List of people executed in the United States in 2009

Last updated August 12, 2023

This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2009. Fifty-two people were executed in the United States in 2009. Twenty-four of them were in the state of Texas. One (Larry Bill Elliott) was executed via electrocution.^[1]^[2] One notable execution was of convicted murderer John Allen Muhammad, who was responsible for carrying out the D.C. sniper attacks in 2002.^[3]

List of people executed in the United States in 2009

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 14, 2009	Curtis Moore	40	27	13	Male	Black	Texas	Lethal injection	^[4]
2	January 15, 2009	James Harvey Callahan	62	35	27		White	Alabama		^[5]
3	January 21, 2009	Frank Moore	49	34	15		Black	Texas		^[6]
4	January 22, 2009	Darwin Demond Brown	32	18	14			Oklahoma		^[7]
5	January 22, 2009	Reginald Perkins	53	45	8			Texas		^[8]
6	January 28, 2009	Virgil Euristi Martinez	41	28	13		Hispanic			^[9]
7	January 29, 2009	Ricardo Samaneigo Ortiz	46	34	12		Hispanic			^[10]
8	February 4, 2009	Steve Henley	55	31	24		White	Tennessee		^[11]
9	February 4, 2009	David Martinez	36	22	14		Hispanic	Texas		^[12]
10	February 10, 2009	Dale Devon Scheanette	35	23	12		Black	Texas		^[13]
11	February 11, 2009	Wayne Tompkins	51	26	25		White	Florida		^[14]
12	February 12, 2009	Danny Joe Bradley	49	23	26		White	Alabama		^[15]
13	February 12, 2009	Johnny Ray Johnson	51	37	14		Black	Texas		^[16]
14	February 19, 2009	Edward Nathaniel Bell	44	35	9		Black	Virginia		^[17]
15	February 20, 2009	Luke A. Williams III	56	38	18		White	South Carolina		^[18]
16	March 3, 2009	Willie Earl Pondexter Jr.	34	19	15		Black	Texas		^[19]
17	March 4, 2009	Kenneth Wayne Morris	38	20	18		Black			^[20]
18	March 10, 2009	James Edward Martinez	34	26	8		Hispanic			^[21]
19	March 10, 2009	Robert L. Newland	65	43	22		White	Georgia		^[22]
20	March 11, 2009	Luis Cervantes Salazar	38	27	11		Hispanic	Texas		^[23]
21	April 15, 2009	Michael Flores Rosales	35	23	12		Hispanic	Texas		^[24]
22	April 16, 2009	Jimmy Lee Dill	49	27	22		Black	Alabama		^[25]
23	April 29, 2009	William Mark Mize	52	38	14		White	Georgia		^[26]
24	April 30, 2009	Derrick Lamone Johnson	28	18	10		Black	Texas		^[27]
25	May 8, 2009	Thomas Treshawn Ivey	34	18	16			South Carolina		^[28]
26	May 14, 2009	Willie McNair	44	25	19			Alabama		^[29]
27	May 14, 2009	Donald Lee Gilson	48	34	14		White	Oklahoma		^[30]
28	May 19, 2009	Michael Lynn Riley	51	27	24		Black	Texas		^[31]
29	May 20, 2009	Dennis James Skillicorn	49	34	15		White	Missouri		^[32]
30	June 2, 2009	Terry Lee Hankins	34	26	8			Texas		^[33]
31	June 3, 2009	Daniel E. Wilson	39	21	18			Ohio		^[34]
32	June 11, 2009	Jack Harrison Trawick	62	45	17			Alabama		^[35]
33	July 9, 2009	Michael Paul Delozier	32	19	13			Oklahoma		^[36]
34	July 14, 2009	John Joseph Fautenberry	46	27	19			Ohio		^[37]
35	July 21, 2009	Marvallous Keene	36	19	17		Black			^[38]
36	August 18, 2009	Jason Getsy	33	19	14		White			^[39]
37	August 19, 2009	John Richard Marek	47	21	26			Florida		^[40]
38	September 16, 2009	Stephen Lindsey Moody	52	34	18			Texas		^[41]
39	September 22, 2009	Christopher Bernard Coleman	37	23	14		Black	Texas		^[42]
40	October 8, 2009	Max Landon Payne	38	21	17		White	Alabama		^[43]
41	October 20, 2009	Mark Howard McClain	42	27	15		White	Georgia		^[44]
42	October 27, 2009	Reginald Winthrop Blanton	28	18	10		Black	Texas		^[45]
43	November 5, 2009	Khristian Phillip Oliver	32	20	12		White			^[46]
44	November 10, 2009	Yosvanis Valle	34	23	11		Hispanic			^[47]
45	November 10, 2009	John Allen Muhammad	48	41	7		Black	Virginia		^[48]
46	November 17, 2009	Larry Bill Elliott	60	51	9		White	Virginia	Electrocution	^[49]
47	November 18, 2009	Danielle Nathaniel Simpson	30	20	10		Black	Texas	Lethal injection	^[50]
48	November 19, 2009	Robert Lee Thompson	34	21	13			Texas		^[51]
49	December 2, 2009	Cecil C. Johnson Jr.	53	23	30			Tennessee		^[52]
50	December 3, 2009	Bobby Wayne Woods	44	31	13		White	Texas		^[53]
51	December 8, 2009	Kenneth Biros	51	32	19			Ohio		^[54]
52	December 11, 2009	Matthew Eric Wrinkles	49	34	15			Indiana		^[55]
		Average:	43 years	28 years	16 years

Demographics

Gender
Male	52	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
White	24	46%
Black	21	40%
Hispanic	7	13%
State
Texas	24	46%
Alabama	6	12%
Ohio	5	10%
Georgia	3	6%
Oklahoma	3	6%
Virginia	3	6%
Florida	2	4%
South Carolina	2	4%
Tennessee	2	4%
Indiana	1	2%
Missouri	1	2%
Method
Lethal injection	51	98%
Electrocution	1	2%
Month
January	7	13%
February	8	15%
March	5	10%
April	4	8%
May	5	10%
June	3	6%
July	3	6%
August	2	4%
September	2	4%
October	3	6%
November	6	12%
December	4	8%
Age
20–29	2	4%
30–39	20	38%
40–49	16	31%
50–59	10	19%
60–69	4	8%
Total	52	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2010	46
2009	52
2008	37
Total	135

Related Research Articles

Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person for the express purpose of causing rapid death. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broader sense to include euthanasia and other forms of suicide. The drugs cause the person to become unconscious, stops their breathing, and causes a heart arrhythmia, in that order.

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, like aggravated murder. Although it is a legal penalty in 27 states, 20 states have the ability to execute death sentences, with the other seven, as well as the federal government, being subject to different types of moratoriums. The existence of capital punishment in the United States can be traced to early colonial Virginia. Along with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore, the United States is one of five advanced democracies and the only Western nation that applies the death penalty regularly. It is one of 54 countries worldwide applying it, and was the first to develop lethal injection as a method of execution, which has since been adopted by five other countries. The Philippines has since abolished executions, and Guatemala has done so for civil offenses, leaving the United States as one of four countries to still use this method. It is common practice for the condemned to be administered sedatives prior to execution, regardless of the method used.

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

A condemned prisoner's last meal is a customary ritual preceding execution. In many countries, the prisoner may, within reason, select what the last meal will be.

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[dpic-1] "Execution List 2009". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved October 17, 2021.

[tccp-2] "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved October 17, 2021.

[3] Meserve, Jeanne; Ahlers, Mike M. (November 11, 2009). "Sniper John Allen Muhammad executed". CNN . Retrieved October 17, 2021.

[4] "Curtis Moore Executed January 14, 2009 06:21 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[5] "James Harvey Callahan Executed January 15, 2009 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[6] "Frank Moore Executed January 21, 2009 06:21 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[7] "Darwin Demond Brown Executed January 22, 2009 06:11 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[8] "Reginald Perkins Executed January 22, 2009 06:24 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[9] "Virgil Euristi Martinez Executed January 28, 2009 06:50 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[10] "Ricardo Samaneigo Ortiz Executed January 29, 2009 06:18 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[11] "Steve Henley Executed February 4, 2009 1:33 a.m. CST by Lethal Injection in Tennessee".

[12] "David Martinez Executed February 4, 2009 06:18 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[13] "Dale Devon Scheanette Executed February 10, 2009 06:21 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[14] "Wayne Tompkins Executed February 11, 2009 06:32 p.m. EST by Lethal Injection in Florida".

[15] "Danny Joe Bradley Executed February 12, 2009 06:15 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[16] "Johnny Ray Johnson Executed February 12, 2009 06:19 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[17] "Edward Nathaniel Bell Executed February 19, 2009 9:11 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".

[18] "Luke A. Williams III Executed February 20, 2009 6:13 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".

[19] "Willie Earl Pondexter Jr. Executed March 3, 2009 06:18 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[20] "Kenneth Wayne Morris Executed March 4, 2009 06:16 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[21] "James Edward Martinez Executed March 10, 2009 06:17 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[22] "Robert L. Newland Executed March 10, 2009 07:35 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[23] "Luis Cervantes Salazar Executed March 11, 2009 06:20 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[24] "Michael Flores Rosales Executed April 15, 2009 06:17 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[25] "Jimmy Lee Dill Executed April 16, 2009 06:16 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[26] "William Mark Mize Executed April 29, 2009 07:28 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[27] "Derrick Lamone Johnson Executed April 30, 2009 06:23 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[28] "Thomas Treshawn Ivey Executed May 8, 2009 6:15 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".

[29] "Willie McNair Executed May 14, 2009 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[30] "Donald Lee Gilson Executed May 14, 2009 06:19 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[31] "Michael Lynn Riley Executed May 19, 2009 06:18 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[32] "Dennis James Skillicorn Executed May 20, 2009 12:34 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".

[33] "Terry Lee Hankins Executed June 2, 2009 06:19 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[34] "Daniel E. Wilson Executed June 3, 2009 10:33 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[35] "Jack Harrison Trawick Executed June 11, 2009 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[36] "Michael Paul Delozier Executed July 9, 2009 06:10 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[37] "John Joseph Fautenberry Executed July 14, 2009 10:37 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[38] "Marvallous Keene Executed July 21, 2009 10:36 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[39] "Jason Getsy Executed August 18, 2009 10:29 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[40] "John Richard Marek Executed August 19, 2009 06:33 p.m. EST by Lethal Injection in Florida".

[41] "Stephen Lindsey Moody Executed September 16, 2009 06:28 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[42] "Christopher Bernard Coleman Executed September 22, 2009 06:22 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[43] "Max Landon Payne Executed October 8, 2009 06:25 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[44] "Mark Howard McClain Executed October 20, 2009 07:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[45] "Reginald Winthrop Blanton Executed October 27, 2009 06:21 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[46] "Khristian Phillip Oliver Executed November 5, 2009 06:18 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[47] "Yosvanis Valle Executed November 10, 2009 06:21 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[48] "John Allen Muhammad Executed November 10, 2009 9:11 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".

[49] "Larry Bill Elliott Executed November 17, 2009 9:08 p.m. by Electric Chair in Virginia".

[50] "Danielle Nathaniel Simpson Executed November 18, 2009 06:32 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[51] "Robert Lee Thompson Executed November 19, 2009 06:19 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[52] "Cecil C. Johnson Jr. Executed December 2, 2009 1:34 a.m. CST by Lethal Injection in Tennessee".

[53] "Bobby Wayne Woods Executed December 3, 2009 06:40 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[54] "Kenneth Biros Executed December 8, 2009 11:47 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[55] "Matthew Eric Wrinkles Executed December 11, 2009 12:39 a.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Indiana".

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