This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2000. Eighty-five people were executed in the United States in 2000. Forty of them were in the state of Texas; the most carried out within a single year in Texas state history. Two (Betty Lou Beets and Christina Marie Riggs) were female. Five (four in Alabama and one in Virginia) were executed via electrocution.[1][2]
List of people executed in the United States in 2000
editNo. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | ||||||||
1 | January 6, 2000 | Malcolm Rent Johnson | 41 | 23 | 18 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | [3] |
2 | January 7, 2000 | David Ray Duren | 37 | 21 | 16 | White | Alabama | Electrocution | [4] | |
3 | January 10, 2000 | Douglas Christopher Thomas | 26 | 17 | 9 | Virginia | Lethal injection | [5][6] | ||
4 | January 12, 2000 | Earl Carl Heiselbetz Jr. | 48 | 40 | 8 | Texas | [7] | |||
5 | January 13, 2000 | Gary Alan Walker | 46 | 30 | 16 | Oklahoma | [8] | |||
6 | Steve Edward Roach | 23 | 17 | 6 | Virginia | [6][9] | ||||
7 | January 18, 2000 | Spencer Corey Goodman | 31 | 22 | 9 | Texas | [10] | |||
8 | January 20, 2000 | David Hicks | 38 | 26 | 12 | Black | [11] | |||
9 | January 21, 2000 | Larry Keith Robison | 42 | 24 | 18 | White | [12] | |||
10 | January 24, 2000 | Billy George Hughes Jr. | 47 | 23 | [13] | |||||
11 | January 25, 2000 | Glen Charles McGinnis | 27 | 17 | 10 | Black | [14] | |||
12 | January 27, 2000 | James Walter Moreland | 39 | 22 | 17 | White | [15] | |||
13 | February 10, 2000 | Michael Donald Roberts | 42 | 30 | 12 | Black | Oklahoma | [16] | ||
14 | February 16, 2000 | Anthony Lee Chaney | 45 | 28 | 17 | White | Arizona | [17] | ||
15 | February 23, 2000 | Cornelius Alan Goss | 38 | 25 | 13 | Black | Texas | [18] | ||
16 | Terry Melvin Sims | 58 | 35 | 23 | White | Florida | [19] | |||
17 | February 24, 2000 | Anthony Braden Bryan | 40 | 24 | 16 | [20] | ||||
18 | Betty Lou Beets | 62 | 46 | Female | Texas | [21] | ||||
19 | March 1, 2000 | Odell Barnes Jr. | 31 | 21 | 10 | Male | Black | [22] | ||
20 | March 3, 2000 | Freddie Lee Wright | 48 | 26 | 22 | Alabama | Electrocution | [23] | ||
21 | March 14, 2000 | Ponchai Kamau Wilkerson | 28 | 19 | 9 | Texas | Lethal injection | [24] | ||
22 | March 15, 2000 | Darrell Keith Rich | 45 | 23 | 22 | Native American | California | [25] | ||
23 | Patrick Gene Poland | 50 | 27 | 23 | White | Arizona | [26] | |||
24 | Timothy Lane Gribble | 36 | 24 | 12 | Texas | [27] | ||||
25 | March 16, 2000 | Lonnie Weeks Jr. | 27 | 20 | 7 | Black | Virginia | [6][28][29] | ||
26 | March 22, 2000 | James Henry Hampton | 62 | 54 | 8 | White | Missouri | [30] | ||
27 | March 23, 2000 | Kelly Lamont Rogers | 31 | 22 | 9 | Black | Oklahoma | [31] | ||
28 | April 14, 2000 | Robert Lee Tarver Jr. | 52 | 37 | 15 | Alabama | Electrocution | [32][33] | ||
29 | April 19, 2000 | Robert Glen Coe | 44 | 23 | 21 | White | Tennessee | Lethal injection | [34] | |
30 | April 27, 2000 | Ronald Keith Boyd | 43 | 28 | 15 | Black | Oklahoma | [35] | ||
31 | May 2, 2000 | Christina Marie Riggs | 28 | 26 | 2 | Female | White | Arkansas | [36] | |
32 | May 4, 2000 | Tommy Ray Jackson | 43 | 27 | 16 | Male | Black | Texas | [37] | |
33 | May 9, 2000 | William Joseph Kitchens | 37 | 23 | 14 | White | [38] | |||
34 | May 11, 2000 | Michael Lee McBride | 38 | 15 | [39] | |||||
35 | May 23, 2000 | James Davis Richardson | 32 | 19 | 13 | Black | [40] | |||
36 | May 24, 2000 | Richard Donald Foster | 47 | 31 | 16 | White | [41] | |||
37 | May 25, 2000 | Charles Adrian Foster | 51 | 34 | 17 | Black | Oklahoma | [42] | ||
38 | James Edward Clayton | 33 | 20 | 13 | Texas | [43] | ||||
39 | May 31, 2000 | Robert Earl Carter | 34 | 26 | 8 | [44] | ||||
40 | June 1, 2000 | James Glenn Robedeaux | 51 | 36 | 15 | Native American | Oklahoma | [45] | ||
41 | June 2, 2000 | Pernell Ford | 35 | 18 | 17 | Black | Alabama | Electrocution | [33][46] | |
42 | June 6, 2000 | Feltus Taylor Jr. | 38 | 29 | 9 | Louisiana | Lethal injection | [47] | ||
43 | June 7, 2000 | Bennie Eddie Demps | 49 | 26 | 23 | Florida | [48] | |||
44 | June 8, 2000 | Roger James Berget | 39 | 24 | 15 | White | Oklahoma | [49] | ||
45 | June 12, 2000 | Thomas Wayne Mason | 48 | 39 | 9 | Texas | [50] | |||
46 | June 14, 2000 | John Albert Burks | 44 | 33 | 11 | Black | [51] | |||
47 | June 15, 2000 | William Clifford Bryson | 29 | 18 | Oklahoma | [52] | ||||
48 | Paul Selso Nuncio | 31 | 25 | 6 | Hispanic | Texas | [53] | |||
49 | June 21, 2000 | Thomas Harrison Provenzano | 51 | 34 | 17 | White | Florida | [54] | ||
50 | June 22, 2000 | Shaka Sankofa | 36 | 17 | 19 | Black | Texas | [55] | ||
51 | June 28, 2000 | Bert Leroy Hunter | 47 | 39 | 8 | White | Missouri | [56] | ||
52 | June 29, 2000 | Jessy Carlos San Miguel | 28 | 19 | 9 | Hispanic | Texas | [57] | ||
53 | July 6, 2000 | Michael David Clagett | 39 | 33 | 6 | White | Virginia | Electrocution | [6][58] | |
54 | July 12, 2000 | Orien Cecil Joiner | 50 | 37 | 13 | Texas | Lethal injection | [59] | ||
55 | July 20, 2000 | Gregg Francis Braun | 39 | 28 | 11 | Oklahoma | [60] | |||
56 | July 26, 2000 | Juan Salvez Soria | 33 | 18 | 15 | Hispanic | Texas | [61] | ||
57 | August 9, 2000 | Brian Keith Roberson | 36 | 22 | 14 | Black | [62] | |||
58 | David Oliver Cruz | 33 | 21 | 12 | Hispanic | [63] | ||||
59 | August 10, 2000 | George Kent Wallace | 59 | 46 | 13 | White | Oklahoma | [64] | ||
60 | August 16, 2000 | John Thomas Satterwhite | 53 | 32 | 21 | Black | Texas | [65] | ||
61 | August 22, 2000 | Richard Wayne Jones | 40 | 25 | 15 | White | [66] | |||
62 | August 23, 2000 | David Earl Gibbs | 39 | 24 | [67] | |||||
63 | August 25, 2000 | Daniel Patrick Hauser | 30 | 25 | 5 | Florida | [68] | |||
64 | August 30, 2000 | Gary Lee Roll | 47 | 39 | 8 | Missouri | [69] | |||
65 | Jeffery Henry Caldwell | 37 | 25 | 12 | Black | Texas | [70] | |||
66 | Russel William Burket | 32 | 7 | White | Virginia | [6][71] | ||||
67 | September 13, 2000 | George Bernard Harris | 41 | 30 | 11 | Black | Missouri | [72] | ||
68 | September 14, 2000 | Derek Rocco Barnabei | 33 | 26 | 7 | White | Virginia | [6][73] | ||
69 | September 27, 2000 | Rickey Nolen McGinn | 43 | 36 | Texas | [74] | ||||
70 | October 10, 2000 | Bobby Lee Ramdass | 29 | 21 | 8 | Black | Virginia | [6][75] | ||
71 | November 1, 2000 | Jeffrey Dillingham | 27 | 19 | White | Texas | [76] | |||
72 | November 3, 2000 | Kevin Dean Young | 32 | 20 | 12 | Black | South Carolina | [77] | ||
73 | November 8, 2000 | Donald Jay Miller | 36 | 27 | 9 | White | Arizona | [78][79] | ||
74 | November 9, 2000 | Michael Earl Sexton | 34 | 23 | 11 | Black | North Carolina | [80] | ||
75 | Miguel Angel Flores | 31 | 20 | Hispanic | Texas | [81] | ||||
76 | November 14, 2000 | Stacey Lamont Lawton | 23 | 8 | Black | [82] | ||||
77 | November 15, 2000 | James Wilson Chambers | 48 | 30 | 18 | White | Missouri | [83] | ||
78 | Tony Neyshea Chambers | 32 | 22 | 10 | Black | Texas | [84] | |||
79 | November 17, 2000 | Dwayne L. Weeks | 37 | 28 | 9 | Delaware | [85] | |||
80 | December 5, 2000 | Garry Dean Miller | 32 | 21 | 11 | White | Texas | [86] | ||
81 | December 6, 2000 | Daniel Joe Hittle | 50 | 39 | [87] | |||||
82 | Christopher Cornelius Goins | 27 | 20 | 7 | Black | Virginia | [6][88] | |||
83 | December 7, 2000 | Edward Castro | 50 | 36 | 14 | Hispanic | Florida | [89] | ||
84 | Claude Howard Jones | 60 | 49 | 11 | White | Texas | [90] | |||
85 | December 19, 2000 | David Dewayne Johnson | 37 | 27 | 10 | Black | Arkansas | [91] | ||
Average: | 40 years | 27 years | 13 years |
Demographics
editGender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 83 | 98% |
Female | 2 | 2% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 42 | 49% |
Black | 35 | 41% |
Hispanic | 6 | 7% |
Native American | 2 | 2% |
State | ||
Texas | 40 | 47% |
Oklahoma | 11 | 13% |
Virginia | 8 | 9% |
Florida | 6 | 7% |
Missouri | 5 | 6% |
Alabama | 4 | 5% |
Arizona | 3 | 4% |
Arkansas | 2 | 2% |
California | 1 | 1% |
Delaware | 1 | 1% |
Louisiana | 1 | 1% |
North Carolina | 1 | 1% |
South Carolina | 1 | 1% |
Tennessee | 1 | 1% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 80 | 94% |
Electrocution | 5 | 6% |
Month | ||
January | 12 | 14% |
February | 6 | 7% |
March | 9 | 11% |
April | 3 | 4% |
May | 9 | 11% |
June | 13 | 15% |
July | 4 | 5% |
August | 10 | 12% |
September | 3 | 4% |
October | 1 | 1% |
November | 9 | 11% |
December | 6 | 7% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 11 | 13% |
30–39 | 37 | 44% |
40–49 | 23 | 27% |
50–59 | 11 | 13% |
60–69 | 3 | 4% |
Total | 85 | 100% |
Executions in recent years
editNumber of executions | |
---|---|
2001 | 66 |
2000 | 85 |
1999 | 98 |
Total | 249 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Execution List 2000". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "Malcolm Rent Johnson Executed January 6, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "David Ray Duren Executed January 7, 2000 by Electric Chair in Alabama".
- ^ "Douglas Christopher Thomas Executed January 10, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ a b c d e f g h "The Men on Virginia's Death Row". vadp.org. Archived from the original on May 8, 1999. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "Earl Carl Heiselbetz Jr. Executed January 12, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Gary Alan Walker a/k/a Gary Alan Edwards Executed January 13, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Steve Edward Roach Executed January 13, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Spencer Corey Goodman Executed January 18, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "David Hicks Executed January 20, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Larry Keith Robison Executed January 21, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Billy George Hughes Jr. Executed January 24, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Glen Charles McGinnis Executed January 25, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "James Walter Moreland Executed January 27, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Michael Donald Roberts Executed February 10, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Anthony Lee Chaney Executed February 16, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Arizona".
- ^ "Cornelius Alan Goss Executed February 23, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Terry Melvin Sims Executed February 23, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "Anthony Braden Bryan Executed February 24, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "Betty Lou Beets Executed February 24, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Odell Barnes Jr. Executed March 1, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Freddie Lee Wright Executed March 3, 2000 by Electric Chair in Alabama".
- ^ "Ponchai Wilkerson Executed March 14, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Darrell Keith Rich a/k/a/ "Young Elk" Executed March 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in California".
- ^ "Patrick Gene Poland Executed March 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Arizona".
- ^ "Timothy Lane Gribble Executed March 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Lonnie Weeks Jr. Executed March 16, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "NC DPS Offender Public Information – Lonnie Weeks Jr".
- ^ "James Henry Hampton Executed March 22, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Kelly Lamont Rogers Executed March 23, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Robert Lee Tarver Jr. Executed April 14, 2000 by Electric Chair in Alabama".
- ^ a b "Inmates Executed in Alabama". doc.state.al.us. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "Robert Glen Coe Executed April 19, 2000 at 1:37 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Tennessee".
- ^ "Ronald Keith Boyd Executed April 27, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Christina Marie Riggs Executed May 2, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Arkansas".
- ^ "Tommy Ray Jackson Executed May 4, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "William Joseph Kitchens Executed May 9, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Michael Lee McBride Executed May 11, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "James Davis Richardson Executed May 23, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Richard Donald Foster Executed May 24, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Charles Adrian Foster Executed May 25, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "James Edward Clayton Executed May 25, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Robert Earl Carter Executed May 31, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "James Glenn Robedeaux Executed June 1, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Pernell Ford Executed June 2, 2000 by Electric Chair in Alabama".
- ^ "Feltus Taylor Executed June 6, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Louisiana".
- ^ "Bennie Eddie Demps Executed June 7, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "Roger James Berget Executed June 8, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Thomas Wayne Mason Executed June 12, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "John Albert Burks Executed June 14, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "William Clifford Bryson Executed June 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Paul Selso Nuncio Executed June 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Thomas Harrison Provenzano Executed June 21, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "Gary Lee Graham a/k/a Shaka Sankofa Executed June 22, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Bert Leroy Hunter Executed June 28, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Jessy Carlos San Miguel Executed June 29, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Michael David Clagett Executed July 6, 2000 by Electric Chair in Virginia".
- ^ "Orien Cecil Joiner Executed July 12, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Gregg Francis Braun Executed July 20, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Juan Salvez Soria Executed July 26, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Brian Keith Roberson Executed August 9, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "David Oliver Cruz Executed August 9th, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "George Kent Wallace Executed August 10th, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "John Thomas Satterwhite Executed August 16, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Richard Wayne Jones Executed August 22, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "David Earl Gibbs Executed August 23, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Daniel Patrick Hauser Executed August 25, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "Gary Lee Roll Executed August 30, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Jeffery Henry Caldwell Executed August 30, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Russel William Burket Executed August 30, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "George Bernard Harris Executed September 13, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Derek Rocco Barnabei Executed September 14, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Rickey Nolen McGinn Executed September 27, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Bobby Lee Ramdass Executed October 10, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Jeffrey Dillingham Executed November 1, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Kevin Dean Young Executed November 3, 2000 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
- ^ "Donald Jay Miller Executed November 8, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Arizona".
- ^ "Information for Inmate 102442 Miller Don, J". azcorrections.gov. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "Michael Earl Sexton Executed November 9, 2000 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "Miguel Angel Flores Executed November 9, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Stacey Lamont Lawton Executed November 14, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "James Wilson Chambers Executed November 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Tony Neyshea Chambers Executed November 15, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Dwayne L. Weeks Executed November 17, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Delaware".
- ^ "Garry Dean Miller Executed December 5, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Daniel Joe Hittle Executed December 6, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Christopher Cornelius Goins Executed December 6, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Edward Castro Executed December 7, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "Claude Howard Jones Executed December 7, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "David Dewayne Johnson Executed December 19, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Arkansas".
Preceded by 1999 |
List of people executed in the United States in 2000 |
Succeeded by 2001 |