List of people executed in Idaho

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Idaho since capital punishment was resumed in 1976.

Three men have been executed for murder since the Gregg v. Georgia decision; all three were executed by lethal injection at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, east of Kuna. ^[1] Wells' execution in early 1994 was the first in the state in over 36 years, when Raymond Snowden was hanged in October 1957; the next was over 17 years later in November 2011.

List of people executed in Idaho since 1976

No.	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1	Keith Eugene Wells	White	31	M	January 6, 1994	Ada	Lethal injection	John Justad and Brandi Rains	Cecil Andrus
2	Paul Ezra Rhoades	White	54	M	November 18, 2011	Bingham and Bonneville		Stacy Baldwin, Nolan Haddon, and Susan Michelbacher	Butch Otter
3	Richard Albert Leavitt	White	53	M	June 12, 2012	Bingham		Danette Jean Elg

Demographics

Race
White	3	100%
Age
30–39	1	33%
40–49	0	0%
50–59	2	67%
Sex
Male	3	100%
Date of execution
1976–1979	0	0%
1980–1989	0	0%
1990–1999	1	33%
2000–2009	0	0%
2010–2019	2	67%
2020–2029	0	0%
Method
Lethal injection	3	100%
Governor (Party)
Cecil Andrus (D)	1	33%
John Evans (D)	0	0%
Phil Batt (R)	0	0%
Dirk Kempthorne (R)	0	0%
Jim Risch (R)	0	0%
Butch Otter (R)	2	67%
Brad Little (R)	0	0%
Total	3	100%

Prior executions

Previous executions in Idaho were by hanging at the Old Idaho State Penitentiary, east of downtown Boise. ^{[2] [3]}

Name	Race	Age	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Edward Rice	White		November 30, 1901	Shoshone	Murder-Robbery	Matthew Mailley, 60, white [4] [a]	Frank W. Hunt
James Connors	White		December 16, 1904	Kootenai	Murder	E. P. Sweet, white (deputy sheriff) [5]	John T. Morrison
William H. Bond	White	35	August 10, 1906	Ada	Murder	Mr. Daly, white [6]	Frank R. Gooding
Fred M. Seward	White		May 7, 1909	Latah	Murder	Clara O'Neill, white (girlfriend) [7]
Noah Arnold	Black	28	December 19, 1924	Bonner	Murder-Robbery	William Crisp, white [8]	Charles C. Moore
John Jurko	White		July 9, 1926	Twin Falls	Murder	A. B. W. Vandenmark, 70, white [9]
Troy D. Powell	White	19	April 13, 1951	Ada	Murder-Robbery	Newton W. Wilson, 65, white [10]	Leonard B. Jordan
Ernest Lee Walrath	White	20
Raymond Allen Snowden	White	35	October 18, 1957	Ada	Murder-Rape	Mrs. Cora Lucyle Dean, 48, white [11]	Robert E. Smylie

See also

• Capital punishment in Idaho
• Capital punishment in the United States

Notes

1. Also suspected of murdering a Swede named Johnson.

References

1. "Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
2. Senate, United States Congress (1968). Hearings. U.S. Government Printing Office.
3. "Executions in Idaho - 1864-1957 - DeathPenaltyUSA, the database of executions in the United States". deathpenaltyusa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
4. Summary of the execution of Ed Rice
5. Summary of the execution of James Connors
6. Summary of the execution of William Bond
7. Summary of the execution of Fred Seward
8. Summary of the execution of Noah Arnold
9. Summary of the execution of John Jurko
10. Summary of the execution of Ernest Walrath, Troy Powell
11. Summary of the execution of Raymond Snowden