List of people executed in the United States in 2002

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This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2002. Seventy-one people were executed in the United States in 2002. Thirty-three of them were in the state of Texas. Two (Lynda Lyon Block and Aileen Carol Wuornos) were female. One (Lynda Lyon Block) was executed via electrocution. [1] [2]

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List of people executed in the United States in 2002

No.Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethodRef.
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1January 9, 2002James R. Johnson524210MaleWhite Missouri Lethal injection [3]
2Michael Patrick Moore38308 Texas [4]
3January 16, 2002Jermarr Carlos Arnold432419Black [5]
4January 24, 2002Ronald Keith Spivey623725White Georgia [6]
5January 29, 2002 Stephen Wayne Anderson 482622 California [7]
6John Joseph Romano432716 Oklahoma [8]
7January 30, 2002Windell Broussard41329BlackTexas [9]
8January 31, 2002Randall Wayne Hafdahl Sr.4816White [10]
9David Wayne Woodruff422517Oklahoma [11]
10February 6, 2002Michael Owsley40319BlackMissouri [12]
11February 19, 2002 John William Byrd Jr. 381919White Ohio [13]
12February 28, 2002Monty Allen Delk3516Texas [14]
13March 6, 2002Jeffrey Lane Tokar372710Missouri [15]
14March 7, 2002Gerald Wayne Tigner Jr.29209BlackTexas [16]
15March 12, 2002 Tracy Lee Housel 432617WhiteGeorgia [17]
16March 14, 2002James Earl Patterson351916 Virginia [18]
17April 2, 2002Daniel Lee Zirkle33303 [19]
18April 10, 2002Paul W. Kreutzer302010Missouri [20]
19Jose Santellan Sr.40319HispanicTexas [21]
20April 11, 2002William Kendrick Burns432221Black [22]
21April 18, 2002Gerald Dwight Casey473413White [23]
22April 26, 2002 Alton Coleman 462818BlackOhio [24]
23April 30, 2002Rodolpho Baiza Hernandez523517HispanicTexas [25]
24May 3, 2002Richard Charles Johnson3922White South Carolina [26]
25May 9, 2002Reginald Lenard Reeves28199BlackTexas [27]
26May 10, 2002 Lynda Lyon Block 5445FemaleWhite Alabama Electrocution [28]
27 Leslie Dale Martin 352411Male Louisiana Lethal injection [29]
28May 16, 2002Ronford Lee Styron Jr.328Texas [30]
29May 22, 2002Johnny Joe Martinez29209Hispanic [31]
30May 28, 2002 Napoleon Beazley 25178Black [32]
31May 30, 2002Stanley Allison Baker Jr.3527White [33]
32June 12, 2002Walter Mickens Jr.473710BlackVirginia [34]
33June 13, 2002 Daniel Earl Reneau 27207WhiteTexas [35]
34June 25, 2002Robert Otis Coulson342410 [36]
35June 26, 2002Jeffery Lynn Williams30237Black [37]
36July 17, 2002Tracy Alan Hansen3916White Mississippi [38]
37July 23, 2002Randall Eugene Cannon422517Oklahoma [39]
38July 30, 2002Earl Alexander Frederick Sr.513813 [40]
39August 7, 2002Richard William Kutzner59536Texas [41]
40August 8, 2002T. J. Jones25178Black [42]
41August 14, 2002Javier Suarez Medina331914Hispanic [43]
42Daniel Anthony Basile352510WhiteMissouri [44]
43August 16, 2002Wallace Marvin Fugate III524111Georgia [45]
44August 20, 2002Gary Wayne Etheridge382612Texas [46]
45August 23, 2002Anthony Green402515BlackSouth Carolina [47]
46August 28, 2002Toronto Markkey Patterson24177Texas [48]
47September 10, 2002Tony Lee Walker362610 [49]
48September 13, 2002Michael Joseph Passaro40364WhiteSouth Carolina [50]
49September 17, 2002Jessie Joe Patrick443113Texas [51]
50September 18, 2002Ron Scott Shamburger30228 [52]
51September 24, 2002Rex Warren Mays423210 [53]
52September 25, 2002 Robert Anthony Buell 624121Ohio [54]
53Calvin Eugene King48408BlackTexas [55]
54October 1, 2002James Rexford Powell564412White [56]
55October 2, 2002Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco432716Hispanic Florida [57]
56October 9, 2002 Aileen Carol Wuornos 4633–3412–13FemaleWhite [58]
57November 13, 2002William Howard Putman593722MaleGeorgia [59]
58November 14, 2002 Mir Aimal Kasi 382810PakistaniVirginia [60]
59November 19, 2002Craig Neil Ogan Jr.473413WhiteTexas [61]
60November 20, 2002William Robert Jones Jr.372116Missouri [62]
61William Wesley Chappell665115Texas [63]
62December 4, 2002Leonard Uresti Rojas52448Hispanic [64]
63December 6, 2002Ernest West Basden503911White North Carolina [65]
64December 9, 2002Linroy Bottoson634023BlackFlorida [66]
65December 10, 2002 Desmond Keith Carter 352411North Carolina [67]
66Jerry Lynn McCracken2312WhiteOklahoma [68]
67December 11, 2002James Paul Collier55487Texas [69]
68Jessie Derrell Williams513120Mississippi [70]
69December 12, 2002 Jay Wesley Neill 371918Oklahoma [71]
70Anthony Keith Johnson462719Alabama [72]
71December 17, 2002Ernest Marvin Carter Jr.362313BlackOklahoma [73]
Average:42 years29 years13 years

Demographics

Gender
Male6997%
Female23%
Ethnicity
White4665%
Black1825%
Hispanic68%
Pakistani11%
State
Texas 3346%
Oklahoma 710%
Missouri 68%
Georgia 46%
Virginia 46%
Florida 34%
Ohio 34%
South Carolina 34%
Alabama 23%
Mississippi 23%
North Carolina 23%
California 11%
Louisiana 11%
Method
Lethal injection 7099%
Electrocution 1 %
Month
January913%
February34%
March46%
April710%
May811%
June46%
July34%
August811%
September710%
October34%
November57%
December1014%
Age
20–29710%
30–392535%
40–492332%
50–591217%
60–6946%
Total71100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2003 65
200271
2001 66
Total202

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References

  1. ↑ "Execution List 2002". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  3. ↑ "James R. Johnson Executed January 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  4. ↑ "Michael Patrick Moore Executed January 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  5. ↑ "Jermarr Carlos Arnold Executed January 16, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  6. ↑ "Ronald Keith Spivey Executed January 24, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  7. ↑ "Stephen Wayne Anderson Executed January 29, 2002 by Lethal Injection in California".
  8. ↑ "John Joseph Romano Executed January 29, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  9. ↑ "Windell Broussard Executed January 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  10. ↑ "Randall Wayne Hafdahl Sr. Executed January 31, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  11. ↑ "David Wayne Woodruff Executed January 31, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  12. ↑ "Michael Owsley Executed February 6, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  13. ↑ "John William Byrd Jr. Executed February 19, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  14. ↑ "Monty Allen Delk Executed February 28, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  15. ↑ "Jeffrey Lane Tokar Executed March 6, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  16. ↑ "Gerald Wayne Tigner Jr. Executed March 7, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  17. ↑ "Tracy Lee Housel Executed March 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  18. ↑ "James Earl Patterson Executed March 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  19. ↑ "Daniel Lee Zirkle Executed April 2, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  20. ↑ "Paul W. Kreutzer Executed April 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  21. ↑ "Jose Santellan Sr. Executed April 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  22. ↑ "William Kendrick Burns Executed April 11, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  23. ↑ "Gerald Dwight Casey Executed April 18, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  24. ↑ "Alton Coleman Executed April 26, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  25. ↑ "Rodolpho Baiza Hernandez Executed April 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  26. ↑ "Richard Charles Johnson Executed May 3, 2002 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
  27. ↑ "Reginald Lenard Reeves Executed May 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  28. ↑ "Lynda Lyon Block Executed May 10, 2002 by Electric Chair in Alabama".
  29. ↑ "Leslie Dale Martin Executed May 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Louisiana".
  30. ↑ "Ronford Lee Styron Jr. Executed May 16, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  31. ↑ "Johnny Joe Martinez Executed May 22, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  32. ↑ "Napoleon Beazley Executed May 28, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  33. ↑ "Stanley Allison Baker Jr. Executed May 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  34. ↑ "Walter Mickens Jr. Executed June 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  35. ↑ "Daniel Earl Reneau Executed June 13, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  36. ↑ "Robert Otis Coulson Executed June 25, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  37. ↑ "Jeffery Lynn Williams Executed June 26, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  38. ↑ "Tracy Alan Hansen Executed July 17, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".
  39. ↑ "Randall Eugene Cannon Executed July 23, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  40. ↑ "Earl Alexander Frederick Sr. Executed July 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  41. ↑ "Richard William Kutzner Executed August 7, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  42. ↑ "T. J. Jones Executed August 8, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  43. ↑ "Javier Suarez Medina Executed August 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  44. ↑ "Daniel Anthony Basile Executed August 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  45. ↑ "Wallace Marvin Fugate III Executed August 16, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  46. ↑ "Gary Wayne Etheridge Executed August 20, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  47. ↑ "Anthony Green Executed August 23, 2002 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
  48. ↑ "Toronto Markkey Patterson Executed August 28, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  49. ↑ "Tony Lee Walker Executed September 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  50. ↑ "Michael Joseph Passaro Executed September 13, 2002 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
  51. ↑ "Jessie Joe Patrick Executed September 17, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  52. ↑ "Ron Scott Shamburger Executed September 18, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  53. ↑ "Rex Warren Mays Executed September 24, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  54. ↑ "Robert Anthony Buell Executed September 25, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  55. ↑ "Calvin Eugene King Executed September 25, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  56. ↑ "James Rexford Powell Executed October 1, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  57. ↑ "Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco Executed October 2, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  58. ↑ "Aileen Carol Wuornos Executed October 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  59. ↑ "William Howard Putman Executed November 13, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  60. ↑ "Mir Aimal Kasi Executed November 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  61. ↑ "Craig Neil Ogan Jr. Executed November 19, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  62. ↑ "William Robert Jones Jr. Executed November 20, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  63. ↑ "William Wesley Chappell Executed November 20, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  64. ↑ "Leonard Uresti Rojas Executed December 4, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  65. ↑ "Ernest West Basden Executed December 6, 2002 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  66. ↑ "Linroy Bottoson Executed December 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  67. ↑ "Desmond Keith Carter Executed December 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  68. ↑ "Jerry Lynn McCracken Executed December 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  69. ↑ "James Paul Collier Executed December 11, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  70. ↑ "Jessie Derrell Williams Executed December 11, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".
  71. ↑ "Jay Wesley Neill Executed December 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  72. ↑ "Anthony Keith Johnson Executed December 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Alabama".
  73. ↑ "Ernest Marvin Carter Jr. Executed December 17, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
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