List of people executed in the United States in 2005

Last updated January 03, 2024

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]

List of people executed in the United States in 2005

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 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	January 25, 2005	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	March 8, 2005	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	13			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		White	Texas		^[22]
20	May 6, 2005	Earl J. Richmond Jr.	43	29	14		Black	North Carolina		^[23]
21	May 12, 2005	George James Miller Jr.	37	27	10		Black	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	May 18, 2005	Bryan Eric Wolfe	44	31	13		Black	Texas		^[27]
25	May 19, 2005	Richard Michael Cartwright	31	22	9		White	Texas		^[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	23	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		Black	Oklahoma		^[38]
36	August 23, 2005	Robert Alan Shields Jr.	30	19	11		White	Texas		^[39]
37	August 31, 2005	Timothy Johnston	44	28	16		White	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	Texas		^[46]
44	October 25, 2005	Willie J. "Flip" Williams Jr.	48	34	14		Black	Ohio		^[47]
45	October 26, 2005	Marlin Gray	38	23	15		Black	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		White	Delaware		^[50]
48	November 4, 2005	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	12		Black	Texas		^[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	December 2, 2005	Shawn Paul Humphries	34	22	12		White	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		Black	California		^[62]
60	December 14, 2005	John B. Nixon Sr.	77	56	21		White	Mississippi		^[63]
		Average:	44 years	30 years	14 years

Demographics

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%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2006	53
2005	60
2004	59
Total	172

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[dpic-1] "Execution List 2005". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved February 25, 2022.

[tccp-2] "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved February 25, 2022.

[3] "States With No Recent Executions". Death Penalty Information Center . November 17, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2022.

[4] "James Scott Porter Executed January 4, 2005 06:12 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[5] "Donald Jay Beardslee Executed January 19, 2005 12:29 a.m. by Lethal Injection in California".

[6] "Troy Albert Kunkle Executed January 25, 2005 08:12 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[7] "Timothy Don Carr Executed January 25, 2005 08:37 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[8] "Dennis Wayne Bagwell Executed February 17, 2005 06:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[9] "Stephen Anthony Mobley Executed March 1, 2005 08:00 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[10] "William Henry Smith Executed March 8, 2005 10:19 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[11] "George Anderson Hopper Executed March 8, 2005 06:22 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[12] "Donald Ray Wallace Jr. Executed March 10, 2005 12:23 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".

[13] "William Dillard Powell Executed March 11, 2005 02:09 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[14] "Jimmie Ray Slaughter Executed March 15, 2005 06:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[15] "Stanley L. Hall Executed March 16, 2005 12:06 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[16] "Glen James Ocha Executed April 5, 2005 06:09 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Florida".

[17] "Richard Longworth Executed April 15, 2005 06:14 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".

[18] "Douglas Alan Roberts Executed April 20, 2005 06:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[19] "Bill J. Benefiel Executed April 21, 2005 12:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".

[20] "Donald Jones Executed April 27, 2005 12:07 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[21] "Mario Giovanni Centobie Executed April 28, 2005 06:22 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[22] "Lonnie Wayne Pursley Executed May 3, 2005 06:23 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[23] "Earl J. Richmond Jr. Executed May 6, 2005 02:19 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[24] "George James Miller Jr. Executed May 12, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[25] "Michael Bruce Ross Executed May 13, 2005 2:25 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Connecticut".

[26] "Vernon Brown Executed May 18, 2005 02:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[27] "Bryan Eric Wolfe Executed May 18, 2005 06:31 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[28] "Richard Cartwright Executed May 19, 2005 06:16 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[29] "Gregory Scott Johnson Executed May 25, 2005 12:28 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".

[30] "Jerry Paul Henderson Executed June 2, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[31] "Alexander Rey Martinez Executed June 7, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[32] "Robert Dale Conklin Executed July 12, 2005 07:44 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[33] "Michael Lannier Pennington Executed July 19, 2005 06:10 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[34] "Kevin Aaron Conner Executed July 27, 2005 12:31 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".

[35] "David Aaron Martinez Executed July 28, 2005 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[36] "George Everette Sibley Jr. Executed August 4, 2005 06:26 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[37] "Gary Lynn Sterling Executed August 10, 2005 06:16 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[38] "Kenneth Eugene Turrentine Executed August 11, 2005 06:10 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[39] "Robert Alan Shields Jr. Executed August 23, 2005 06:15 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[40] "Timothy Johnston Executed August 31, 2005 12:07 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[41] "Frances Elaine Newton Executed September 14, 2005 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[42] "John W. Peoples Jr. Executed September 22, 2005 06:27 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[43] "Herman Dale Ashworth Executed September 27, 2005 10:19 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[44] "Alan Lehman Matheney Executed September 28, 2005 12:27 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".

[45] "Ronald Ray Howard Executed October 6, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[46] "Luis Ramirez Executed October 20, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[47] "Willie J. "Flip" Williams, Jr. Executed October 25, 2005 10:20 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[48] "Marlin Gray Executed October 26, 2005 12:07 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[49] "Melvin Wayne White Executed November 3, 2005 06:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[50] "Brian D. "Red" Steckel Executed November 4, 2005 12:21 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Delaware".

[51] "Hastings Arthur Wise Executed November 4, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".

[52] "Charles Daniel Thacker Executed November 9, 2005 06:32 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[53] "Steven Van McHone Executed November 11, 2005 02:10 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[54] "Robert Dale Rowell Executed November 15, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[55] "Shannon Charles Thomas Executed November 16, 2005 06:52 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[56] "Elias Hanna Syriani Executed November 18, 2005 02:12 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[57] "Eric Randall Nance Executed November 28, 2005 09:30 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Arkansas".

[58] "John R. Hicks Executed November 29, 2005 10:20 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[59] "Kenneth Lee Boyd Executed December 2, 2005 02:15 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".

[60] "Shawn Paul Humphries Executed December 2, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".

[61] "Wesley Eugene Baker Executed December 5, 2005 09:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Maryland".

[62] "Stanley "Tookie" Williams Executed December 13, 2005 12:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in California".

[63] "John B. Nixon Sr. Executed December 14, 2005 at 6:25 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".

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v t e Capital punishment in the United States
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Issues and ethics	Death-qualified jury Debate Dual sovereignty doctrine Execution drug shortage Exonerations Juveniles Last meal Participation of medical professionals Race and capital punishment White defendants executed for killing a black victim Wrongful executions
Other	Death row inmates Death Penalty Information Center Most recent executions by state National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment Women executed since 1976 Women on death row

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