List of people executed in the United States in 2014
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]
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
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 7, 2014 | Thomas Knight | 62 | 23 | 39 | Male | Black | Florida | Lethal injection | [3] |
2 | January 9, 2014 | Michael Lee Wilson | 38 | 22 | 16 | Oklahoma | [4] | |||
3 | January 16, 2014 | Dennis B. McGuire | 53 | 29 | 24 | White | Ohio | [5] | ||
4 | January 22, 2014 | Edgar Tamayo Arias | 46 | 26 | 20 | Hispanic | Texas | [6] | ||
5 | January 23, 2014 | Kenneth Eugene Hogan | 52 | 26 | White | Oklahoma | [7] | |||
6 | January 29, 2014 | Herbert L. Smulls | 56 | 33 | 23 | Black | Missouri | [8] | ||
7 | February 5, 2014 | Suzanne Margaret Basso | 59 | 44 | 15 | Female | White | Texas | [9] | |
8 | February 12, 2014 | Juan Carlos Chavez | 46 | 28 | 18 | Male | Hispanic | Florida | [10] | |
9 | February 26, 2014 | Michael Anthony Taylor | 47 | 22 | 25 | Black | Missouri | [11] | ||
10 | Paul Augustus Howell | 48 | 26 | 22 | Florida | [12] | ||||
11 | March 19, 2014 | Ray Jasper III | 33 | 18 | 15 | Texas | [13] | |||
12 | March 20, 2014 | Robert Laverne Henry | 55 | 29 | 26 | Florida | [14] | |||
13 | March 26, 2014 | Jeffrey R. Ferguson | 59 | 34 | 25 | White | Missouri | [15] | ||
14 | March 27, 2014 | Anthony Dewayne Doyle | 29 | 18 | 11 | Black | Texas | [16] | ||
15 | April 3, 2014 | Tommy Lynn Sells | 49 | 35 | 14 | White | [17] | |||
16 | April 9, 2014 | Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas | 44 | 28 | 16 | Hispanic | [18] | |||
17 | April 16, 2014 | Jose Luis Villegas Jr. | 39 | 25 | 14 | [19] | ||||
18 | April 23, 2014 | William Lewis Rousan | 57 | 37 | 20 | White | Missouri | [20] | ||
19 | Robert Eugene Hendrix | 47 | 23 | 24 | Florida | [21] | ||||
20 | April 29, 2014 | Clayton Derrell Lockett | 38 | 15 | Black | Oklahoma | [22] | |||
21 | June 17, 2014 | Marcus Alfonso Wellons | 58 | 34 | 24 | Georgia | [23] | |||
22 | June 18, 2014 | John E. Winfield | 43 | 26 | 17 | Missouri | [24] | |||
23 | John Ruthell Henry | 63 | 34 | 29 | Florida | [25] | ||||
24 | July 10, 2014 | Eddie Wayne Davis | 45 | 25 | 20 | White | [26] | |||
25 | July 16, 2014 | John C. Middleton | 54 | 35 | 19 | Missouri | [27] | |||
26 | July 23, 2014 | Joseph Rudolph Wood III | 55 | 30 | 25 | Arizona | [28] | |||
27 | August 6, 2014 | Michael Shane Worthington | 43 | 24 | 19 | Missouri | [29] | |||
28 | September 10, 2014 | Earl Ringo Jr. | 40 | 16 | Black | [30] | ||||
29 | Willie Tyrone Trottie | 45 | 23 | 22 | Texas | [31] | ||||
30 | September 17, 2014 | Lisa Ann Coleman | 38 | 28 | 10 | Female | [32] | |||
31 | October 28, 2014 | Miguel Angel Paredes | 32 | 18 | 14 | Male | Hispanic | [33] | ||
32 | November 13, 2014 | Chadwick Dewellyn Banks | 43 | 21 | 22 | Black | Florida | [34] | ||
33 | November 19, 2014 | Leon Vincent Taylor | 56 | 36 | 20 | Missouri | [35] | |||
34 | December 9, 2014 | Robert Wayne Holsey | 49 | 30 | 19 | Georgia | [36] | |||
35 | December 10, 2014 | Paul Terrence Goodwin | 48 | 31 | 17 | White | Missouri | [37] | ||
Average: | 48 years | 28 years | 20 years |
Demographics
editGender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 33 | 94% |
Female | 2 | 6% |
Ethnicity | ||
Black | 18 | 51% |
White | 12 | 34% |
Hispanic | 5 | 15% |
State | ||
Missouri | 10 | 29% |
Texas | 10 | 29% |
Florida | 8 | 23% |
Oklahoma | 3 | 9% |
Georgia | 2 | 6% |
Arizona | 1 | 3% |
Ohio | 1 | 3% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 35 | 100% |
Month | ||
January | 6 | 17% |
February | 4 | 12% |
March | 4 | 12% |
April | 6 | 14% |
May | 0 | 0% |
June | 3 | 9% |
July | 3 | 9% |
August | 1 | 3% |
September | 3 | 9% |
October | 1 | 3% |
November | 2 | 6% |
December | 2 | 6% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 1 | 3% |
30–39 | 5 | 14% |
40–49 | 16 | 46% |
50–59 | 11 | 31% |
60–69 | 2 | 6% |
Total | 35 | 100% |
Executions in recent years
editNumber of executions | |
---|---|
2015 | 28 |
2014 | 35 |
2013 | 39 |
Total | 102 |
Notable executions
edit2014 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:
- Convicted killer Dennis McGuire, age 53, took nearly 30 minutes to die – the longest execution ever recorded of the 56 carried out in Ohio since capital punishment resumed in 1999.[41][42] His execution led to a three year delay on executions being carried out in Ohio. The state did not execute any more inmates until July 2017.[43]
- Convicted rapist and murderer Clayton Lockett suffered a heart attack during his execution in Oklahoma – he was pronounced dead 43 minutes after being sedated and reportedly writhed, groaned, convulsed, and spoke during the process. He also attempted to rise from the execution table 14 minutes into the procedure.[44]
- Convicted murderer Joseph Rudolph Wood III, who was executed in Arizona, was pronounced dead 1 hour and 57 minutes after the drugs were injected into his system – the entire procedure took almost 2 hours when it should have taken about 10 minutes.[45]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Execution List 2014". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Thomas Knight
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Michael Lee Wilson
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Dennis B. McGuire
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Edgar Arias Tamayo
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Kenneth Eugene Hogan
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Herbert L. Smulls
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Suzanne Margaret Basso
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Juan Carlos Chavez
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Michael Anthony Taylor
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Paul Augustus Howell
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Ray Jasper III
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Robert Laverne Henry
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Jeffrey R. Ferguson
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Anthony Dewayne Doyle
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Tommy Lynn Sells
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Jose Luis Villegas, Jr.
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – William L. Rousan
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Robert Eugene Hendrix
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Clayton Derrell Lockett
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Marcus A. Wellons
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – John E. Winfield
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – John Ruthell Henry
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Eddie Wayne Davis
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – John C. Middleton
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Joseph Rudolph Wood III
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Michael Shane Worthington
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Earl Ringo, Jr.
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Willie Tyrone Trottie
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lisa Ann Coleman
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Miguel Angel Paredes
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Chadwick Banks
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Leon Vincent Taylor
- ^ "Georgia Executes Robert Holsey After Supreme Court Denies IQ Appeal". NBC News. December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ^ "Missouri carries out execution of Paul Goodwin, its 10th this year". Missourinet. December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ^ "Missouri executes prisoner over hammer murder". The Guardian. December 10, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ "Searchable Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Ovalle, David (January 7, 2014). "Thomas Knight, who killed Miami couple and a prison guard, executed". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on June 7, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ "Row over 'agonising' Ohio execution of killer Dennis McGuire". BBC News. January 17, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Ford, Dana; Fantz, Ashley (January 17, 2014). "Controversial execution in Ohio uses new drug combination". CNN. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Smith, Mitch (July 26, 2017). "Ohio Carries Out Its First Execution Since 2014". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Brewer, Graham Lee; Fernandez, Manny (February 13, 2020). "Oklahoma Botched 2 Executions. It Says It's Ready to Try Again". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Dart, Tom (August 2, 2014). "Arizona inmate Joseph Wood was injected 15 times with execution drugs". The Guardian. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
Preceded by 2013 |
List of people executed in the United States in 2014 |
Succeeded by 2015 |