The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Nevada .
A total of 12 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Nevada since 1976. The first execution was carried out by gas chamber; subsequent executions were carried out by lethal injection. All but one (Richard Allen Moran) waived their appeals and asked that the execution be carried out. [1]
| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Walter Bishop | White | 46 | M | October 22, 1979 | Clark | Gas chamber | David Ballard | Robert List |
| 2 | Carroll Edward Cole | White | 47 | M | December 6, 1985 | Lethal injection | Marie Cushman [a] | Richard Bryan | |
| 3 | William Paul Thompson | White | 51 | M | June 19, 1989 | Washoe | Randy Waldron [b] | Bob Miller | |
| 4 | Sean Patrick Flanagan | White | 28 | M | June 23, 1989 | Clark | Albert Duggens and James Lewandowski | ||
| 5 | Thomas E. Baal | White | 26 | M | June 3, 1990 | Frances Maves | |||
| 6 | Richard Allen Moran | White | 42 | M | March 30, 1996 | Sandra Devere, Russell Rhodes, and Linda VanderVoort | |||
| 7 | Roderick Abeyta | Hispanic | 44 | M | October 5, 1998 | Donna Martin | |||
| 8 | Alvaro Calambro | Asian | 25 | M | April 5, 1999 | Washoe | Peggy Crawford and Keith Christopher | Kenny Guinn | |
| 9 | Sebastian Stephanous Bridges | White | 37 | M | April 21, 2001 | Clark | Hunter Blatchford | ||
| 10 | Lawrence Colwell Jr. | White | 35 | M | March 26, 2004 | Frank Rosenstock | |||
| 11 | Terry Jess Dennis | White | 56 | M | August 12, 2004 | Washoe | Ilona Straumanis | ||
| 12 | Daryl Linnie Mack | Black | 47 | M | April 26, 2006 | Betty Jane May [c] |
| Race | ||
|---|---|---|
| White | 9 | 75% |
| Asian | 1 | 8% |
| Black | 1 | 8% |
| Hispanic | 1 | 8% |
| Age | ||
| 20–29 | 3 | 25% |
| 30–39 | 2 | 17% |
| 40–49 | 5 | 42% |
| 50–59 | 2 | 17% |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 12 | 100% |
| Date of execution | ||
| 1976–1979 | 1 | 8% |
| 1980–1989 | 3 | 25% |
| 1990–1999 | 4 | 33% |
| 2000–2009 | 4 | 33% |
| 2010–2019 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020–2029 | 0 | 0% |
| Method | ||
| Lethal injection | 11 | 92% |
| Gas chamber | 1 | 8% |
| Governor (Party) | ||
| Mike O'Callaghan (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Robert List (R) | 1 | 8% |
| Richard Bryan (D) | 1 | 8% |
| Bob Miller (D) | 5 | 42% |
| Kenny Guinn (R) | 5 | 42% |
| James Gibbons (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Brian Sandoval (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Steve Sisolak (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Joe Lombardo (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 12 | 100% |
Between late 1861, when Nevada Territory was organized, and 1903, executions by hanging were conducted at the county seats in which the person was convicted.
There has not been a definitive compilation of legal executions conducted in Nevada prior to 1903, however there are 20 known legal executions between 1861 and 1903: [2]
| Name | Date of execution | County |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Milstead | April 24, 1868 | Dayton |
| John Milleain (Millan, Millian, or Milliean), murdered Julia Bulette. | April 24, 1868 | Virginia City |
| Rufus B. Anderson | October 30, 1868 | Austin |
| Ah Fung | December 16, 1870 | Unionville |
| Ah Ung | ||
| David M. Hall | October 17, 1873 | Belmont |
| John Stewart | April 24, 1874 | Aurora |
| John Murphy | December 29, 1874 | Carson City (at the foot of Lone Mountain) |
| Peter Larkin | January 19, 1877 | Virginia City |
| Robert Crozier | October 30, 1877 | Winnemucca |
| Sam Mills | December 22, 1877 | Elko |
| J. W. Rover [3] | February 19, 1878 | Reno |
| Charles Wesley Hymer | April 6, 1880 | Winnemucca |
| Charley Hing | February 9, 1882 | Winnemucca |
| Indian Dave | January 23, 1885 | Belmont |
| Clarence Gray | March 5, 1886 | Winnemucca |
| Edward Crutchley | December 31 1886 | Hamilton |
| Elizabeth Potts | June 20, 1890 | Elko |
| Josiah Potts | ||
| Hank Parish | December 12, 1890 | Ely |
The 1901 state legislature required that all executions be conducted at the State Prison in Carson City beginning in 1903.
The 1911 state legislature provided that a death row inmate could elect to die by shooting or hanging.
| Name | Date of execution | Method |
|---|---|---|
| John Hancock | September 8, 1905 | Hanging |
| Thomas F. Gorman | November 17, 1905 | |
| Al Linderman | ||
| Fred Reidt | ||
| John P. Sevener | ||
| Indian Johnny | December 7, 1906 | |
| Joe Ibapah | ||
| Andriza Mircovich | May 14, 1913 | Firing squad (Machine) |
Prior to January 1, 1912, the law prescribed hanging as the means of carrying out the death sentence in the State of Nevada, however, upon revision of the statutes in 1911 the condemned were allowed a choice between the gallows and the firing squad. This remained the law until March 28, 1921 when an amendment was adopted providing for execution by means of lethal gas. Nevada was the first state to sanction the use of the gas chamber.
The first execution by use of lethal gas took place in February 1924 and has been used as the means of carrying out the death sentence a total of thirty-one times. The last execution was held October 22, 1979. [4]
| Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Victim(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gee Jon | Asian | 28 | M | February 8, 1924 | Tom Quong Kee |
| Stanko Jukich | White | 29 | M | May 21, 1926 | Jennie Medak |
| Robert H. White | White | 41 | M | June 2, 1930 | Louis LaVell |
| Luis Ceja | Hispanic | 28 | M | September 4, 1931 | Charlie Fong |
| John Hall | White | 52 | M | November 28, 1932 | John O'Brien |
| Ray Elmer Miller | White | 34 | M | May 8, 1933 | Evelyn Miller |
| Joseph Behiter | White | 34 | M | July 13, 1934 | Sylvia Reither |
| Luther Jones | White | 33 | M | January 26, 1937 | Manuel Arrascada, Walter Godecke, Otto Heitman, and John Elias |
| Domenico Nadal | Hispanic | 47 | M | January 17, 1939 | Joe Urrutia |
| Burton Franklin Williamson | White | 43 | M | November 21, 1939 | Pauline Williamson |
| Wilson Henry Boyd | Black | 44 | M | May 28, 1940 | Floyd Robinson and Georgianna Robinson |
| John A. Kramer | White | 64 | M | August 28, 1942 | Frances Jones |
| Floyd L. McKinney | White | 34 | M | November 27, 1943 | Raymond Fisher and Marion Fisher |
| Raymond Plunkett | White | 31 | M | June 30, 1944 | Baby son Plunkett |
| Floyd Loveless | White | 17 | M | September 29, 1944 | A.H. Berning |
| Albert Everette Sala | White | 35 | M | August 23, 1946 | Albert McCollum |
| Paul Maynard Skaug | White | 36 | M | January 10, 1947 | Marie Voss |
| David Blackwell | White | 19 | M | April 22, 1949 | Detective Cap. LeRoy Geach and Detective Sgt. Allen Glass |
| Laszlo Varga | White | 23 | M | June 7, 1949 | Billie Rhae Morning |
| Eugene Leo Gambetta | White | 46 | M | October 18, 1949 | Thelma Ribail |
| James Williams | Black | 32 | M | August 25, 1950 | Abraham Gutierrez and Louis Evans |
| Theodore William Gregory | White | 46 | M | January 29, 1951 | Margaret Tarr |
| Owen Caudle Butner | White | 36 | M | February 10, 1951 | Mildred Butner |
| Gregorio Arellano | Hispanic | 28 | M | July 24, 1951 | Esperanza Rodriguez |
| Domingo Echaverria | Hispanic | 62 | M | April 13, 1953 | Elizabeth Catlett |
| Clayton Octave Fouquette | White | 41 | M | April 13, 1953 | Donald Brown |
| Ferdinand A. Bourdlais | White | 27 | M | April 23, 1954 | Ward Budzien Sr. |
| Leroy L. Linden | White | 33 | M | July 15, 1954 | Clarence Dodd |
| Frank A. Pedrini | White | 46 | M | ||
| Earl Lewis Steward | White | 42 | M | February 24, 1960 | Thomas Jessen |
| Thayne H. Archibald | White | 22 | M | August 21, 1961 | Albert Waters |