List of people executed in the United States in 2001

Last updated January 05, 2025

Sixty-six people were executed in the United States in 2001. Eighteen of them were in the state of Oklahoma, while only seventeen of them were in the state of Texas. Three (Wanda Jean Allen, Marilyn Kay Plantz, and Lois Nadean Smith) were female; all three were executed in Oklahoma.^[1]^[2] One notable execution was of domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh, who was responsible for carrying out the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. McVeigh's execution was the first to be carried out by the United States federal government since 1963.^[3] Only one execution occurred in September, as several were postponed due to the September 11 attacks.^[4]^[5]^[6] The attack on the Pentagon caused federal offices, including the United States Supreme Court, to shut down.^[7]

List of people executed in the United States in 2001

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
No.	Date of execution	Name	At execution	At offense	Age difference	Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
1	January 9, 2001	Jack Wade Clark	37	26	11	Male	White	Texas	Lethal injection	^[8]
2	January 9, 2001	Eddie Leroy Trice	48	34	14		Black	Oklahoma		^[9]
3	January 11, 2001	Robert Dewey Glock II	39	22	17		White	Florida		^[10]
4	January 11, 2001	Wanda Jean Allen	41	29	12	Female	Black	Oklahoma		^[11]
5	January 16, 2001	Floyd Allen Medlock	30	20	10	Male	White	Oklahoma		^[12]
6	January 18, 2001	Alvin Urial Goodwin III	37	22	15		White	Texas		^[13]
7	January 18, 2001	Dion Athanasius Smallwood	31	22	9		Hispanic	Oklahoma		^[14]
8	January 23, 2001	Mark Andrew Fowler	35	20	15		White			^[15]
9	January 25, 2001	Billy Ray Fox	35	19	16		White			^[16]
10	January 29, 2001	Caruthers "Gus" Alexander	52	32	20		Black	Texas		^[17]
11	January 30, 2001	Loyd Winford Lafevers	35	19	16		White	Oklahoma		^[18]
12	February 1, 2001	Dorsie Leslie "Wayne" Jones Jr.	61	39	22			Oklahoma		^[19]
13	February 7, 2001	Stanley Dewaine Lingar	37	21	16			Missouri		^[20]
14	February 8, 2001	Adolph Gil Hernandez	50	38	12		Hispanic	Texas		^[21]
15	March 1, 2001	Thomas Wayne Akers	31	29	2		White	Virginia		^[22]
16	March 1, 2001	Robert William Clayton	40	24	16			Oklahoma		^[23]
17	March 7, 2001	Dennis Thurl Dowthitt	55	44	11			Texas		^[24]
18	March 9, 2001	Willie Ervin Fisher	39	30	9		Black	North Carolina		^[25]
19	March 14, 2001	Gerald Wayne Bivins	41	31	10		White	Indiana		^[26]
20	March 27, 2001	Robert Lee Massie	59	37	22			California		^[27]
21	March 27, 2001	Ronald Dunaway Fluke	52	48	4			Oklahoma		^[28]
22	March 28, 2001	Tomas Grant Ervin	50	37	13			Missouri		^[29]
23	April 3, 2001	Jason Eric Massey	28	20	8			Texas		^[30]
24	April 21, 2001	Sebastian Stephanous Bridges	37	34	3			Nevada		^[31]
25	April 25, 2001	Mose Young Jr.	45	27	18		Black	Missouri		^[32]
26	April 25, 2001	David Lee Goff	32	21	11		Black	Texas		^[33]
27	April 26, 2001	David F. Dawson	46	31	15		White	Delaware		^[34]
28	May 1, 2001	Marilyn Kay Plantz	40	27	13	Female		Oklahoma		^[35]
29	May 8, 2001	Clay King Smith	30	27	3	Male		Arkansas		^[36]
30	May 22, 2001	Terrance Anthony James	41	22	19			Oklahoma		^[37]
31	May 23, 2001	Samuel D. Smith	40	26	14		Black	Missouri		^[38]
32	May 25, 2001	Abdullah Tanzil Hameen	37	27	10			Delaware		^[39]
33	May 29, 2001	Vincent Allen Johnson	42	32	10			Oklahoma		^[40]
34	June 11, 2001	Timothy James McVeigh	33	26	7		White	Federal government		^[41]
35	June 13, 2001	John Leslie Wheat	57	51	6		White	Texas		^[42]
36	June 14, 2001	Jay D. Scott	48	30	18		Black	Ohio		^[43]
37	June 19, 2001	Juan Raul Garza	44	33	11		Hispanic	Federal government		^[44]
38	June 26, 2001	Miguel Richardson	46	24	22		Black	Texas		^[45]
39	June 27, 2001	James Lowery	54	32	22		White	Indiana		^[46]
40	July 11, 2001	Jerome Mallett	42	26	16		Black	Missouri		^[47]
41	July 11, 2001	James Joseph Wilkens Jr.	39	25	14		White	Texas		^[48]
42	July 17, 2001	Jerald Wayne Harjo	40	26			Native American	Oklahoma		^[49]
43	August 8, 2001	Mack Oran Hill	47	33			White	Texas		^[50]
44	August 16, 2001	Jeffrey Carlton Doughtie	39	31	8			Texas		^[51]
45	August 24, 2001	Clifton Allen White	43	30	13			North Carolina		^[52]
46	August 28, 2001	James Homer Elledge	58	55	3			Washington		^[53]
47	August 28, 2001	Jack Dale Walker	35	22	13			Oklahoma		^[54]
48	August 31, 2001	Ronald Wayne Frye	42	34	8			North Carolina		^[55]
49	September 18, 2001	James Roy Knox	50	31	19			Texas		^[56]
50	October 3, 2001	Michael S. Roberts	27	19	8			Missouri		^[57]
51	October 12, 2001	David Junior Ward	39	29	10		Black	North Carolina		^[58]
52	October 18, 2001	Christopher James Beck	26	20	6		White	Virginia		^[59]
53	October 18, 2001	Alvie James Hale Jr.	53	35	18		White	Oklahoma		^[60]
54	October 22, 2001	Gerald Lee Mitchell	33	17	16		Black	Texas		^[61]
55	October 24, 2001	Stephen K. Johns	55	35	20		White	Missouri		^[62]
56	October 25, 2001	Terry Michael Mincey	41	22	19		White	Georgia		^[63]
57	November 6, 2001	Jose Martinez High	45	19	26		Black	Georgia		^[64]
58	November 6, 2001	Terry Douglas Clark	45	30	15		White	New Mexico		^[65]
59	November 14, 2001	Jeffery Eugene Tucker	41	28	13			Texas		^[66]
60	November 15, 2001	Fred Marion Gilreath Jr.	63	41	22			Georgia		^[67]
61	November 15, 2001	Emerson Edward Rudd	31	18	13		Black	Texas		^[68]
62	November 30, 2001	John Hardy Rose	43	32	11		White	North Carolina		^[69]
63	December 4, 2001	Lois Nadean Smith	61	41	20	Female	White	Oklahoma		^[70]
64	December 6, 2001	Sahib Lateef Al-Mosawi	53	44	9	Male	Arab	Oklahoma		^[71]
65	December 11, 2001	Byron Ashley Parker	41	23	18		White	Georgia	^[72]
66	December 12, 2001	Vincent Edward Cooks	37	23	14		Black	Texas	^[73]
		Average:	42 years	29 years	13 years

Demographics

Gender
Male	63	95%
Female	3	5%
Ethnicity
White	44	67%
Black	17	26%
Hispanic	3	5%
Arab	1	2%
Native American	1	2%
State
Oklahoma	18	27%
Texas	17	26%
Missouri	7	11%
North Carolina	5	8%
Georgia	4	6%
Delaware	2	3%
Federal government	2	3%
Indiana	2	3%
Virginia	2	3%
Arkansas	1	2%
California	1	2%
Florida	1	2%
Nevada	1	2%
New Mexico	1	2%
Ohio	1	2%
Washington	1	2%
Method
Lethal injection	66	100%
Month
January	11	17%
February	3	5%
March	8	12%
April	5	8%
May	6	9%
June	6	9%
July	3	5%
August	6	9%
September	1	2%
October	7	11%
November	6	9%
December	4	6%
Age
20–29	3	5%
30–39	23	35%
40–49	24	36%
50–59	13	20%
60–69	3	5%
Total	66	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2002	71
2001	66
2000	85
Total	222

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[8] "Jack Wade Clark Executed January 9, 2001 at 6:27 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[9] "Eddie Leroy Trice Executed January 9, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[10] "Robert Dewey Glock II Executed January 11, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Florida".

[11] "Wanda Jean Allen Executed January 11, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[12] "Floyd Allen Medlock Executed January 16, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[13] "Alvin Urial Goodwin III Executed January 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[14] "Dion Athanasius Smallwood Executed January 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[15] "Mark Andrew Fowler Executed January 23, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[16] "Billy Ray Fox Executed January 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[17] "Caruthers "Gus" Alexander Executed January 29, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[18] "Loyd Winford Lafevers Executed January 30, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[19] "Dorsie Leslie "Wayne" Jones Jr. Executed February 1, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[20] "Stanley D. Lingar Executed February 7, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[21] "Adolph Gil Hernandez Executed February 8, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[22] "Thomas Wayne Akers Executed March 1, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".

[23] "Robert William Clayton Executed March 1, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[24] "Dennis Thurl Dowthitt Executed March 7, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[25] "Willie Ervin Fisher Executed March 9, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[26] "Gerald W. Bivins Executed March 14, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Indiana".

[27] "Robert Lee Massie Executed March 27, 2001 by Lethal Injection in California".

[28] "Ronald Dunaway Fluke Executed March 27, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[29] "Tomas Grant Ervin Executed March 28, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[30] "Jason Eric Massey Executed April 3, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[31] "Sebastian Stephanous Bridges Executed April 21, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Nevada".

[32] "Mose Young Jr. Executed April 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[33] "David Lee Goff Executed April 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[34] "David F. Dawson Executed April 26, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Delaware".

[35] "Marilyn Kay Plantz Executed May 1, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[36] "Clay King Smith Executed May 8, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Arkansas".

[37] "Terrance Anthony James Executed May 22, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[38] "Samuel D. Smith Executed May 23, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[39] "Abdullah Tanzil Hameen a/k/a Cornelius Ferguson Executed May 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Delaware".

[40] "Vincent Allen Johnson Executed May 29, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[41] "Timothy James McVeigh Executed June 11, 2001 at 7:14 a.m. CDT by Lethal Injection by U.S. Government at Terre Haute, Indiana".

[42] "John Leslie Wheat Executed June 13, 2001 6:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[43] "Jay D. Scott Executed June 14, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[44] "Juan Raul Garza Executed June 19, 2001 by Lethal Injection by U.S. Government at Terre Haute, Indiana".

[45] "Miguel Richardson Executed June 26, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[46] "James Lowery Executed June 27, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Indiana".

[47] "Jerome Mallett Executed July 11, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[48] "James Joseph Wilkens Jr. Executed July 11, 2001 6:23 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[49] "Jerald Wayne Harjo Executed July 17, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[50] "Mack Oran Hill Executed August 8, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[51] "Jeffrey Carlton Doughtie Executed August 16, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[52] "Clifton Allen White Executed August 24, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[53] "James Homer Elledge Executed August 28, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Washington".

[54] "Jack Dale Walker Executed August 28, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[55] "Ronald Wayne Frye Executed August 31, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[56] "James Roy Knox Executed September 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[57] "Michael S. Roberts Executed October 3, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[58] "David Junior Ward Executed October 12, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[59] "Christopher James Beck Executed October 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".

[60] "Alvie James Hale Jr. Executed October 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[61] "Gerald Lee Mitchell Executed October 22, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[62] "Stephen K. Johns Executed October 24, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[63] "Terry Michael Mincey Executed October 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[64] "Jose Martinez High Executed November 6, 2001 at 8:07 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[65] "Terry Douglas Clark Executed November 6, 2001 by Lethal Injection in New Mexico".

[66] "Jeffery Eugene Tucker Executed November 14, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[67] "Fred Marion Gilreath Jr. Executed November 15, 2001 at 3:53 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[68] "Emerson Edward Rudd Executed November 15, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[69] "John Hardy Rose Executed November 30, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[70] "Lois Nadean Smith Executed December 4, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[71] "Sahib Lateef Al-Mosawi Executed December 6, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[72] "Byron Ashley Parker Executed December 11, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[73] "Vincent Edward Cooks Executed December 12, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".

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