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
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 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 |
Demographics
editGender | ||
---|---|---|
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
editNumber of executions | |
---|---|
2006 | 53 |
2005 | 60 |
2004 | 59 |
Total | 172 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Execution List 2005". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ "States With No Recent Executions". Death Penalty Information Center. November 17, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ "James Scott Porter Executed January 4, 2005 06:12 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Donald Jay Beardslee Executed January 19, 2005 12:29 a.m. by Lethal Injection in California".
- ^ "Troy Albert Kunkle Executed January 25, 2005 08:12 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Timothy Don Carr Executed January 25, 2005 08:37 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "Dennis Wayne Bagwell Executed February 17, 2005 06:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Stephen Anthony Mobley Executed March 1, 2005 08:00 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "William Henry Smith Executed March 8, 2005 10:19 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
- ^ "George Anderson Hopper Executed March 8, 2005 06:22 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Donald Ray Wallace Jr. Executed March 10, 2005 12:23 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
- ^ "William Dillard Powell Executed March 11, 2005 02:09 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "Jimmie Ray Slaughter Executed March 15, 2005 06:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Stanley L. Hall Executed March 16, 2005 12:06 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Glen James Ocha Executed April 5, 2005 06:09 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "Richard Longworth Executed April 15, 2005 06:14 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
- ^ "Douglas Alan Roberts Executed April 20, 2005 06:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Bill J. Benefiel Executed April 21, 2005 12:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
- ^ "Donald Jones Executed April 27, 2005 12:07 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Mario Giovanni Centobie Executed April 28, 2005 06:22 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".
- ^ "Lonnie Wayne Pursley Executed May 3, 2005 06:23 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Earl J. Richmond Jr. Executed May 6, 2005 02:19 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "George James Miller Jr. Executed May 12, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Michael Bruce Ross Executed May 13, 2005 2:25 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Connecticut".
- ^ "Vernon Brown Executed May 18, 2005 02:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Bryan Eric Wolfe Executed May 18, 2005 06:31 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Richard Cartwright Executed May 19, 2005 06:16 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Gregory Scott Johnson Executed May 25, 2005 12:28 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
- ^ "Jerry Paul Henderson Executed June 2, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".
- ^ "Alexander Rey Martinez Executed June 7, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Robert Dale Conklin Executed July 12, 2005 07:44 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "Michael Lannier Pennington Executed July 19, 2005 06:10 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Kevin Aaron Conner Executed July 27, 2005 12:31 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
- ^ "David Aaron Martinez Executed July 28, 2005 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "George Everette Sibley Jr. Executed August 4, 2005 06:26 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".
- ^ "Gary Lynn Sterling Executed August 10, 2005 06:16 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Kenneth Eugene Turrentine Executed August 11, 2005 06:10 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Robert Alan Shields Jr. Executed August 23, 2005 06:15 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Timothy Johnston Executed August 31, 2005 12:07 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Frances Elaine Newton Executed September 14, 2005 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "John W. Peoples Jr. Executed September 22, 2005 06:27 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".
- ^ "Herman Dale Ashworth Executed September 27, 2005 10:19 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
- ^ "Alan Lehman Matheney Executed September 28, 2005 12:27 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
- ^ "Ronald Ray Howard Executed October 6, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Luis Ramirez Executed October 20, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Willie J. "Flip" Williams, Jr. Executed October 25, 2005 10:20 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
- ^ "Marlin Gray Executed October 26, 2005 12:07 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Melvin Wayne White Executed November 3, 2005 06:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Brian D. "Red" Steckel Executed November 4, 2005 12:21 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Delaware".
- ^ "Hastings Arthur Wise Executed November 4, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
- ^ "Charles Daniel Thacker Executed November 9, 2005 06:32 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Steven Van McHone Executed November 11, 2005 02:10 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "Robert Dale Rowell Executed November 15, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Shannon Charles Thomas Executed November 16, 2005 06:52 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Elias Hanna Syriani Executed November 18, 2005 02:12 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "Eric Randall Nance Executed November 28, 2005 09:30 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Arkansas".
- ^ "John R. Hicks Executed November 29, 2005 10:20 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
- ^ "Kenneth Lee Boyd Executed December 2, 2005 02:15 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "Shawn Paul Humphries Executed December 2, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
- ^ "Wesley Eugene Baker Executed December 5, 2005 09:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Maryland".
- ^ "Stanley "Tookie" Williams Executed December 13, 2005 12:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in California".
- ^ "John B. Nixon Sr. Executed December 14, 2005 at 6:25 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".
Preceded by 2004 |
List of people executed in the United States in 2005 |
Succeeded by 2006 |