List of people executed in the United States in 2000

Last updated

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]

Contents

List of people executed in the United States in 2000

No.Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethodRef.
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1January 6, 2000Malcolm Rent Johnson412318MaleBlack Oklahoma Lethal injection [3]
2January 7, 2000David Ray Duren372116White Alabama Electrocution [4]
3January 10, 2000Douglas Christopher Thomas26179 Virginia Lethal injection [5] [6]
4January 12, 2000Earl Carl Heiselbetz Jr.48408 Texas [7]
5January 13, 2000Gary Alan Walker463016Oklahoma [8]
6Steve Edward Roach23176Virginia [6] [9]
7January 18, 2000Spencer Corey Goodman31229Texas [10]
8January 20, 2000David Hicks382612Black [11]
9January 21, 2000Larry Keith Robison422418White [12]
10January 24, 2000Billy George Hughes Jr.4723 [13]
11January 25, 2000Glen Charles McGinnis271710Black [14]
12January 27, 2000James Walter Moreland392217White [15]
13February 10, 2000Michael Donald Roberts423012BlackOklahoma [16]
14February 16, 2000Anthony Lee Chaney452817White Arizona [17]
15February 23, 2000Cornelius Alan Goss382513BlackTexas [18]
16 Terry Melvin Sims 583523White Florida [19]
17February 24, 2000Anthony Braden Bryan402416 [20]
18 Betty Lou Beets 6246FemaleTexas [21]
19March 1, 2000 Odell Barnes Jr. 312110MaleBlack [22]
20March 3, 2000Freddie Lee Wright482622AlabamaElectrocution [23]
21March 14, 2000 Ponchai Kamau Wilkerson 28199TexasLethal injection [24]
22March 15, 2000 Darrell Keith Rich 452322Native American California [25]
23 Patrick Gene Poland 502723WhiteArizona [26]
24 Timothy Lane Gribble 362412Texas [27]
25March 16, 2000Lonnie Weeks Jr.27207BlackVirginia [6] [28] [29]
26March 22, 2000James Henry Hampton62548White Missouri [30]
27March 23, 2000Kelly Lamont Rogers31229BlackOklahoma [31]
28April 14, 2000Robert Lee Tarver Jr.523715AlabamaElectrocution [32] [33]
29April 19, 2000 Robert Glen Coe 442321White Tennessee Lethal injection [34]
30April 27, 2000Ronald Keith Boyd432815BlackOklahoma [35]
31May 2, 2000 Christina Marie Riggs 28262FemaleWhite Arkansas [36]
32May 4, 2000Tommy Ray Jackson432716MaleBlackTexas [37]
33May 9, 2000William Joseph Kitchens372314White [38]
34May 11, 2000Michael Lee McBride3815 [39]
35May 23, 2000James Davis Richardson321913Black [40]
36May 24, 2000Richard Donald Foster473116White [41]
37May 25, 2000Charles Adrian Foster513417BlackOklahoma [42]
38James Edward Clayton332013Texas [43]
39May 31, 2000 Robert Earl Carter 34268 [44]
40June 1, 2000James Glenn Robedeaux513615Native AmericanOklahoma [45]
41June 2, 2000Pernell Ford351817BlackAlabamaElectrocution [33] [46]
42June 6, 2000 Feltus Taylor Jr. 38299 Louisiana Lethal injection [47]
43June 7, 2000Bennie Eddie Demps492623Florida [48]
44June 8, 2000Roger James Berget392415WhiteOklahoma [49]
45June 12, 2000Thomas Wayne Mason48399Texas [50]
46June 14, 2000John Albert Burks443311Black [51]
47June 15, 2000William Clifford Bryson2918Oklahoma [52]
48Paul Selso Nuncio31256HispanicTexas [53]
49June 21, 2000 Thomas Harrison Provenzano 513417WhiteFlorida [54]
50June 22, 2000 Shaka Sankofa 361719BlackTexas [55]
51June 28, 2000 Bert Leroy Hunter 47398WhiteMissouri [56]
52June 29, 2000Jessy Carlos San Miguel28199HispanicTexas [57]
53July 6, 2000Michael David Clagett39336WhiteVirginiaElectrocution [6] [58]
54July 12, 2000Orien Cecil Joiner503713TexasLethal injection [59]
55July 20, 2000Gregg Francis Braun392811Oklahoma [60]
56July 26, 2000Juan Salvez Soria331815HispanicTexas [61]
57August 9, 2000Brian Keith Roberson362214Black [62]
58David Oliver Cruz332112Hispanic [63]
59August 10, 2000George Kent Wallace594613WhiteOklahoma [64]
60August 16, 2000John Thomas Satterwhite533221BlackTexas [65]
61August 22, 2000Richard Wayne Jones402515White [66]
62August 23, 2000David Earl Gibbs3924 [67]
63August 25, 2000Daniel Patrick Hauser30255Florida [68]
64August 30, 2000Gary Lee Roll47398Missouri [69]
65Jeffery Henry Caldwell372512BlackTexas [70]
66Russel William Burket327WhiteVirginia [6] [71]
67September 13, 2000George Bernard Harris413011BlackMissouri [72]
68September 14, 2000Derek Rocco Barnabei33267WhiteVirginia [6] [73]
69September 27, 2000Rickey Nolen McGinn4336Texas [74]
70October 10, 2000Bobby Lee Ramdass29218BlackVirginia [6] [75]
71November 1, 2000 Jeffrey Dillingham 2719WhiteTexas [76]
72November 3, 2000Kevin Dean Young322012Black South Carolina [77]
73November 8, 2000Donald Jay Miller36279WhiteArizona [78] [79]
74November 9, 2000Michael Earl Sexton342311Black North Carolina [80]
75Miguel Angel Flores3120HispanicTexas [81]
76November 14, 2000Stacey Lamont Lawton238Black [82]
77November 15, 2000James Wilson Chambers483018WhiteMissouri [83]
78Tony Neyshea Chambers322210BlackTexas [84]
79November 17, 2000Dwayne L. Weeks37289 Delaware [85]
80December 5, 2000Garry Dean Miller322111WhiteTexas [86]
81December 6, 2000 Daniel Joe Hittle 5039 [87]
82Christopher Cornelius Goins27207BlackVirginia [6] [88]
83December 7, 2000 Edward Castro 503614HispanicFlorida [89]
84Claude Howard Jones604911WhiteTexas [90]
85December 19, 2000 David Dewayne Johnson 372710BlackArkansas [91]
Average:40 years27 years13 years

Demographics

Gender
Male8398%
Female22%
Ethnicity
White4249%
Black3541%
Hispanic67%
Native American22%
State
Texas 4047%
Oklahoma 1113%
Virginia 89%
Florida 67%
Missouri 56%
Alabama 45%
Arizona 34%
Arkansas 22%
California 11%
Delaware 11%
Louisiana 11%
North Carolina 11%
South Carolina 11%
Tennessee 11%
Method
Lethal injection 8094%
Electrocution 56%
Month
January1214%
February67%
March911%
April34%
May911%
June1315%
July45%
August1012%
September34%
October11%
November911%
December67%
Age
20–291113%
30–393744%
40–492327%
50–591113%
60–6934%
Total85100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2001 66
200085
1999 98
Total249

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electric chair</span> Execution method

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capital punishment in the United States</span> Legal penalty in the United States

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Old Sparky</span> Nickname for electric chairs

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.

References

  1. "Execution List 2000". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  2. "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  3. "Malcolm Rent Johnson Executed January 6, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  4. "David Ray Duren Executed January 7, 2000 by Electric Chair in Alabama".
  5. "Douglas Christopher Thomas Executed January 10, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "The Men on Virginia's Death Row". vadp.org. Archived from the original on May 8, 1999. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  7. "Earl Carl Heiselbetz Jr. Executed January 12, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  8. "Gary Alan Walker a/k/a Gary Alan Edwards Executed January 13, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  9. "Steve Edward Roach Executed January 13, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  10. "Spencer Corey Goodman Executed January 18, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  11. "David Hicks Executed January 20, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  12. "Larry Keith Robison Executed January 21, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  13. "Billy George Hughes Jr. Executed January 24, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  14. "Glen Charles McGinnis Executed January 25, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  15. "James Walter Moreland Executed January 27, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  16. "Michael Donald Roberts Executed February 10, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  17. "Anthony Lee Chaney Executed February 16, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Arizona".
  18. "Cornelius Alan Goss Executed February 23, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  19. "Terry Melvin Sims Executed February 23, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  20. "Anthony Braden Bryan Executed February 24, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  21. "Betty Lou Beets Executed February 24, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  22. "Odell Barnes Jr. Executed March 1, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  23. "Freddie Lee Wright Executed March 3, 2000 by Electric Chair in Alabama".
  24. "Ponchai Wilkerson Executed March 14, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  25. "Darrell Keith Rich a/k/a/ "Young Elk" Executed March 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in California".
  26. "Patrick Gene Poland Executed March 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Arizona".
  27. "Timothy Lane Gribble Executed March 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  28. "Lonnie Weeks Jr. Executed March 16, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  29. "NC DPS Offender Public Information – Lonnie Weeks Jr".
  30. "James Henry Hampton Executed March 22, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  31. "Kelly Lamont Rogers Executed March 23, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  32. "Robert Lee Tarver Jr. Executed April 14, 2000 by Electric Chair in Alabama".
  33. 1 2 "Inmates Executed in Alabama". doc.state.al.us. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  34. "Robert Glen Coe Executed April 19, 2000 at 1:37 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Tennessee".
  35. "Ronald Keith Boyd Executed April 27, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  36. "Christina Marie Riggs Executed May 2, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Arkansas".
  37. "Tommy Ray Jackson Executed May 4, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  38. "William Joseph Kitchens Executed May 9, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  39. "Michael Lee McBride Executed May 11, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  40. "James Davis Richardson Executed May 23, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  41. "Richard Donald Foster Executed May 24, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  42. "Charles Adrian Foster Executed May 25, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  43. "James Edward Clayton Executed May 25, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  44. "Robert Earl Carter Executed May 31, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  45. "James Glenn Robedeaux Executed June 1, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  46. "Pernell Ford Executed June 2, 2000 by Electric Chair in Alabama".
  47. "Feltus Taylor Executed June 6, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Louisiana".
  48. "Bennie Eddie Demps Executed June 7, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  49. "Roger James Berget Executed June 8, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  50. "Thomas Wayne Mason Executed June 12, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  51. "John Albert Burks Executed June 14, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  52. "William Clifford Bryson Executed June 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  53. "Paul Selso Nuncio Executed June 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  54. "Thomas Harrison Provenzano Executed June 21, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  55. "Gary Lee Graham a/k/a Shaka Sankofa Executed June 22, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  56. "Bert Leroy Hunter Executed June 28, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  57. "Jessy Carlos San Miguel Executed June 29, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  58. "Michael David Clagett Executed July 6, 2000 by Electric Chair in Virginia".
  59. "Orien Cecil Joiner Executed July 12, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  60. "Gregg Francis Braun Executed July 20, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  61. "Juan Salvez Soria Executed July 26, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  62. "Brian Keith Roberson Executed August 9, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  63. "David Oliver Cruz Executed August 9th, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  64. "George Kent Wallace Executed August 10th, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  65. "John Thomas Satterwhite Executed August 16, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  66. "Richard Wayne Jones Executed August 22, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  67. "David Earl Gibbs Executed August 23, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  68. "Daniel Patrick Hauser Executed August 25, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  69. "Gary Lee Roll Executed August 30, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  70. "Jeffery Henry Caldwell Executed August 30, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  71. "Russel William Burket Executed August 30, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  72. "George Bernard Harris Executed September 13, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  73. "Derek Rocco Barnabei Executed September 14, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  74. "Rickey Nolen McGinn Executed September 27, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  75. "Bobby Lee Ramdass Executed October 10, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  76. "Jeffrey Dillingham Executed November 1, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  77. "Kevin Dean Young Executed November 3, 2000 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
  78. "Donald Jay Miller Executed November 8, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Arizona".
  79. "Information for Inmate 102442 Miller Don, J". azcorrections.gov. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  80. "Michael Earl Sexton Executed November 9, 2000 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  81. "Miguel Angel Flores Executed November 9, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  82. "Stacey Lamont Lawton Executed November 14, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  83. "James Wilson Chambers Executed November 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  84. "Tony Neyshea Chambers Executed November 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  85. "Dwayne L. Weeks Executed November 17, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Delaware".
  86. "Garry Dean Miller Executed December 5, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  87. "Daniel Joe Hittle Executed December 6, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  88. "Christopher Cornelius Goins Executed December 6, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  89. "Edward Castro Executed December 7, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  90. "Claude Howard Jones Executed December 7, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  91. "David Dewayne Johnson Executed December 19, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Arkansas".
Preceded by
1999
   List of people executed   
   in the United States in   
2000
Succeeded by
2001