Eighty-five people, eighty-three male and two female, Betty Lou Beets and Christina Marie Riggs, were executed in the United States in 2000, eighty by lethal injection and five, four in Alabama and one in Virginia, were carried out by electrocution. Forty of them were in the state of Texas; the most carried out within a single year in Texas state history. [1] [2] The state of Tennessee carried out its first execution since 1960, that of Robert Glen Coe.
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 La'sha 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 | |
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2001 | 66 |
2000 | 85 |
1999 | 98 |
Total | 249 |
Preceded by 1999 | List of people executed in the United States in 2000 | Succeeded by 2001 |