-01-03OKLethal InjectionLewis Eugene Gilbert, II
W / M / 22 - 31		10-29-71Roxanne Lynn Ruddell
W / F / 37		09-03-94HandgunNone01-09-96
859
(39)		06-18-03OHLethal InjectionErnest Martin
B / M / 22 - 42		09-22-60Robert Robinson
B / M / 70		01-21-83HandgunNone07-08-83
858
(38)		06-12-03INLethal InjectionJoseph L. Trueblood
W / M / 31 - 46		12-26-56Susan Bowsher
W / F / 23
Ashlyn Bowsher
W / F / 2
William Bowsher
W / M / 17 mo		08-15-88HandgunEx-Girlfriend and her children04-12-90
857
(37)		06-11-03TXLethal InjectionKia Levoy Johnson
B / M / 28 - 38		12-23-64William Matthew Rains
W / M / 32		10-29-93HandgunNone02-13-95
856
(36)		06-05-03OKLethal InjectionKenneth Chad Charm
B / M / 27 - 37		01-18-66Brandy Crystian Hill
B / F / 14		07-20-93Bludgeoned with sledgehammerNone10-06-94
855
(35)		05-27-03OKLethal InjectionRobert Wesley Knighton
W / M / 48 - 62		02-05-41Richard Denney
W / M / 62
Virginia Denney
W / F / 64		01-08-90HandgunNone12-17-90
854
(34)		05-16-03FLLethal InjectionNewton Carlton Slawson
W / M / 34 - 48		10-10-54Gerald Wood
W / M / 23
Peggy Wood
W / F / 21
Jennifer Wood
W / F / 4
Glendon Wood
W / M / 3
Unborn Son
W / M / fetus		04-11-89HandgunAcquaintances04-11-90
853
(33)		05-15-03TXLethal InjectionBruce Charles Jacobs
W / M / 39 - 56		10-13-46Conrad Harris
W / M / 16		07-22-86Stabbing with knife x24None07-02-87
852
(32)		05-06-03GALethal InjectionCarl Junior Isaacs
W / M / 19 - 48		08-09-53Jerry Alday
W / M / 35
Ned Alday
W / M / 62
Jimmy Alday
W / M / 25
Mary Alday
W / F / 26
Chester Alday
W / M / 32
Aubrey Alday
W / M / 57		05-14-73HandgunNone01-24-74
1988
851
(31)		05-06-03TXLethal InjectionRoger Dale Vaughn
W / M / 37 - 48		10-11-54Dora Watkins
W / F / 66		10-16-91StrangulationNone05-27-92
850
(30)		05-02-03INLethal InjectionKevin Lee Hough
W / M / 31 - 41		08-17-59Ted Bosler
W / M / 49
Gene Rubrake
W / M / 56		11-06-85HandgunNone06-11-87
849
(29)		04-29-03OHLethal InjectionDavid M. Brewer
W / M / 25 - 44		04-22-59Sherry Byrne
W / F / 21		02-21-85Stabbing with knife x15Acquaintance10-17-85
848
(28)		04-24-03ALLethal InjectionGary Leon Brown
W / M / 31 - 44		07-14-58Jack David McGraw
W / M / 59		05-26-86Stabbing with knife x59Acquaintance1986
847
(27)		04-22-03TXLethal InjectionJuan Rodriguez Chavez
H / M / 27 - 34		04-27-68Jose Morales
H / M / 40		07-02-95HandgunNone03-27-96
846
(26)		04-17-03OKLethal InjectionLarry Kenneth Jackson
B / M / 31 - 40		11-07-62Wendy Cade
B / F / 29		09-06-94Box CutterGirlfriend12-22-95
845
(25)		04-09-03VAElectric ChairEarl Conrad Bramblett
W / M / 52 - 61		03-20-42Blaine Hodges
W / M / 41
Teresa Hodges
W / F / 37
Winter Hodges
W / F / 11
Anah Hodges
W / F / 3		08-29-94Handgun

Strangulation

Handgun

Handgun		Friends11-05-97
844
(24)		04-08-03OKLethal InjectionDon Wilson Hawkins, Jr.
W / M / 25 - 43		08-29-59Linda Ann Thompson
W / F / 29		08-20-85DrowningNone06-24-86
843
(23)		04-03-03OKLethal InjectionScott Allen Hain
JUVENILE
W / M / 17 - 32		06-02-70Michael William Houghton
W / M / 27
Laura Lee Sanders
W / F / 22		10-06-87Burning, SmokeNone06-14-88
1994
842
(22)		03-26-03TXLethal InjectionJames Blake Colburn
W / M / 34 - 43		02-29-60Peggy Murphy
W / F / 56		06-26-94Strangulation, Stabbing with KnifeNone10-10-95
841
(21)		03-25-03GALethal InjectionLarry Eugene Moon
W / M / 37 - 55		11-05-47Ricky Callahan
W / M / 34		11-24-84HandgunNone01-22-88
840
(20)		03-25-03OKLethal InjectionJohn Michael Hooker
B / M / 34 - 49		10-09-53Sylvia Stokes
B / F / 28
Durcilla Morgan
B / F / 53		03-27-88Stabbing with knifeCommon Law Wife
 
Her Mother		11-09-88
839
(19)		03-20-03TXLethal InjectionKeith Bernard Clay
B / M / 25 - 35		02-18-68Melathethil Tom Varughese
I / M / ?		01-04-94HandgunNone05-06-97
838
(18)		03-18-03OKLethal InjectionWalanzo Deon Robinson
B / M / 18 - 31		04-12-71Dennis Eugene Hill
B / M / 26		05-19-89HandgunAcquaintance06-19-90
837
(17)		03-18-03USLethal InjectionLouis Jones, Jr.
B / M / 45 - 53		1950Tracie Joy McBride
W / F / 19		02-18-95Tire IronNone11-95
836
(16)		03-13-03ALLethal InjectionMichael Eugene Thompson
W / M / 25 - 43		06-30-59Maisie Carlene Gray
W / F / 57		12-10-84HandgunNone05-10-85
835
(15)		03-11-03TXLethal InjectionBobby Glen Cook
W / M / 31 - 41		12-03-61Edwin Earl Holder
W / M / 42		02-06-93HandgunNone04-22-94
834
(14)		02-26-03FLLethal InjectionAmos Lee King, Jr.
B / M / 22 - 48		08-16-54Natalie "Tillie" Brady
W / F / 68		03-18-77Stabbing with knifeNone07-08-77
833
(13)		02-25-03TXLethal InjectionRichard Head Williams
B / M / 27 - 33		07-19-69Jeanette Williams
B / F / 47		03-24-97Stabbing with knifeNone11-21-97
832
(12)		02-13-03OKLethal InjectionBobby Joe Fields
B / M / 29 - 39		11-18-63Louise J. Schem
W / F / 77		03-02-93HandgunNone03-29-94
831
(11)		02-12-03OHLethal InjectionRichard Edwin Fox
W / M / 33 - 47		02-03-56Leslie Renae Keckler
W / F / 18		09-26-89StrangulationNoneReceived
06-28-90
830
(10)		02-06-03TXLethal InjectionHenry Earl Dunn, Jr.
B / M / 19 - 28		07-29-74Nicolas West
H / M / 23		11-30-93HandgunNone09-07-95
829
(9)		02-05-03MOLethal InjectionKenneth Kenley
W / M / 23 - 42		09-17-60Ronald Felts
W / M / 27		01-03-84HandgunNone07-13-84
1994
828
(8)		02-04-03TXLethal InjectionJohn William Elliott
H / M / 26 - 42		03-25-60Joyce Munguia
H / F / 19		06-13-86Beating with chainNone01-15-87
827
(7)		01-30-03TXLethal InjectionGranville Riddle
W / M / 19 - 33		06-17-69Ronnie Hood Bennett
W / M / 39		10-09-88Beating with tire toolNone11-08-89
826
(6)		01-29-03TXLethal InjectionRichard Eugene Dinkins
W / M / 27 - 40		09-29-62Katherine Thompson
W / F / 46
Shelly Cutler
W / F / 32		09-12-90HandgunNone02-26-92
825
(5)		01-28-03TXLethal InjectionAlva Eziel Curry
B / M / 22 - 33		03-22-69David Vela
H / M / 20		10-16-91HandgunNone11-05-92
824
(4)		01-22-03TXLethal InjectionRobert Andrew Lookingbill
W / M / 24 - 37		07-22-65Adeline Wuanita Dannenberg
W / F / 70		12-05-89Beating w/metal barGrandmother11-19-90
823
(3)		01-16-03OKLethal InjectionDaniel Juan Revilla
W / M / 18 - 34		07-14-68Mark Gomez
W / M / 13 mo		01-26-87BeatingGirlfriend's Son12-04-87
822
(2)		01-15-03TXLethal InjectionJohn Richard Baltazar
H / M / 25 - 30		05-09-72Adriana Marines
H / F / 5		09-27-97HandgunNone03-11-98
821
(1)		01-14-03TXLethal InjectionSamuel Clark Gallamore
W / M / 21 - 31		02-15-71Verle Clayton Kenney
W / M / 83
Juliana Kenney
W / F / 74
Adrienne Arnot
W / F / 44		03-29-92Beating, Stabbing with knifeNone02-03-94

Methods of execution in the USA are:
electrocution, firing squad, gas chamber, hanging, and lethal injection.

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