List of people executed in the United States in 2014

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This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2014. Thirty-five people were executed in the United States in 2014. Ten of them were in the state of Missouri, and another ten were in the state of Texas. Two (Edgar Tamayo Arias and Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas) were foreign nationals from Mexico. One (Juan Carlos Chavez) was a foreign national from Cuba. Two (Suzanne Margaret Basso and Lisa Ann Coleman) were female. [1] [2]

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While there were a total of 35 executions in 2014, there were 39 executions in the previous year (2013) and 28 executions in the subsequent year (2015).

List of people executed in the United States in 2014

No.Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethodRef.
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1January 7, 2014 Thomas Knight 622339MaleBlack Florida Lethal injection [3]
2January 9, 2014Michael Lee Wilson382216 Oklahoma [4]
3January 16, 2014 Dennis B. McGuire 532924White Ohio [5]
4January 22, 2014 Edgar Tamayo Arias 462620Hispanic Texas [6]
5January 23, 2014Kenneth Eugene Hogan5226WhiteOklahoma [7]
6January 29, 2014Herbert L. Smulls563323Black Missouri [8]
7February 5, 2014 Suzanne Margaret Basso 594415FemaleWhiteTexas [9]
8February 12, 2014 Juan Carlos Chavez 462818MaleHispanicFlorida [10]
9February 26, 2014 Michael Anthony Taylor 472225BlackMissouri [11]
10Paul Augustus Howell482622Florida [12]
11March 19, 2014Ray Jasper III331815Texas [13]
12March 20, 2014Robert Laverne Henry552926Florida [14]
13March 26, 2014Jeffrey R. Ferguson593425WhiteMissouri [15]
14March 27, 2014Anthony Dewayne Doyle291811BlackTexas [16]
15April 3, 2014 Tommy Lynn Sells 493514White [17]
16April 9, 2014Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas442816Hispanic [18]
17April 16, 2014Jose Luis Villegas Jr.392514 [19]
18April 23, 2014William Lewis Rousan573720WhiteMissouri [20]
19Robert Eugene Hendrix472324Florida [21]
20April 29, 2014 Clayton Derrell Lockett 3815BlackOklahoma [22]
21June 17, 2014Marcus Alfonso Wellons583424 Georgia [23]
22June 18, 2014John E. Winfield432617Missouri [24]
23 John Ruthell Henry 633429Florida [25]
24July 10, 2014Eddie Wayne Davis452520White [26]
25July 16, 2014John C. Middleton543519Missouri [27]
26July 23, 2014 Joseph Rudolph Wood III 553025 Arizona [28]
27August 6, 2014Michael Shane Worthington432419Missouri [29]
28September 10, 2014Earl Ringo Jr.4016Black [30]
29Willie Tyrone Trottie452322Texas [31]
30September 17, 2014 Lisa Ann Coleman 382810Female [32]
31October 28, 2014Miguel Angel Paredes321814MaleHispanic [33]
32November 13, 2014Chadwick Dewellyn Banks432122BlackFlorida [34]
33November 19, 2014Leon Vincent Taylor563620Missouri [35]
34December 9, 2014Robert Wayne Holsey493019Georgia [36]
35December 10, 2014Paul Terrence Goodwin483117WhiteMissouri [37]
Average:48 years28 years20 years

Demographics

Gender
Male3394%
Female26%
Ethnicity
Black1851%
White1234%
Hispanic515%
State
Missouri 1029%
Texas 1029%
Florida 823%
Oklahoma 39%
Georgia 26%
Arizona 13%
Ohio 13%
Method
Lethal injection 35100%
Month
January617%
February412%
March412%
April614%
May00%
June39%
July39%
August13%
September39%
October13%
November26%
December26%
Age
20–2913%
30–39514%
40–491646%
50–591131%
60–6926%
Total35100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2015 28
201435
2013 39
Total102

Notable executions

2014 was a notable year for executions. A total of ten death row inmates were executed in Missouri throughout the year, the most carried out by Missouri in a single year since capital punishment resumed in 1976. [38] 2014 also marked the first time since 2002 in which two women were executed during a single year. Suzanne Margaret Basso and Lisa Ann Coleman, who were both sentenced to death in Texas, were executed just seven months apart. [39] One notable execution was of convicted murderer Thomas Knight, who was executed in Florida. Knight spent thirty-nine years on death row before his execution was carried out. [40]

There were also three botched executions in 2014:

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  1. ↑ "Execution List 2014". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  3. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Thomas Knight
  4. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Michael Lee Wilson
  5. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Dennis B. McGuire
  6. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Edgar Arias Tamayo
  7. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Kenneth Eugene Hogan
  8. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Herbert L. Smulls
  9. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Suzanne Margaret Basso
  10. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Juan Carlos Chavez
  11. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Michael Anthony Taylor
  12. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Paul Augustus Howell
  13. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Ray Jasper III
  14. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Robert Laverne Henry
  15. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Jeffrey R. Ferguson
  16. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Anthony Dewayne Doyle
  17. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Tommy Lynn Sells
  18. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas
  19. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Jose Luis Villegas, Jr.
  20. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – William L. Rousan
  21. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Robert Eugene Hendrix
  22. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Clayton Derrell Lockett
  23. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Marcus A. Wellons
  24. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – John E. Winfield
  25. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – John Ruthell Henry
  26. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Eddie Wayne Davis
  27. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – John C. Middleton
  28. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Joseph Rudolph Wood III
  29. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Michael Shane Worthington
  30. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Earl Ringo, Jr.
  31. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Willie Tyrone Trottie
  32. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lisa Ann Coleman
  33. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Miguel Angel Paredes
  34. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Chadwick Banks
  35. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Leon Vincent Taylor
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