List of people executed in Arkansas
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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arkansas since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States.
31 people have been executed in Arkansas since 1976: 30 males and 1 female (Christina Marie Riggs). All but John Swindler (who was executed by electric chair) were executed by lethal injection. All were executed for the crime of murder.[1]
List of people executed in Arkansas since 1976
editNo. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
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1 | John Edward Swindler | White | 46 | M | June 18, 1990 | Sebastian | Electrocution | Fort Smith police officer Randy Basnett[a] | Bill Clinton |
2 | Ronald Gene Simmons | White | 49 | M | June 25, 1990 | Pope | Lethal injection | 16 murder victims[b] | |
3 | Ricky Ray Rector | Black | 42 | M | January 24, 1992 | Faulkner | Conway police officer Robert Martin | ||
4 | Steven Douglas Hill | White | 25 | M | May 7, 1992 | Pulaski | Arkansas State police officer Robert Klein | ||
5 | Edward Charles Pickens | Black | 39 | M | May 11, 1994 | Prairie | Wesley Noble | Jim Guy Tucker | |
6 | Jonas Hoten Whitmore | White | 50 | M | Montgomery | Essie Mae Black | |||
7 | Hoyt Franklin Clines | White | 37 | M | August 3, 1994 | Benton | Donald Lehman | ||
8 | Darryl V. Richley | White | 43 | M | |||||
9 | James William Holmes | White | 37 | M | |||||
10 | Richard Wayne Snell | White | 64 | M | April 19, 1995 | Miller | William Stumpp | ||
11 | Barry Lee Fairchild | Black | 41 | M | August 31, 1995 | Pulaski | Marjorie Mason | ||
12 | William Frank Parker | White | 41 | M | August 8, 1996 | Benton | James Warren and Sandra Warren | Mike Huckabee | |
13 | Paul Ruiz | Hispanic | 49 | M | January 8, 1997 | Logan | Magazine Town Marshall Marvin Richie and Opal James[c][2] | ||
14 | Earl Von Denton | White | 47 | M | |||||
15 | Kirt Douglas Wainwright | Black | 30 | M | Nevada | Barbara Smith | |||
16 | Eugene Wallace Perry | White | 53 | M | August 6, 1997 | Crawford | Kenneth Staton and Suzanne Staton-Ware | ||
17 | Wilburn A. Henderson | White | 56 | M | July 8, 1998 | Sebastian | Willa Dean O'Neal | ||
18 | Johnie Michael Cox | White | 42 | M | February 16, 1999 | White | Marie Sullens, Margaret Brown, and Billy Brown | ||
19 | Marion Albert Pruett | White | 49 | M | April 12, 1999 | Sebastian | Bobbie Jean Robertson[d] | ||
20 | Mark Edward Gardner | White | 43 | M | September 8, 1999 | Joe Joyce, Martha Joyce, and Sara McCurdy | |||
21 | Alan Willett | White | 52 | M | Johnson | Eric Willett and Roger Willett | |||
22 | Christina Marie Riggs | White | 28 | F | May 2, 2000 | Pulaski | Justin Riggs and Shelby Alexis Riggs | ||
23 | David Dewayne Johnson | Black | 37 | M | December 19, 2000 | Leon Brown | |||
24 | Clay King Smith | White | 30 | M | May 8, 2001 | Jefferson | 5 murder victims[e] | ||
25 | Riley Dobi Noel | Black | 31 | M | July 9, 2003 | Pulaski | Marcell Young, Malak Hussian, and Mustafa Hussian | ||
26 | Charles Laverne Singleton | Black | 44 | M | January 6, 2004 | Ashley | Mary Lou York | ||
27 | Eric Randall Nance | White | 45 | M | November 28, 2005 | Hot Spring | Julie Heath | ||
28 | Ledell T. Lee | Black | 51 | M | April 20, 2017 | Pulaski | Debra Reese | Asa Hutchinson | |
29 | Jack Harold Jones Jr. | White | 52 | M | April 24, 2017 | White | Mary Phillips[f] | ||
30 | Marcel Wayne Williams | Black | 46 | M | Pulaski | Stacy Rae Errickson | |||
31 | Kenneth Dewayne Williams | Black | 38 | M | April 27, 2017 | Lincoln | Cecil Boren[g] |
Demographics
editRace | ||
---|---|---|
White | 20 | 66% |
Black | 10 | 32% |
Hispanic | 1 | 3% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 2 | 6% |
30–39 | 8 | 26% |
40–49 | 14 | 45% |
50–59 | 6 | 19% |
60–69 | 1 | 3% |
Sex | ||
Male | 30 | 97% |
Female | 1 | 3% |
Date of execution | ||
1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
1980–1989 | 0 | 0% |
1990–1999 | 21 | 68% |
2000–2009 | 6 | 19% |
2010–2019 | 4 | 13% |
2020–2029 | 0 | 0% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 30 | 97% |
Electrocution | 1 | 3% |
Governor (Party) | ||
David Pryor (D) | 0 | 0% |
Joe Purcell (D) | 0 | 0% |
Bill Clinton (D) | 4 | 13% |
Frank D. White (R) | 0 | 0% |
Jim Guy Tucker (D) | 7 | 23% |
Mike Huckabee (R) | 16 | 52% |
Mike Beebe (D) | 0 | 0% |
Asa Hutchinson (R) | 4 | 13% |
Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) | 0 | 0% |
Total | 31 | 100% |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Swindler was also convicted in South Carolina for killing Gregory Becknell and Dorothy Rhodes
- ^ The 16 victims were: Ronald Simmons Jr., Bersabe Simmons, Barbara Simmons, Loretta Simmons, Eddy Simmons, Marianne Simmons, Rebecca Simmons, William Simmons II, Renata Simmons, William Simmons III, Sheila McNulty, Dennis McNulty, Sylvia McNulty, Michael McNulty, Kathleen Kendrick, and James Chaffin.
- ^ Ruiz and Von Denton also killed four other people in Louisiana and Oklahoma.
- ^ Pruett also killed four other people in New Mexico, Mississippi and Colorado.
- ^ The 5 victims were: Misty Erwin, Shelley Sorg, Sean Sorg, Taylor Sorg, and Samantha Rhodes.
- ^ Jones also killed Regina Harrison and Lori Barrett in Florida.
- ^ Williams was previously convicted of murdering Dominique Hurd and Jerrell Jenkins.
References
edit- ^ "Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ Parrish, Glenn. "Murders Still Fresh, Four Decades Later". Southwest Times Record.