This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2001. Sixty-six people were executed in the United States in 2001. Eighteen of them were in the state of Oklahoma, while only seventeen of them were in the state of Texas. Three (Wanda Jean Allen, Marilyn Kay Plantz, and Lois Nadean Smith) were female; all three were executed in Oklahoma.[1][2] One notable execution was of domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh, who was responsible for carrying out the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. McVeigh's execution was the first to be carried out by the United States federal government since 1963.[3] Only one execution occurred in September, as several were postponed due to the September 11 attacks.[4][5][6] The attack on the Pentagon caused federal offices, including the United States Supreme Court, to shut down.[7]
List of people executed in the United States in 2001
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 9, 2001 | Jack Wade Clark | 37 | 26 | 11 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | [8] |
2 | Eddie Leroy Trice | 48 | 34 | 14 | Black | Oklahoma | [9] | |||
3 | January 11, 2001 | Robert Dewey Glock II | 39 | 22 | 17 | White | Florida | [10] | ||
4 | Wanda Jean Allen | 41 | 29 | 12 | Female | Black | Oklahoma | [11] | ||
5 | January 16, 2001 | Floyd Allen Medlock | 30 | 20 | 10 | Male | White | [12] | ||
6 | January 18, 2001 | Alvin Urial Goodwin III | 37 | 22 | 15 | Texas | [13] | |||
7 | Dion Athanasius Smallwood | 31 | 9 | Hispanic | Oklahoma | [14] | ||||
8 | January 23, 2001 | Mark Andrew Fowler | 35 | 20 | 15 | White | [15] | |||
9 | January 25, 2001 | Billy Ray Fox | 19 | 16 | [16] | |||||
10 | January 29, 2001 | Caruthers "Gus" Alexander | 52 | 32 | 20 | Black | Texas | [17] | ||
11 | January 30, 2001 | Loyd Winford Lafevers | 35 | 19 | 16 | White | Oklahoma | [18] | ||
12 | February 1, 2001 | Dorsie Leslie "Wayne" Jones Jr. | 61 | 39 | 22 | [19] | ||||
13 | February 7, 2001 | Stanley Dewaine Lingar | 37 | 21 | 16 | Missouri | [20] | |||
14 | February 8, 2001 | Adolph Gil Hernandez | 50 | 38 | 12 | Hispanic | Texas | [21] | ||
15 | March 1, 2001 | Thomas Wayne Akers | 31 | 29 | 2 | White | Virginia | [22] | ||
16 | Robert William Clayton | 40 | 24 | 16 | Oklahoma | [23] | ||||
17 | March 7, 2001 | Dennis Thurl Dowthitt | 55 | 44 | 11 | Texas | [24] | |||
18 | March 9, 2001 | Willie Ervin Fisher | 39 | 30 | 9 | Black | North Carolina | [25] | ||
19 | March 14, 2001 | Gerald Wayne Bivins | 41 | 31 | 10 | White | Indiana | [26] | ||
20 | March 27, 2001 | Robert Lee Massie | 59 | 37 | 22 | California | [27] | |||
21 | Ronald Dunaway Fluke | 52 | 48 | 4 | Oklahoma | [28] | ||||
22 | March 28, 2001 | Tomas Grant Ervin | 50 | 37 | 13 | Missouri | [29] | |||
23 | April 3, 2001 | Jason Eric Massey | 28 | 20 | 8 | Texas | [30] | |||
24 | April 21, 2001 | Sebastian Stephanous Bridges | 37 | 34 | 3 | Nevada | [31] | |||
25 | April 25, 2001 | Mose Young Jr. | 45 | 27 | 18 | Black | Missouri | [32] | ||
26 | David Lee Goff | 32 | 21 | 11 | Texas | [33] | ||||
27 | April 26, 2001 | David F. Dawson | 46 | 31 | 15 | White | Delaware | [34] | ||
28 | May 1, 2001 | Marilyn Kay Plantz | 40 | 27 | 13 | Female | Oklahoma | [35] | ||
29 | May 8, 2001 | Clay King Smith | 30 | 3 | Male | Arkansas | [36] | |||
30 | May 22, 2001 | Terrance Anthony James | 41 | 22 | 19 | Oklahoma | [37] | |||
31 | May 23, 2001 | Samuel D. Smith | 40 | 26 | 14 | Black | Missouri | [38] | ||
32 | May 25, 2001 | Abdullah Tanzil Hameen | 37 | 27 | 10 | Delaware | [39] | |||
33 | May 29, 2001 | Vincent Allen Johnson | 42 | 32 | Oklahoma | [40] | ||||
34 | June 11, 2001 | Timothy James McVeigh | 33 | 26 | 7 | White | Federal government | [41] | ||
35 | June 13, 2001 | John Leslie Wheat | 57 | 51 | 6 | Texas | [42] | |||
36 | June 14, 2001 | Jay D. Scott | 48 | 30 | 18 | Black | Ohio | [43] | ||
37 | June 19, 2001 | Juan Raul Garza | 44 | 33 | 11 | Hispanic | Federal government | [44] | ||
38 | June 26, 2001 | Miguel Richardson | 46 | 24 | 22 | Black | Texas | [45] | ||
39 | June 27, 2001 | James Lowery | 54 | 32 | White | Indiana | [46] | |||
40 | July 11, 2001 | Jerome Mallett | 42 | 26 | 16 | Black | Missouri | [47] | ||
41 | James Joseph Wilkens Jr. | 39 | 25 | 14 | White | Texas | [48] | |||
42 | July 17, 2001 | Jerald Wayne Harjo | 40 | 26 | Native American | Oklahoma | [49] | |||
43 | August 8, 2001 | Mack Oran Hill | 47 | 33 | White | Texas | [50] | |||
44 | August 16, 2001 | Jeffrey Carlton Doughtie | 39 | 31 | 8 | [51] | ||||
45 | August 24, 2001 | Clifton Allen White | 43 | 30 | 13 | North Carolina | [52] | |||
46 | August 28, 2001 | James Homer Elledge | 58 | 55 | 3 | Washington | [53] | |||
47 | Jack Dale Walker | 35 | 22 | 13 | Oklahoma | [54] | ||||
48 | August 31, 2001 | Ronald Wayne Frye | 42 | 34 | 8 | North Carolina | [55] | |||
49 | September 18, 2001 | James Roy Knox | 50 | 31 | 19 | Texas | [56] | |||
50 | October 3, 2001 | Michael S. Roberts | 27 | 19 | 8 | Missouri | [57] | |||
51 | October 12, 2001 | David Junior Ward | 39 | 29 | 10 | Black | North Carolina | [58] | ||
52 | October 18, 2001 | Christopher James Beck | 26 | 20 | 6 | White | Virginia | [59] | ||
53 | Alvie James Hale Jr. | 53 | 35 | 18 | Oklahoma | [60] | ||||
54 | October 22, 2001 | Gerald Lee Mitchell | 33 | 17 | 16 | Black | Texas | [61] | ||
55 | October 24, 2001 | Stephen K. Johns | 55 | 35 | 20 | White | Missouri | [62] | ||
56 | October 25, 2001 | Terry Michael Mincey | 41 | 22 | 19 | Georgia | [63] | |||
57 | November 6, 2001 | Jose Martinez High | 45 | 19 | 26 | Black | [64] | |||
58 | Terry Douglas Clark | 30 | 15 | White | New Mexico | [65] | ||||
59 | November 14, 2001 | Jeffery Eugene Tucker | 41 | 28 | 13 | Texas | [66] | |||
60 | November 15, 2001 | Fred Marion Gilreath Jr. | 63 | 41 | 22 | Georgia | [67] | |||
61 | Emerson Edward Rudd | 31 | 18 | 13 | Black | Texas | [68] | |||
62 | November 30, 2001 | John Hardy Rose | 43 | 32 | 11 | White | North Carolina | [69] | ||
63 | December 4, 2001 | Lois Nadean Smith | 61 | 41 | 20 | Female | Oklahoma | [70] | ||
64 | December 6, 2001 | Sahib Lateef Al-Mosawi | 53 | 44 | 9 | Male | Arab | [71] | ||
65 | December 11, 2001 | Byron Ashley Parker | 41 | 23 | 18 | White | Georgia | [72] | ||
66 | December 12, 2001 | Vincent Edward Cooks | 37 | 14 | Black | Texas | [73] | |||
Average: | 42 years | 29 years | 13 years |
Demographics
editGender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 63 | 95% |
Female | 3 | 5% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 44 | 67% |
Black | 17 | 26% |
Hispanic | 3 | 5% |
Arab | 1 | 2% |
Native American | 1 | 2% |
State | ||
Oklahoma | 18 | 27% |
Texas | 17 | 26% |
Missouri | 7 | 11% |
North Carolina | 5 | 8% |
Georgia | 4 | 6% |
Delaware | 2 | 3% |
Federal government | 2 | 3% |
Indiana | 2 | 3% |
Virginia | 2 | 3% |
Arkansas | 1 | 2% |
California | 1 | 2% |
Florida | 1 | 2% |
Nevada | 1 | 2% |
New Mexico | 1 | 2% |
Ohio | 1 | 2% |
Washington | 1 | 2% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 66 | 100% |
Month | ||
January | 11 | 17% |
February | 3 | 5% |
March | 8 | 12% |
April | 5 | 8% |
May | 6 | 9% |
June | 6 | 9% |
July | 3 | 5% |
August | 6 | 9% |
September | 1 | 2% |
October | 7 | 11% |
November | 6 | 9% |
December | 4 | 6% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 3 | 5% |
30–39 | 23 | 35% |
40–49 | 24 | 36% |
50–59 | 13 | 20% |
60–69 | 3 | 5% |
Total | 66 | 100% |
Executions in recent years
editNumber of executions | |
---|---|
2002 | 71 |
2001 | 66 |
2000 | 85 |
Total | 222 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Execution List 2001". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ Buncombe, Andrew (October 12, 2021). "'He died with his eyes open': Covering the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh". The Independent. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ "Byrd execution delayed further by federal court". Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum. September 13, 2001. p. 8. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Graczyk, Michael (September 12, 2001). "Perry postpones execution of convicted killer". Abilene Reporter-News. p. 55. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Easley delays Robert Bacon execution". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 19, 2001. p. 8. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Murderer's execution delayed". Hood County News. September 15, 2001. p. 6. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jack Wade Clark Executed January 9, 2001 at 6:27 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Eddie Leroy Trice Executed January 9, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Robert Dewey Glock II Executed January 11, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "Wanda Jean Allen Executed January 11, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Floyd Allen Medlock Executed January 16, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Alvin Urial Goodwin III Executed January 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Dion Athanasius Smallwood Executed January 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Mark Andrew Fowler Executed January 23, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Billy Ray Fox Executed January 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Caruthers "Gus" Alexander Executed January 29, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Loyd Winford Lafevers Executed January 30, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Dorsie Leslie "Wayne" Jones Jr. Executed February 1, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Stanley D. Lingar Executed February 7, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Adolph Gil Hernandez Executed February 8, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Thomas Wayne Akers Executed March 1, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Robert William Clayton Executed March 1, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Dennis Thurl Dowthitt Executed March 7, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Willie Ervin Fisher Executed March 9, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "Gerald W. Bivins Executed March 14, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
- ^ "Robert Lee Massie Executed March 27, 2001 by Lethal Injection in California".
- ^ "Ronald Dunaway Fluke Executed March 27, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Tomas Grant Ervin Executed March 28, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Jason Eric Massey Executed April 3, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Sebastian Stephanous Bridges Executed April 21, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Nevada".
- ^ "Mose Young Jr. Executed April 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "David Lee Goff Executed April 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "David F. Dawson Executed April 26, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Delaware".
- ^ "Marilyn Kay Plantz Executed May 1, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Clay King Smith Executed May 8, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Arkansas".
- ^ "Terrance Anthony James Executed May 22, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Samuel D. Smith Executed May 23, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Abdullah Tanzil Hameen a/k/a Cornelius Ferguson Executed May 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Delaware".
- ^ "Vincent Allen Johnson Executed May 29, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Timothy James McVeigh Executed June 11, 2001 at 7:14 a.m. CDT by Lethal Injection by U.S. Government at Terre Haute, Indiana".
- ^ "John Leslie Wheat Executed June 13, 2001 6:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Jay D. Scott Executed June 14, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
- ^ "Juan Raul Garza Executed June 19, 2001 by Lethal Injection by U.S. Government at Terre Haute, Indiana".
- ^ "Miguel Richardson Executed June 26, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "James Lowery Executed June 27, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
- ^ "Jerome Mallett Executed July 11, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "James Joseph Wilkens Jr. Executed July 11, 2001 6:23 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Jerald Wayne Harjo Executed July 17, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Mack Oran Hill Executed August 8, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Jeffrey Carlton Doughtie Executed August 16, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Clifton Allen White Executed August 24, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "James Homer Elledge Executed August 28, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Washington".
- ^ "Jack Dale Walker Executed August 28, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Ronald Wayne Frye Executed August 31, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "James Roy Knox Executed September 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Michael S. Roberts Executed October 3, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "David Junior Ward Executed October 12, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "Christopher James Beck Executed October 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Alvie James Hale Jr. Executed October 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Gerald Lee Mitchell Executed October 22, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Stephen K. Johns Executed October 24, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Terry Michael Mincey Executed October 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "Jose Martinez High Executed November 6, 2001 at 8:07 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "Terry Douglas Clark Executed November 6, 2001 by Lethal Injection in New Mexico".
- ^ "Jeffery Eugene Tucker Executed November 14, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Fred Marion Gilreath Jr. Executed November 15, 2001 at 3:53 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "Emerson Edward Rudd Executed November 15, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "John Hardy Rose Executed November 30, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "Lois Nadean Smith Executed December 4, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Sahib Lateef Al-Mosawi Executed December 6, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Byron Ashley Parker Executed December 11, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "Vincent Edward Cooks Executed December 12, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
Preceded by 2000 |
List of people executed in the United States in 2001 |
Succeeded by 2002 |