This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2005. Sixty people were executed in the United States in 2005. Nineteen of them were in the state of Texas. One (Frances Elaine Newton) was female. [1] [2] The states of Connecticut and Maryland carried out their last executions in 2005, with both states having since abolished capital punishment. [3]
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 4, 2005 | James Scott Porter | 33 | 28 | 5 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | [4] |
2 | January 19, 2005 | Donald Jay Beardslee | 61 | 37 | 24 | California | [5] | |||
3 | January 25, 2005 | Troy Albert Kunkle | 38 | 18 | 20 | Texas | [6] | |||
4 | Timothy Don Carr | 34 | 22 | 12 | Georgia | [7] | ||||
5 | February 17, 2005 | Dennis Wayne Bagwell | 41 | 31 | 10 | Texas | [8] | |||
6 | March 1, 2005 | Stephen Anthony Mobley | 39 | 25 | 14 | Georgia | [9] | |||
7 | March 8, 2005 | William Henry Smith | 47 | 29 | 18 | Black | Ohio | [10] | ||
8 | George Anderson Hopper | 49 | 27 | 22 | White | Texas | [11] | |||
9 | March 10, 2005 | Donald Ray Wallace Jr. | 47 | 22 | 25 | Indiana | [12] | |||
10 | March 11, 2005 | William Dillard Powell | 58 | 45 | 13 | North Carolina | [13] | |||
11 | March 15, 2005 | Jimmie Ray Slaughter | 57 | 44 | Oklahoma | [14] | ||||
12 | March 16, 2005 | Stanley L. Hall | 37 | 26 | 11 | Black | Missouri | [15] | ||
13 | April 5, 2005 | Glen James Ocha | 47 | 41 | 6 | White | Florida | [16] | ||
14 | April 15, 2005 | Richard Longworth | 37 | 22 | 15 | South Carolina | [17] | |||
15 | April 20, 2005 | Douglas Alan Roberts | 42 | 33 | 9 | Texas | [18] | |||
16 | April 21, 2005 | Bill J. Benefiel | 48 | 30 | 18 | Indiana | [19] | |||
17 | April 27, 2005 | Donald Jones | 38 | 26 | 12 | Black | Missouri | [20] | ||
18 | April 28, 2005 | Mario Giovanni Centobie | 39 | 32 | 7 | White | Alabama | [21] | ||
19 | May 3, 2005 | Lonnie Wayne Pursley | 43 | 35 | 8 | Texas | [22] | |||
20 | May 6, 2005 | Earl J. Richmond Jr. | 29 | 14 | Black | North Carolina | [23] | |||
21 | May 12, 2005 | George James Miller Jr. | 37 | 27 | 10 | Oklahoma | [24] | |||
22 | May 13, 2005 | Michael Bruce Ross | 45 | 24 | 21 | White | Connecticut | [25] | ||
23 | May 18, 2005 | Vernon Brown | 51 | 33 | 18 | Black | Missouri | [26] | ||
24 | Bryan Eric Wolfe | 44 | 31 | 13 | Texas | [27] | ||||
25 | May 19, 2005 | Richard Michael Cartwright | 31 | 22 | 9 | White | [28] | |||
26 | May 25, 2005 | Gregory Scott Johnson | 40 | 20 | 20 | Indiana | [29] | |||
27 | June 2, 2005 | Jerry Paul Henderson | 58 | 37 | 21 | Alabama | [30] | |||
28 | June 7, 2005 | Alexander Rey Martinez | 28 | 25 | 3 | Hispanic | Texas | [31] | ||
29 | July 12, 2005 | Robert Dale Conklin | 44 | 23 | 21 | White | Georgia | [32] | ||
30 | July 19, 2005 | Michael Lannier Pennington | 37 | 14 | Black | Oklahoma | [33] | |||
31 | July 27, 2005 | Kevin Aaron Conner | 40 | 22 | 18 | White | Indiana | [34] | ||
32 | July 28, 2005 | David Aaron Martinez | 29 | 21 | 8 | Hispanic | Texas | [35] | ||
33 | August 4, 2005 | George Everette Sibley Jr. | 62 | 51 | 11 | White | Alabama | [36] | ||
34 | August 10, 2005 | Gary Lynn Sterling | 38 | 20 | 18 | Black | Texas | [37] | ||
35 | August 11, 2005 | Kenneth Eugene Turrentine | 52 | 41 | 11 | Oklahoma | [38] | |||
36 | August 23, 2005 | Robert Alan Shields Jr. | 30 | 19 | White | Texas | [39] | |||
37 | August 31, 2005 | Timothy Johnston | 44 | 28 | 16 | Missouri | [40] | |||
38 | September 14, 2005 | Frances Elaine Newton | 40 | 21 | 19 | Female | Black | Texas | [41] | |
39 | September 22, 2005 | John W. Peoples Jr. | 48 | 26 | 22 | Male | White | Alabama | [42] | |
40 | September 27, 2005 | Herman Dale Ashworth | 32 | 23 | 9 | Ohio | [43] | |||
41 | September 28, 2005 | Alan Lehman Matheney | 54 | 38 | 16 | Indiana | [44] | |||
42 | October 6, 2005 | Ronald Ray Howard | 32 | 18 | 14 | Black | Texas | [45] | ||
43 | October 20, 2005 | Luis L. Ramirez | 42 | 34 | 8 | Hispanic | [46] | |||
44 | October 25, 2005 | Willie J. "Flip" Williams Jr. | 48 | 14 | Black | Ohio | [47] | |||
45 | October 26, 2005 | Marlin Gray | 38 | 23 | 15 | Missouri | [48] | |||
46 | November 3, 2005 | Melvin Wayne White | 55 | 47 | 8 | White | Texas | [49] | ||
47 | November 4, 2005 | Brian David Steckel | 36 | 25 | 11 | Delaware | [50] | |||
48 | Hastings Arthur Wise | 51 | 43 | 8 | Black | South Carolina | [51] | |||
49 | November 9, 2005 | Charles Daniel Thacker | 37 | 24 | 13 | White | Texas | [52] | ||
50 | November 11, 2005 | Steven Van McHone | 35 | 20 | 15 | North Carolina | [53] | |||
51 | November 15, 2005 | Robert Dale Rowell | 50 | 38 | 12 | Texas | [54] | |||
52 | November 16, 2005 | Shannon Charles Thomas | 34 | 22 | Black | [55] | ||||
53 | November 18, 2005 | Elias Hanna Syriani | 67 | 52 | 15 | Arab | North Carolina | [56] | ||
54 | November 28, 2005 | Eric Randall Nance | 45 | 33 | 12 | White | Arkansas | [57] | ||
55 | November 29, 2005 | John R. Hicks | 49 | 29 | 20 | Black | Ohio | [58] | ||
56 | December 2, 2005 | Kenneth Lee Boyd | 57 | 40 | 17 | White | North Carolina | [59] | ||
57 | Shawn Paul Humphries | 34 | 22 | 12 | South Carolina | [60] | ||||
58 | December 5, 2005 | Wesley Eugene Baker | 47 | 33 | 14 | Black | Maryland | [61] | ||
59 | December 13, 2005 | Stanley Tookie Williams III | 51 | 25 | 26 | California | [62] | |||
60 | December 14, 2005 | John B. Nixon Sr. | 77 | 56 | 21 | White | Mississippi | [63] | ||
Average: | 44 years | 30 years | 14 years | |||||||
Gender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 59 | 98% |
Female | 1 | 2% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 37 | 62% |
Black | 19 | 32% |
Hispanic | 3 | 5% |
Arab | 1 | 2% |
State | ||
Texas | 19 | 32% |
Indiana | 5 | 8% |
Missouri | 5 | 8% |
North Carolina | 5 | 8% |
Alabama | 4 | 7% |
Ohio | 4 | 7% |
Oklahoma | 4 | 7% |
Georgia | 3 | 5% |
South Carolina | 3 | 5% |
California | 2 | 3% |
Arkansas | 1 | 2% |
Connecticut | 1 | 2% |
Delaware | 1 | 2% |
Florida | 1 | 2% |
Maryland | 1 | 2% |
Mississippi | 1 | 2% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 60 | 100% |
Month | ||
January | 4 | 7% |
February | 1 | 2% |
March | 7 | 12% |
April | 6 | 10% |
May | 8 | 13% |
June | 2 | 3% |
July | 4 | 7% |
August | 5 | 8% |
September | 4 | 7% |
October | 4 | 7% |
November | 10 | 17% |
December | 5 | 8% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 2 | 3% |
30–39 | 21 | 35% |
40–49 | 22 | 37% |
50–59 | 11 | 18% |
60–69 | 3 | 5% |
70–79 | 1 | 2% |
Total | 60 | 100% |
Number of executions | |
---|---|
2006 | 53 |
2005 | 60 |
2004 | 59 |
Total | 172 |
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, such as aggravated murder. Although it is a legal penalty in 27 states, 20 of them have authority to execute death sentences, with the other 7, as well as the federal government and military, subject to moratoriums.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
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