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This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021.[1][2]

List of people executed in Virginia

Between 1982 and 2017, a total of 113 people were executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia. All were convicted of capital murder; all but one were male. Between 1982 and 1990, all executions were carried out at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. After the prison closed in 1991, all subsequent executions were carried out at Greensville Correctional Center.

No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution Method Victim(s) Governor (Party)
1 Frank Joseph Coppola White 38 M August 10, 1982 Electrocution Muriel Hatchell Chuck Robb (D)
2 Linwood Earl Briley Black 30 M October 12, 1984 John Gallaher
3 James Dyral Briley Jr. Black 28 M April 18, 1985 Judy Barton, Harvey Barton, and Harvey Wilkerson[a]
4 Morris Odell Mason Black 32 M June 25, 1985 Margaret Hand
5 Michael Marnell Smith Black 40 M July 31, 1986 Audrey Jean Weiler Gerald Baliles (D)
6 Richard Lee Whitley White 41 M July 6, 1987 Phoebe Parsons
7 Earl Clanton Jr. Black 33 M April 14, 1988 Wilhemina Smith
8 Alton Waye Black 34 M August 30, 1989 Laverne Marshall
9 Richard Thomas Boggs White 27 M July 19, 1990 Treeby Shaw Douglas Wilder (D)
10 Wilbert Lee Evans Black 44 M October 17, 1990 Sheriff Deputy William Truesdale
11 Buddy Earl Justus White 38 M December 13, 1990[b] Ida Mae Moses
12 Albert Jay Clozza White 31 M July 24, 1991[c] Patricia Ann Bolton
13 Derrick Lynn Peterson Black 30 M August 22, 1991 Howard Kauffman
14 Roger Keith Coleman White 33 M May 20, 1992 Wanda Fay McCoy
15 Edward B. Fitzgerald Sr. White 34 M July 23, 1992 Patricia Cubbage
16 Willie Leroy Jones Black 34 M September 11, 1992 Graham Adkins and Myra Adkins
17 Timothy Dale Bunch White 33 M December 10, 1992 Su Cha Thomas
18 Charles Sylvester Stamper Black 39 M January 19, 1993 Franklin Cooley, Agnes Hicks, and Stephen Staples
19 Syvasky Lafayette Poyner Black 36 M March 18, 1993 5 murder victims[d]
20 Andrew J. Chabrol White 36 M June 17, 1993 Lisa Harrington
21 Joe Louis Wise Sr. Black 31 M September 14, 1993 William Ricketson
22 David Mark Pruett White 44 M December 16, 1993 Wilma Harvey and Debra McInnis
23 Johnny Watkins Jr. Black 32 M March 3, 1994 Betty Barker and Carl Buchanan George Allen (R)
24 Timothy Wilson Spencer Black 32 M April 27, 1994 4 murder victims[e]
25 Dana Ray Edmonds Black 32 M January 24, 1995 Lethal injection John Elliot
26 Willie Lloyd Turner Black 49 M May 26, 1995 W. Jack Smith Jr.
27 Dennis Waldon Stockton White 54 M September 27, 1995 Kenneth Wayne Arnder
28 Mickey Wayne Davidson White 38 M October 19, 1995 Doris Davidson, Mamie Clatterbuck, and Tammy Clatterbuck
29 Herman Charles Barnes Black 31 M November 13, 1995 Clyde Jenkins and Mohammed Afifi
30 Walter Milton Correll Jr. White 34 M January 4, 1996 Charles W. Bousman Jr.
31 Richard Townes Jr. Black 45 M January 23, 1996 Virginia Goebel
32 Joseph John Savino III White 37 M July 17, 1996 Thomas McWaters
33 Ronald B. Bennett Black 42 M November 21, 1996 Anne Keller Vaden
34 Gregory Warren Beaver White 30 M December 4, 1996 State Trooper Leo Whitt
35 Larry Allen Stout Black 33 M December 10, 1996 Jacqueline Kooshian
36 Lem Davis Tuggle Jr. White 44 M December 12, 1996 Jessie Geneva Havens
37 Ronald Lee Hoke White 39 M December 16, 1996 Virginia Stell
38 Michael Carl George White 39 M February 6, 1997 Alexander Sztanko
39 Coleman Wayne Gray Black 39 M February 26, 1997 Richard McClelland
40 Roy Bruce Smith White 50 M July 17, 1997 Manassas Police Officer John Conner
41 Joseph Roger O'Dell III White 55 M July 23, 1997 Helen Schartner
42 Carlton Jerome Pope Black 35 M August 19, 1997 Cynthia Gray
43 Mario Benjamin Murphy Hispanic 25 M September 17, 1997 James Radcliff
44 Dawud Majid Mu'Min Black 44 M November 13, 1997 Gladys Nopwasky
45 Michael Charles Satcher Black 29 M December 9, 1997 Anne Borghesani
46 Thomas H. Beavers Jr. White 26 M December 11, 1997 Marguerite Lowery
47 Tony Albert Mackall Black 33 M February 10, 1998 Mary Elizabeth Dahn Jim Gilmore (R)
48 Douglas McArthur Buchanan Jr. White 29 M March 18, 1998 4 murder victims[f]
49 Ronald L. Watkins Black 35 M March 25, 1998 William McCauley
50 Ángel Francisco Breard Hispanic 32 M April 14, 1998 Ruth Dickie
51 Dennis Wayne Eaton White 41 M June 18, 1998 4 murder victims[g]
52 Danny Lee King White 47 M July 23, 1998 Carolyn Horton Rogers
53 Lance Antonio Chandler Jr. Black 25 M August 20, 1998 Billy Dix
54 Johnile L. DuBois Black 31 M August 31, 1998 Philip Council
55 Kenneth Manuel Stewart Jr. White 44 M September 23, 1998 Electrocution Cynthia Stewart and Jonathan Stewart
56 Dwayne Allen Wright Black 26 M October 14, 1998 Lethal injection Saba Tekle
57 Ronald Lee Fitzgerald Black 29 M October 21, 1998 Coy H. White and Hugh Morrison
58 Kenneth Wilson Black 34 M November 17, 1998 Jacqueline Stephens
59 Kevin Wayne Cardwell Black 29 M December 3, 1998 Anthony Brown
60 Mark Arlo Sheppard Black 27 M January 20, 1999 Richard Rosenbluth and Rebecca Rosenbluth
61 Tony Leslie Fry White 23 M February 4, 1999 Leland A. Jacobs
62 George Adrian Quesinberry Jr. White 37 M March 9, 1999 Thomas L. Haynes
63 David Lee Fisher White 57 M March 25, 1999 David William Wilkey
64 Carl Hamilton Chichester Black 36 M April 13, 1999 Timothy Rigney
65 Arthur Ray Jenkins III White 29 M April 20, 1999 Floyd Jenkins and Lee H. Brinklow
66 Eric Christopher Payne White 26 M April 28, 1999 Ruth Parham and Sally Fazio
67 Ronald Dale Yeatts White 38 M April 29, 1999 Ruby Meeks Dodson
68 Tommy David Strickler White 33 M July 21, 1999 Leann Whitlock
69 Marlon DeWayne Williams Black 26 M August 17, 1999 Helen Bedsole
70 Everett Lee Mueller White 51 M September 16, 1999 Charity Powers
71 Jason Matthew Joseph Black 27 M October 19, 1999 Jeffrey Anderson
72 Thomas Lee Royal Jr. Black 32 M November 9, 1999 Hampton Police Officer Kenny Wallace
73 Andre L. Graham Black 29 M December 9, 1999 Richard Rosenbluth, Rebecca Rosenbluth, and Sheryl Stack
74 Douglas Christopher Thomas White 26 M January 10, 2000 James B. Wiseman and Kathy J. Wiseman
75 Steve Edward Roach White 23 M January 13, 2000 Mary Ann Hughes
76 Lonnie Weeks Jr. Black 27 M March 16, 2000 Virginia State Trooper Jose M. Cavazos
77 Michael David Clagett White 39 M July 6, 2000 Electrocution 4 murder victims[h]
78 Russel William Burket White 32 M August 30, 2000 Lethal injection Katherine Tafelski and Ashley Tafelski
79 Derek Rocco Barnabei White 33 M September 14, 2000 Sarah Wisnosky
80 Bobby Lee Ramdass Black 29 M October 10, 2000 Mohammed Kayani
81 Christopher Cornelius Goins Black 27 M December 6, 2000 5 murder victims[i]
82 Thomas Wayne Akers White 31 M March 1, 2001 Wesley Brant Smith
83 Christopher James Beck White 26 M October 18, 2001 Florence Marie Marks, David Kaplan, and William Miller
84 James Earl Patterson White 35 M March 13, 2002 Joyce Snead Aldridge Mark Warner (D)
85 Daniel Lee Zirkle White 33 M April 2, 2002 Christina Zirkle and Jessica Shiflett
86 Walter Mickens Jr. Black 47 M June 12, 2002 Timothy Jason Hall
87 Mir Aimal Kasi Pakistani 38 M November 14, 2002 Frank Darling and Lansing Bennett
88 Earl Conrad Bramblett White 61 M April 9, 2003 Electrocution 4 murder victims[j]
89 Bobby Wayne Swisher White 27 M July 22, 2003 Lethal injection Dawn McNees Snyder
90 Brian Lee Cherrix White 30 M March 18, 2004 Tessa Van Hart
91 Dennis Mitchell Orbe White 39 M March 31, 2004 Richard Burnett
92 Mark Wesley Bailey White 34 M July 22, 2004 Katherine Bailey and Nathan Bailey
93 James Bryant Hudson White 57 M August 18, 2004 Stanley Cole, Walter Cole, and Patsy Cole
94 James Edward Reid Black 58 M September 9, 2004 Annie Mae Lester
95 Dexter Lee Vinson Black 43 M April 27, 2006 Angela Felton Tim Kaine (D)
96 Brandon Wayne Hedrick White 27 M July 20, 2006 Electrocution Lisa Yvonne Crider
97 Michael William Lenz White 42 M July 27, 2006 Lethal injection Inmate Brent H. Parker
98 John Yancey Schmitt White 33 M November 9, 2006 Earl Shelton Dunning
99 Kevin Green Black 31 M May 27, 2008 Patricia L. Vaughan
100 Robert Stacy Yarbrough Black 30 M June 25, 2008 Cyril Hugh Hamby
101 Kent Jermaine Jackson Black 26 M July 10, 2008 Beulah Mae Kaiser
102 Christopher Scott Emmett White 36 M July 24, 2008 John Fenton Langley
103 Edward Nathaniel Bell Black 44 M February 19, 2009 Winchester Police Officer Ricky Timbrook
104 John Allen Muhammad Black 48 M November 10, 2009[3] Dean Harold Meyers[k]
105 Larry Bill Elliott White 60 M November 17, 2009 Electrocution Dana Thrall and Robert Finch
106 Paul Warner Powell White 31 M March 18, 2010 Stacie Reed Bob McDonnell (R)
107 Darick Demorris Walker Black 37 M May 20, 2010 Lethal injection Stanley Beale and Clarence Elwood Threat
108 Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis White 41 F September 23, 2010 Julian C. Lewis and Charles J. Lewis
109 Jerry Terrell Jackson Black 30 M August 18, 2011 Ruth Phillips
110 Robert Charles Gleason Jr. White 42 M January 16, 2013 Electrocution Harvey Gray Watson Jr. and Aaron Alexander Cooper
111 Alfredo Rolando Prieto Hispanic 49 M October 1, 2015 Lethal injection Rachael A. Raver and Warren H. Fulton III[l] Terry McAuliffe (D)
112 Ricky Javon Gray Black 39 M January 18, 2017 4 murder victims[m][n]
113 William Charles Morva White 35 M July 6, 2017 Sheriff Deputy Eric Sutphin and Derrick McFarland

Demographics

Race
White 57 50%
Black 52 46%
Hispanic 3 3%
Pakistani 1 1%
Age
20–29 26 23%
30–39 58 51%
40–49 20 18%
50–59 7 6%
60–69 2 2%
Sex
Male 112 99%
Female 1 1%
Date of execution
1976–1979 0 0%
1980–1989 8 7%
1990–1999 65 58%
2000–2009 32 28%
2010–2019 8 7%
2020–2021 0 0%
Method
Lethal injection 82 73%
Electrocution 31 27%
Governor (Party)
Mills Godwin (R) 0 0%
John N. Dalton (R) 0 0%
Chuck Robb (D) 4 4%
Gerald Baliles (D) 4 4%
Douglas Wilder (D) 14 12%
George Allen (R) 24 21%
Jim Gilmore (R) 37 33%
Mark Warner (D) 11 10%
Tim Kaine (D) 11 10%
Bob McDonnell (R) 5 4%
Terry McAuliffe (D) 3 3%
Ralph Northam (D) 0 0%
Total 113 100%

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Briley was never tried for the murder of Wilkerson, however, all 3 victims were killed in the same incident.
  2. ^ This was the last execution held at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, which closed the following day.
  3. ^ This was the first execution held at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt.
  4. ^ The 5 victims were: Joyce Baldwin, Louise Paulett, Chestine Brooks, Vicki Ripple, and Carolyn Hedrick.
  5. ^ The 4 victims were: Susan Tucker, Debbie Davis, Susan Hellams, and Diane Cho.
  6. ^ The 4 victims were: Donald Buchanan, J.J. Buchanan, Geraldine Buchanan, and Douglas Buchanan Sr.
  7. ^ The 4 victims were: Virginia State Trooper Jerry Hines, Walter Custer Jr., Ripley Marston Sr., and Judith MacDonald.
  8. ^ The 4 victims were: Lam Van Son, Wendell G. Parish Jr., Karen Sue Rounds, and Abdelaziz Gren.
  9. ^ The 5 victims were: Robert Jones, Nicole Jones, David Jones, Daphne Jones, and James Randolph.
  10. ^ The 4 victims were: Blaine Hodges, Teresa Hodges, Winter Hodges, and Anah Hodges.
  11. ^ Meyers was one of the 10 victims killed during the D.C. sniper attacks.
  12. ^ Prieto was also sentenced to death in California for the murder of Yvette Woodruff.
  13. ^ The 4 victims were: Stella Harvey, Ruby Harvey, Kathryn Harvey, and Bryan Harvey.
  14. ^ Gray was executed for Stella and Ruby's murders, their parents Kathryn and Bryan were killed at the same time as them.

References

  1. ^ Schneider, Gregory S. (March 24, 2021). "Virginia abolishes the death penalty, becoming the first Southern state to ban its use". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  2. ^ Kelley, Alexandra (March 24, 2021). "Virginia officially first Southern state to abolish the death penalty". The Hill. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  3. ^ Josh White and Maria Glod (2009-11-10). "D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad is executed in Va". The Washington Post.
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