USA Executions 1997

Since 1976
1997(74)
Murderer
State
Method
Victim(s)
432
12-11-97
Thomas Beavers
VA
Lethal Injection
Marguerite Lowery
431
12-09-97
Michael Satcher
VA
Lethal Injection
Ann Borchesani
430
12-09-97
Michael Lee Lockhart
TX
Lethal Injection
Paul Douglas Hulsey Jr.
429
12-02-97
Robert E. Williams
NE
Electrocution
Catherine Brook
Patricia McGarry
Virginia Rowe
428
11-21-97
Charles Livingston
TX
Lethal Injection
Janet Caldwell
427
11-20-97
Gary Burris
IN
Lethal Injection
Kenneth Chambers
426
11-19-97
Michael E. Sharp
TX
Lethal Injection
Brenda Broadway
Christie Elms
425
11-19-97
Durlyn Edmonds
IL
Lethal Injection
Richard Lee Miller
424
11-19-97
Walter Stewart
IL
Lethal Injection
Thomas Pviopoulos
Dinalo Rodica
423
11-13-97
Dawuud Mu'Min
VA
Lethal Injection
Gladys Nopwasky
422
11-07-97
Earl Matthews
SC
Lethal Injection
Lucia Aimar
421
11-06-97
Aaren Lee Fuller
TX
Lethal Injection
Loretta Stevens
420
11-04-97
Aua Lauti
TX
Lethal Injection
Tara Lauti
419
10-28-97
Kenneth R. Ransom
TX
Lethal Injection
Roddy Harris
Amold Pequono
Joerene Pequono
Anil Varughese
418
10-24-97
Alan Jeffrey Bannister
MO
Lethal Injection
Darrell Ruestman
417
10-13-97
Gary Lee Davis
CO
Lethal Injection
Virginia May
416
10-08-97
Rickie Green
TX
Lethal Injection
Syeven Fefferman
415
10-01-97
Dwight Adanandus
TX
Lethal Injection
Vemon Hanon
414
09-30-97
Johnny Cocrum
TX
Lethal Injection
Eva May
413
09-25-97
Benjamin Stone
TX
Lethal Injection
Patsy Stone
Katha Lynn Van Coney
412
09-24-97
Sam McDonald
MO
Lethal Injection
Robert Jordan
411
09-23-97
Jessel Turner
TX
Lethal Injection
Charles Hunter
410
09-17-97
Mario Murphy
VA
Lethal Injection
James Radcliff
409
09-09-97
James Lee Davis
TX
Lethal Injection
Yvette Johnson
Tony Johnson
Tyran Johnson
408
08-20-97
Andrew Six
MO
Lethal Injection
Kathy Allen
407
08-19-97
Carlton J. Pope
VA
Lethal Injection
Cynthia Gray
406
08-13-97
Donald Reese
MO
Lethal Injection
James Watson
Christopher Griffith
John Buford
Don Vanderlinden
405
08-06-97
Ralph Feltrop
MO
Lethal Injection
Barbara Ann Roam
404
08-06-97
Eugene Wallace
AZ
Lethal Injection
Perry Kenneth Staton
Suzanne Staton/Ware
403
07-29-97
Bobby West
TX
Lethal Injection
Deanna Klaus
402
07-23-97
Joseph O'Dell
VA
Lethal Injection
Helen Schartner
401
07-17-97
Roy Bruce Smith
VA
Lethal Injection
John Conner
400
07-02-97
Flint Gregory Hunt
MD
Lethal Injection
Vincent Adolfo
399
07-01-97
Harold McQueen, Jr.
KY
Electrocution
Rebecca O'Hearn
398
06-25-97
William Worakeck
AZ
Lethal Injection
Linda Leslie
397
06-18-97
Ireneo Montona
TX
Lethal Injection
John Kilheffer
396
06-17-97
Eddie Johnson
TX
Lethal Injection
David Magee
Virginia Cadena
Elizabeth Galvan
395
06-16-97
David Stoker
TX
Lethal Injection
David Manrique
394
06-12-97
Michael Elkins
SC
Lethal Injection
Patricia Whitt
393
06-11-97
Earl Behringer
TX
Lethal Injection
Daniel Meyer
Janet Hancock
392
06-06-97
Henry Hays
AL
Electrocution
Michael Donald
391
06-04-97
Dorsie Lee Johnson
TX
Lethal Injection
Jack Huddleston
390
06-04-97
Davis Losada
TX
Lethal Injection
Olga Lidia Perales
389
06-03-97
Kenneth Harris
TX
Lethal Injection
Lisa Stonestreet
388
06-02-97
Patrick Rogers
TX
Lethal Injection
David Roberts
387
05-28-97
Robert Madden
TX
Lethal Injection
Herbert Megason
Don Megason
386
05-22-97
Larry White
TX
Lethal Injection
Elizabeth St. John
385
05-21-97
Bruce Callins
TX
Lethal Injection
Allen Huckleberry
384
05-20-97
Clarence Lackey
TX
Lethal Injection
Toni Dianne Kumpf
383
05-19-97
Richard Drinkard
TX
Lethal Injection
Ladean Hendrix
Lou Ann Anthony
Jerry Mullins
382
05-16-97
Clifton Belyeu
TX
Lethal Injection
Melodie Bolton
381
05-15-97
Harry Moore
OR
Lethal Injection
Thomas Lauri
Barbara Cunningham
380
05-13-97
Anthony Westley
TX
Lethal Injection
Frank Hall
379
05-07-97
Scott Carpenter
OK
Lethal Injection
A.J. Kelley
378
05-07-97
Terry Washington
TX
Lethal Injection
Beatrice Huling
377
05-02-97
Walter Hill
AL
Electrocution
Willie Mae Hammock
John Tatum
Lois Tatum
376
04-26-97
Ernest Baldree
TX
Lethal Injection
Homer Howard
Nancy Howard
375
04-26-97
Kenneth Gentry
TX
Lethal Injection
Jimmy Dean Ham
374
04-24-97
John A. Brown Jr.
LA
Lethal Injection
Omer Laughlin
373
04-21-97
Benjamin Boyle
TX
Lethal Injection
Gail Lenore Smith
372
04-14-97
Billy Joe Woods
TX
Lethal Injection
Mabel Ehatt
371
04-03-97
David Spence
TX
Lethal Injection
Jill Monetgomery
Kenneth Franks
Raylene Rice
370
04-02-97
David Herman
TX
Lethal Injection
Jennifer Burns
369
03-25-97
Pedro Madina
FL
Electrocution
Dorothy James
368
03-12-97
John Barfield
TX
Lethal Injection
Cindy Rounseville
367
02-26-97
Coleman Wayne Gray
VA
Lethal Injection
Richard McClelland
366
02-10-97
Richard Brimage Jr.
TX
Lethal Injection
Mary Beth Kunkel
365
02-06-97
Michael Carl George
VA
Lethal Injection
Alexander Sztanko
364
01-29-97
Eric Schneider
MO
Lethal Injection
Richard Schwendeman
Ronald Thompson
363
01-23-97
Randy Greenawalt
AZ
Lethal Injection
John Lyons
Donnelda Lyons
Christopher Lyons
Theresa Tyson
362
01-10-97
Billy Wayne Waldrop
AR
Lethal Injection
Thurman Donahoo
361
01-08-97
Kirt Wainwright
AR
Lethal Injection
Barbara Smith
360
01-08-97
Earl Von Denton
AR
Lethal Injection
Marvin Richie
Opal James
359
01-08-97
Paul Ruiz
AR
Lethal Injection
Marvin Richie
Opal James

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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