This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2000. Eighty-five people were executed in the United States in 2000. Forty of them were in the state of Texas; the most carried out within a single year in Texas state history. Two (Betty Lou Beets and Christina Marie Riggs) were female. Five (four in Alabama and one in Virginia) were executed via electrocution. [1] [2]
No. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | ||||||||
1 | January 6, 2000 | Malcolm Rent Johnson | 41 | 23 | 18 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | [3] |
2 | January 7, 2000 | David Ray Duren | 37 | 21 | 16 | White | Alabama | Electrocution | [4] | |
3 | January 10, 2000 | Douglas Christopher Thomas | 26 | 17 | 9 | Virginia | Lethal injection | [5] [6] | ||
4 | January 12, 2000 | Earl Carl Heiselbetz Jr. | 48 | 40 | 8 | Texas | [7] | |||
5 | January 13, 2000 | Gary Alan Walker | 46 | 30 | 16 | Oklahoma | [8] | |||
6 | Steve Edward Roach | 23 | 17 | 6 | Virginia | [6] [9] | ||||
7 | January 18, 2000 | Spencer Corey Goodman | 31 | 22 | 9 | Texas | [10] | |||
8 | January 20, 2000 | David Hicks | 38 | 26 | 12 | Black | [11] | |||
9 | January 21, 2000 | Larry Keith Robison | 42 | 24 | 18 | White | [12] | |||
10 | January 24, 2000 | Billy George Hughes Jr. | 47 | 23 | [13] | |||||
11 | January 25, 2000 | Glen Charles McGinnis | 27 | 17 | 10 | Black | [14] | |||
12 | January 27, 2000 | James Walter Moreland | 39 | 22 | 17 | White | [15] | |||
13 | February 10, 2000 | Michael Donald Roberts | 42 | 30 | 12 | Black | Oklahoma | [16] | ||
14 | February 16, 2000 | Anthony Lee Chaney | 45 | 28 | 17 | White | Arizona | [17] | ||
15 | February 23, 2000 | Cornelius Alan Goss | 38 | 25 | 13 | Black | Texas | [18] | ||
16 | Terry Melvin Sims | 58 | 35 | 23 | White | Florida | [19] | |||
17 | February 24, 2000 | Anthony Braden Bryan | 40 | 24 | 16 | [20] | ||||
18 | Betty Lou Beets | 62 | 46 | Female | Texas | [21] | ||||
19 | March 1, 2000 | Odell Barnes Jr. | 31 | 21 | 10 | Male | Black | [22] | ||
20 | March 3, 2000 | Freddie Lee Wright | 48 | 26 | 22 | Alabama | Electrocution | [23] | ||
21 | March 14, 2000 | Ponchai Kamau Wilkerson | 28 | 19 | 9 | Texas | Lethal injection | [24] | ||
22 | March 15, 2000 | Darrell Keith Rich | 45 | 23 | 22 | Native American | California | [25] | ||
23 | Patrick Gene Poland | 50 | 27 | 23 | White | Arizona | [26] | |||
24 | Timothy Lane Gribble | 36 | 24 | 12 | Texas | [27] | ||||
25 | March 16, 2000 | Lonnie Weeks Jr. | 27 | 20 | 7 | Black | Virginia | [6] [28] [29] | ||
26 | March 22, 2000 | James Henry Hampton | 62 | 54 | 8 | White | Missouri | [30] | ||
27 | March 23, 2000 | Kelly Lamont Rogers | 31 | 22 | 9 | Black | Oklahoma | [31] | ||
28 | April 14, 2000 | Robert Lee Tarver Jr. | 52 | 37 | 15 | Alabama | Electrocution | [32] [33] | ||
29 | April 19, 2000 | Robert Glen Coe | 44 | 23 | 21 | White | Tennessee | Lethal injection | [34] | |
30 | April 27, 2000 | Ronald Keith Boyd | 43 | 28 | 15 | Black | Oklahoma | [35] | ||
31 | May 2, 2000 | Christina Marie Riggs | 28 | 26 | 2 | Female | White | Arkansas | [36] | |
32 | May 4, 2000 | Tommy Ray Jackson | 43 | 27 | 16 | Male | Black | Texas | [37] | |
33 | May 9, 2000 | William Joseph Kitchens | 37 | 23 | 14 | White | [38] | |||
34 | May 11, 2000 | Michael Lee McBride | 38 | 15 | [39] | |||||
35 | May 23, 2000 | James Davis Richardson | 32 | 19 | 13 | Black | [40] | |||
36 | May 24, 2000 | Richard Donald Foster | 47 | 31 | 16 | White | [41] | |||
37 | May 25, 2000 | Charles Adrian Foster | 51 | 34 | 17 | Black | Oklahoma | [42] | ||
38 | James Edward Clayton | 33 | 20 | 13 | Texas | [43] | ||||
39 | May 31, 2000 | Robert Earl Carter | 34 | 26 | 8 | [44] | ||||
40 | June 1, 2000 | James Glenn Robedeaux | 51 | 36 | 15 | Native American | Oklahoma | [45] | ||
41 | June 2, 2000 | Pernell Ford | 35 | 18 | 17 | Black | Alabama | Electrocution | [33] [46] | |
42 | June 6, 2000 | Feltus Taylor Jr. | 38 | 29 | 9 | Louisiana | Lethal injection | [47] | ||
43 | June 7, 2000 | Bennie Eddie Demps | 49 | 26 | 23 | Florida | [48] | |||
44 | June 8, 2000 | Roger James Berget | 39 | 24 | 15 | White | Oklahoma | [49] | ||
45 | June 12, 2000 | Thomas Wayne Mason | 48 | 39 | 9 | Texas | [50] | |||
46 | June 14, 2000 | John Albert Burks | 44 | 33 | 11 | Black | [51] | |||
47 | June 15, 2000 | William Clifford Bryson | 29 | 18 | Oklahoma | [52] | ||||
48 | Paul Selso Nuncio | 31 | 25 | 6 | Hispanic | Texas | [53] | |||
49 | June 21, 2000 | Thomas Harrison Provenzano | 51 | 34 | 17 | White | Florida | [54] | ||
50 | June 22, 2000 | Shaka Sankofa | 36 | 17 | 19 | Black | Texas | [55] | ||
51 | June 28, 2000 | Bert Leroy Hunter | 47 | 39 | 8 | White | Missouri | [56] | ||
52 | June 29, 2000 | Jessy Carlos San Miguel | 28 | 19 | 9 | Hispanic | Texas | [57] | ||
53 | July 6, 2000 | Michael David Clagett | 39 | 33 | 6 | White | Virginia | Electrocution | [6] [58] | |
54 | July 12, 2000 | Orien Cecil Joiner | 50 | 37 | 13 | Texas | Lethal injection | [59] | ||
55 | July 20, 2000 | Gregg Francis Braun | 39 | 28 | 11 | Oklahoma | [60] | |||
56 | July 26, 2000 | Juan Salvez Soria | 33 | 18 | 15 | Hispanic | Texas | [61] | ||
57 | August 9, 2000 | Brian Keith Roberson | 36 | 22 | 14 | Black | [62] | |||
58 | David Oliver Cruz | 33 | 21 | 12 | Hispanic | [63] | ||||
59 | August 10, 2000 | George Kent Wallace | 59 | 46 | 13 | White | Oklahoma | [64] | ||
60 | August 16, 2000 | John Thomas Satterwhite | 53 | 32 | 21 | Black | Texas | [65] | ||
61 | August 22, 2000 | Richard Wayne Jones | 40 | 25 | 15 | White | [66] | |||
62 | August 23, 2000 | David Earl Gibbs | 39 | 24 | [67] | |||||
63 | August 25, 2000 | Daniel Patrick Hauser | 30 | 25 | 5 | Florida | [68] | |||
64 | August 30, 2000 | Gary Lee Roll | 47 | 39 | 8 | Missouri | [69] | |||
65 | Jeffery Henry Caldwell | 37 | 25 | 12 | Black | Texas | [70] | |||
66 | Russel William Burket | 32 | 7 | White | Virginia | [6] [71] | ||||
67 | September 13, 2000 | George Bernard Harris | 41 | 30 | 11 | Black | Missouri | [72] | ||
68 | September 14, 2000 | Derek Rocco Barnabei | 33 | 26 | 7 | White | Virginia | [6] [73] | ||
69 | September 27, 2000 | Rickey Nolen McGinn | 43 | 36 | Texas | [74] | ||||
70 | October 10, 2000 | Bobby Lee Ramdass | 29 | 21 | 8 | Black | Virginia | [6] [75] | ||
71 | November 1, 2000 | Jeffrey Dillingham | 27 | 19 | White | Texas | [76] | |||
72 | November 3, 2000 | Kevin Dean Young | 32 | 20 | 12 | Black | South Carolina | [77] | ||
73 | November 8, 2000 | Donald Jay Miller | 36 | 27 | 9 | White | Arizona | [78] [79] | ||
74 | November 9, 2000 | Michael Earl Sexton | 34 | 23 | 11 | Black | North Carolina | [80] | ||
75 | Miguel Angel Flores | 31 | 20 | Hispanic | Texas | [81] | ||||
76 | November 14, 2000 | Stacey Lamont Lawton | 23 | 8 | Black | [82] | ||||
77 | November 15, 2000 | James Wilson Chambers | 48 | 30 | 18 | White | Missouri | [83] | ||
78 | Tony Neyshea Chambers | 32 | 22 | 10 | Black | Texas | [84] | |||
79 | November 17, 2000 | Dwayne L. Weeks | 37 | 28 | 9 | Delaware | [85] | |||
80 | December 5, 2000 | Garry Dean Miller | 32 | 21 | 11 | White | Texas | [86] | ||
81 | December 6, 2000 | Daniel Joe Hittle | 50 | 39 | [87] | |||||
82 | Christopher Cornelius Goins | 27 | 20 | 7 | Black | Virginia | [6] [88] | |||
83 | December 7, 2000 | Edward Castro | 50 | 36 | 14 | Hispanic | Florida | [89] | ||
84 | Claude Howard Jones | 60 | 49 | 11 | White | Texas | [90] | |||
85 | December 19, 2000 | David Dewayne Johnson | 37 | 27 | 10 | Black | Arkansas | [91] | ||
Average: | 40 years | 27 years | 13 years | |||||||
Gender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 83 | 98% |
Female | 2 | 2% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 42 | 49% |
Black | 35 | 41% |
Hispanic | 6 | 7% |
Native American | 2 | 2% |
State | ||
Texas | 40 | 47% |
Oklahoma | 11 | 13% |
Virginia | 8 | 9% |
Florida | 6 | 7% |
Missouri | 5 | 6% |
Alabama | 4 | 5% |
Arizona | 3 | 4% |
Arkansas | 2 | 2% |
California | 1 | 1% |
Delaware | 1 | 1% |
Louisiana | 1 | 1% |
North Carolina | 1 | 1% |
South Carolina | 1 | 1% |
Tennessee | 1 | 1% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 80 | 94% |
Electrocution | 5 | 6% |
Month | ||
January | 12 | 14% |
February | 6 | 7% |
March | 9 | 11% |
April | 3 | 4% |
May | 9 | 11% |
June | 13 | 15% |
July | 4 | 5% |
August | 10 | 12% |
September | 3 | 4% |
October | 1 | 1% |
November | 9 | 11% |
December | 6 | 7% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 11 | 13% |
30–39 | 37 | 44% |
40–49 | 23 | 27% |
50–59 | 11 | 13% |
60–69 | 3 | 4% |
Total | 85 | 100% |
Number of executions | |
---|---|
2001 | 66 |
2000 | 85 |
1999 | 98 |
Total | 249 |
An electric chair is a device used to execute an individual by electrocution. When used, the condemned person is strapped to a specially-built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes fastened on the head and leg. This execution method, conceived in 1881 by a Buffalo, New York dentist named Alfred P. Southwick, was developed throughout the 1880s as a supposed humane alternative to hanging, and first used in 1890. The electric chair has been used in the United States and, for several decades, in the Philippines. While death was originally theorized to result from damage to the brain, it was shown in 1899 that it primarily results from ventricular fibrillation and eventual cardiac arrest.
In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. It is also a legal penalty for some military offenses. Capital punishment has been abolished in 23 states and in the federal capital, Washington, D.C. It is usually applied for only the most serious crimes, like aggravated murder. Although it is a legal penalty in 27 states, 20 states have the ability to execute death sentences, with the other seven, as well as the federal government, being subject to different types of moratoriums. The existence of capital punishment in the United States can be traced to early colonial Virginia. Along with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore, the United States is one of five advanced democracies and the only Western nation that applies the death penalty regularly. It is one of 54 countries worldwide applying it, and was the first to develop lethal injection as a method of execution, which has since been adopted by five other countries. The Philippines has since abolished executions, and Guatemala has done so for civil offenses, leaving the United States as one of four countries to still use this method. It is common practice for the condemned to be administered sedatives prior to execution, regardless of the method used.
Old Sparky is the nickname of the electric chairs in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Old Smokey was the nickname of the electric chairs used in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. "Old Sparky" is sometimes used to refer to electric chairs in general, and not one of a specific state.
Florida State Prison (FSP), otherwise known as Raiford Prison, is a correctional institution located in unincorporated Bradford County, Florida, with a Starke postal address. It was formerly known as the "Florida State Prison-East Unit" as it was originally part of Florida State Prison near Raiford. The facility, a part of the Florida Department of Corrections, is located on State Road 16 right across the border from Union County. The institution opened in 1961, even though construction was not completed until 1968. With a maximum population of over 1,400 inmates, FSP is one of the largest prisons in the state. FSP houses Florida's one of two male death row cell blocks and the State of Florida execution chamber. Union Correctional Institution also houses male death row inmates while Lowell Annex houses female death row inmates.
Preceded by 1999 | List of people executed in the United States in 2000 | Succeeded by 2001 |