List of people executed in the United States in 2004

Last updated August 13, 2025

Fifty-nine people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2004, fifty-eight by lethal injection and one, James Neil Tucker, was executed by electrocution. Twenty-three of them were carried out in Texas.^[1]^[2]

List of people executed in the United States in 2004

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 6, 2004	Ynobe Katron Matthews	27	24	3	Male	Black	Texas	Lethal injection	^[3]
2	January 6, 2004	Charles Laverne Singleton	44	20	24		Black	Arkansas		^[4]
3	January 9, 2004	Raymond Dayle Rowsey	32	20	12		White	North Carolina		^[5]
4	January 13, 2004	Tyrone Peter Darks	39	29	10		Black	Oklahoma		^[6]
5	January 14, 2004	Lewis Williams Jr.	45	24	21			Ohio		^[7]
6	January 14, 2004	Kenneth Eugene Bruce	32	19	13			Texas		^[8]
7	January 21, 2004	Kevin Lee Zimmerman	42	26	16		White			^[9]
8	January 28, 2004	Billy Frank Vickers	58	47	11					^[10]
9	February 3, 2004	John Glenn Roe	41	22	19			Ohio		^[11]
10	February 4, 2004	Johnny Leartice Robinson	51	33	18		Black	Florida		^[12]
11	February 11, 2004	Edward Lewis Lagrone	46	34	12			Texas		^[13]
12	February 12, 2004	Bobby Ray Hopkins	36	26	10			Texas		^[14]
13	February 17, 2004	Norman Richard Cleary	38	25	13		White	Oklahoma		^[15]
14	February 17, 2004	Cameron Todd Willingham	36	23	13		White	Texas		^[16]
15	March 3, 2004	Marcus Bridger Cotton	29	21	8		Black	Texas		^[17]
16	March 9, 2004	David Jay Brown	49	33	16		White	Oklahoma		^[18]
17	March 18, 2004	Brian Lee Cherrix	30	20	10			Virginia		^[19]
18	March 19, 2004	David Clayton Hill	39	29	10			South Carolina		^[20]
19	March 23, 2004	Hung Thanh Le	37	25	12		Asian	Oklahoma		^[21]
20	March 26, 2004	Lawrence Colwell Jr.	35	25	10		White	Nevada		^[22]
21	March 30, 2004	William Dean Wickline Jr.	52	30	22			Ohio		^[23]
22	March 31, 2004	Dennis Mitchell Orbe	39	33	6			Virginia		^[24]
23	April 16, 2004	Jerry Bridwell McWee	51	38	13			South Carolina		^[25]
24	April 23, 2004	Jason Scott Byram	38	27	11			South Carolina		^[26]
25	May 18, 2004	Kelsey Patterson	50	38	12		Black	Texas		^[27]
26	May 26, 2004	John Richard Blackwelder	49	45	4		White	Florida		^[28]
27	May 28, 2004	James Neil Tucker	47	35	12			South Carolina	Electrocution	^[29]
28	June 8, 2004	William Gerald Zuern Jr.	45	25	20			Ohio	Lethal injection	^[30]
29	June 8, 2004	Robert Leroy Bryan	63	52	11			Oklahoma		^[31]
30	June 17, 2004	Steven Howard Oken	42	25	17			Maryland		^[32]
31	June 30, 2004	David Ray Harris	43	24	19			Texas		^[33]
32	July 1, 2004	Robert Karl Hicks	47	28	19			Georgia		^[34]
33	July 14, 2004	Stephen Allen Vrabel	47	32	15			Ohio		^[35]
34	July 19, 2004	Eddie Albert Crawford	57	36	21			Georgia		^[36]
35	July 20, 2004	Scott Andrew Mink	40	36	4			Ohio		^[37]
36	July 22, 2004	Mark Wesley Bailey	34	28	6			Virginia		^[38]
37	August 5, 2004	James Barney Hubbard	74	46	28			Alabama		^[39]
38	August 12, 2004	Terry Jess Dennis	57	52	5			Nevada		^[40]
39	August 18, 2004	James Bryant Hudson	56	54	2			Virginia		^[41]
40	August 25, 2004	Jasen Shane Busby	28	19	9			Texas		^[42]
41	August 26, 2004	Windel Ray Workman	46	29	17			Oklahoma		^[43]
42	August 26, 2004	James Vernon Allridge III	41	22	19		Black	Texas		^[44]
43	September 9, 2004	James Edward Reid	58	51	7		Black	Virginia		^[45]
44	September 21, 2004	Andrew Perez Flores	32	20	12		Hispanic	Texas		^[46]
45	September 30, 2004	David Kevin Hocker	33	26	7		White	Alabama		^[47]
46	October 5, 2004	Edward Green III	30	18	12		Black	Texas		^[48]
47	October 6, 2004	Peter J. Miniel	42	23	19		Hispanic	Texas		^[49]
48	October 8, 2004	Sammy Crystal Perkins	51	38	13		Black	North Carolina		^[50]
49	October 12, 2004	Donald Loren Aldrich	39	29	10		White	Texas		^[51]
50	October 13, 2004	Adremy Dennis	28	18	10		Black	Ohio		^[52]
51	October 20, 2004	Ricky Eugene Morrow	53	30	23		White	Texas		^[53]
52	October 22, 2004	Charles Wesley Roache	30	25	5		White	North Carolina		^[54]
53	October 26, 2004	Dominique Jerome Green	30	18	12		Black	Texas		^[55]
54	November 2, 2004	Lorenzo Morris	52	37	15		Black			^[56]
55	November 4, 2004	Robert Brice Morrow	47	38	9		White			^[57]
56	November 9, 2004	Demarco Markeith McCullum	30	19	11		Black			^[58]
57	November 10, 2004	Frederick Patrick McWilliams	30	22	8		Black			^[59]
58	November 12, 2004	Frank Ray Chandler	32	20	12		White	North Carolina		^[60]
59	November 17, 2004	Anthony Guy Fuentes	30	19	11		Hispanic	Texas		^[61]
		Average:	42 years	29 years	13 years

Demographics

Gender
Male	59	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
White	36	61%
Black	19	32%
Hispanic	3	5%
Asian	1	2%
State
Texas	23	39%
Ohio	7	12%
Oklahoma	6	10%
Virginia	5	8%
North Carolina	4	7%
South Carolina	4	7%
Alabama	2	3%
Florida	2	3%
Georgia	2	3%
Nevada	2	3%
Arkansas	1	2%
Maryland	1	2%
Method
Lethal injection	58	98%
Electrocution	1	2%
Month
January	8	14%
February	6	10%
March	8	14%
April	2	3%
May	3	5%
June	4	7%
July	5	8%
August	6	10%
September	3	5%
October	8	14%
November	6	10%
December	0	0%
Age
20–29	4	7%
30–39	23	39%
40–49	18	31%
50–59	12	20%
60–69	1	2%
70–79	1	2%
Total	59	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2005	60
2004	59
2003	65
Total	184

References

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[dpic-1] "Execution List 2004". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved May 14, 2022.

[tccp-2] "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

[3] "Ynobe Katron Matthews Executed January 6, 2004 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[4] "Charles Laverne Singleton Executed January 6, 2004 08:06 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Arkansas".

[5] "Raymond Dayle Rowsey Executed January 9, 2004 02:23 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[6] "Tyrone Peter Darks Executed January 13, 2004 06:08 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[7] "Lewis Williams, Jr. Executed January 14, 2004 10:15 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[8] "Kenneth Eugene Bruce Executed January 14, 2004 06:29 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[9] "Kevin Lee Zimmerman Executed January 21, 2004 06:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[10] "Billy Frank Vickers Executed January 28, 2004 06:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[11] "John Glenn Roe Executed February 3, 2004 10:24 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[12] "Johnny Leartice Robinson Executed February 4, 2004 07:34 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Florida".

[13] "Edward Lewis Lagrone Executed February 11, 2004 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[14] "Bobby Ray Hopkins Executed February 12, 2004 08:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[15] "Norman Richard Cleary Executed February 17, 2004 06:20 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[16] "Cameron Todd Willingham Executed February 17, 2004 06:20 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[17] "Marcus Bridger Cotton Executed March 3, 2004 06:13 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[18] "David Jay Brown Executed March 9, 2004 06:07 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[19] "Brian Lee Cherrix Executed March 18, 2004 09:10 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".

[20] "David Clayton Hill Executed March 19, 2004 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".

[21] "Hung Thanh Le Executed March 23, 2004 06:04 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[22] "Lawrence Colwell, Jr. Executed March 26, 2004 09:08 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Nevada".

[23] "William Dean Wickline Executed March 30, 2004 10:11 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[24] "Dennis Mitchell Orbe Executed March 31, 2004 09:13 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".

[25] "Jerry Bridwell McWee Executed April 16, 2004 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".

[26] "Jason Scott Byram Executed April 23, 2004 06:15 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".

[27] "Kelsey Patterson Executed May 18, 2004 06:20 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[28] "John Richard Blackwelder Executed May 26, 2004 06:13 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Florida".

[29] "James Neil Tucker Executed May 28, 2004 06:11 p.m. by Electric Chair in South Carolina".

[30] "William G. Zuern, Jr. Executed June 8, 2004 10:04 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[31] "Robert Leroy Bryan Executed June 8, 2004 07:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[32] "Steven Howard Oken Executed June 17, 2004 09:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Maryland".

[33] "David Ray Harris Executed June 30, 2004 06:48 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[34] "Robert Karl Hicks Executed July 1, 2004 05:00 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[35] "Stephen Allen Vrabel Executed July 14, 2004 10:14 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[36] "Eddie Albert Crawford Executed July 19, 2004 07:49 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[37] "Scott Andrew Mink Executed July 20, 2004 10:27 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[38] "Mark Wesley Bailey Executed July 22, 2004 09:07 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".

[39] "James Barney Hubbard Executed August 5, 2004 06:36 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[40] "Terry Jess Dennis Executed August 12, 2004 09:08 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Nevada".

[41] "James Bryant Hudson Executed August 18, 2004 09:07 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".

[42] "Jasen Shane Busby Executed August 25, 2004 06:20 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[43] "Windel Ray Workman Executed August 26, 2004 06:08 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[44] "James Vernon Allridge III Executed August 26, 2004 06:22 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[45] "James Edward Reid Executed September 9, 2004 09:12 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".

[46] "Andrew Perez Flores Executed September 21, 2004 06:20 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[47] "David Kevin Hocker Executed September 30, 2004 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[48] "Edward Green III Executed October 5, 2004 08:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[49] "Peter J. Miniel Executed October 6, 2004 06:22 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[50] "Sammy Crystal Perkins Executed October 8, 2004 02:14 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[51] "Donald Loren Aldrich Executed October 12, 2004 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[52] "Adremy Dennis Executed October 13, 2004 10:10 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[53] "Ricky Eugene Morrow Executed October 20, 2004 06:32 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[54] "Charles Wesley Roache Executed October 22, 2004 02:18 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[55] "Dominique Jerome Green Executed October 26, 2004 07:59 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[56] "Lorenzo Morris Executed November 2, 2004 06:13 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[57] "Robert Brice Morrow Executed November 4, 2004 06:35 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[58] "Demarco Markeith McCullum Executed November 9, 2004 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[59] "Frederick Patrick McWilliams Executed November 10, 2004 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[60] "Frank Ray Chandler Executed November 12, 2004 02:13 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[61] "Anthony Guy Fuentes Executed November 17, 2004 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

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v t e Capital punishment in the United States
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People executed by year	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965–1972 1976–1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Scheduled executions
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List of people executed in the United States in 2004

Contents

List of people executed in the United States in 2004

Demographics

Executions in recent years

See also

References