This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2002. Seventy-one people were executed in the United States in 2002. Thirty-three of them were in the state of Texas. Two (Lynda Lyon Block and Aileen Carol Wuornos) were female. One (Lynda Lyon Block) was executed via electrocution.[1][2]
List of people executed in the United States in 2002
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, 2002 | James R. Johnson | 52 | 42 | 10 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | [3] |
2 | Michael Patrick Moore | 38 | 30 | 8 | Texas | [4] | ||||
3 | January 16, 2002 | Jermarr Carlos Arnold | 43 | 24 | 19 | Black | [5] | |||
4 | January 24, 2002 | Ronald Keith Spivey | 62 | 37 | 25 | White | Georgia | [6] | ||
5 | January 29, 2002 | Stephen Wayne Anderson | 48 | 26 | 22 | California | [7] | |||
6 | John Joseph Romano | 43 | 27 | 16 | Oklahoma | [8] | ||||
7 | January 30, 2002 | Windell Broussard | 41 | 32 | 9 | Black | Texas | [9] | ||
8 | January 31, 2002 | Randall Wayne Hafdahl Sr. | 48 | 16 | White | [10] | ||||
9 | David Wayne Woodruff | 42 | 25 | 17 | Oklahoma | [11] | ||||
10 | February 6, 2002 | Michael Owsley | 40 | 31 | 9 | Black | Missouri | [12] | ||
11 | February 19, 2002 | John William Byrd Jr. | 38 | 19 | 19 | White | Ohio | [13] | ||
12 | February 28, 2002 | Monty Allen Delk | 35 | 16 | Texas | [14] | ||||
13 | March 6, 2002 | Jeffrey Lane Tokar | 37 | 27 | 10 | Missouri | [15] | |||
14 | March 7, 2002 | Gerald Wayne Tigner Jr. | 29 | 20 | 9 | Black | Texas | [16] | ||
15 | March 12, 2002 | Tracy Lee Housel | 43 | 26 | 17 | White | Georgia | [17] | ||
16 | March 14, 2002 | James Earl Patterson | 35 | 19 | 16 | Virginia | [18] | |||
17 | April 2, 2002 | Daniel Lee Zirkle | 33 | 30 | 3 | [19] | ||||
18 | April 10, 2002 | Paul W. Kreutzer | 30 | 20 | 10 | Missouri | [20] | |||
19 | Jose Santellan Sr. | 40 | 31 | 9 | Hispanic | Texas | [21] | |||
20 | April 11, 2002 | William Kendrick Burns | 43 | 22 | 21 | Black | [22] | |||
21 | April 18, 2002 | Gerald Dwight Casey | 47 | 34 | 13 | White | [23] | |||
22 | April 26, 2002 | Alton Coleman | 46 | 28 | 18 | Black | Ohio | [24] | ||
23 | April 30, 2002 | Rodolpho Baiza Hernandez | 52 | 35 | 17 | Hispanic | Texas | [25] | ||
24 | May 3, 2002 | Richard Charles Johnson | 39 | 22 | White | South Carolina | [26] | |||
25 | May 9, 2002 | Reginald Lenard Reeves | 28 | 19 | 9 | Black | Texas | [27] | ||
26 | May 10, 2002 | Lynda Lyon Block | 54 | 45 | Female | White | Alabama | Electrocution | [28] | |
27 | Leslie Dale Martin | 35 | 24 | 11 | Male | Louisiana | Lethal injection | [29] | ||
28 | May 16, 2002 | Ronford Lee Styron Jr. | 32 | 8 | Texas | [30] | ||||
29 | May 22, 2002 | Johnny Joe Martinez | 29 | 20 | 9 | Hispanic | [31] | |||
30 | May 28, 2002 | Napoleon Beazley | 25 | 17 | 8 | Black | [32] | |||
31 | May 30, 2002 | Stanley Allison Baker Jr. | 35 | 27 | White | [33] | ||||
32 | June 12, 2002 | Walter Mickens Jr. | 47 | 37 | 10 | Black | Virginia | [34] | ||
33 | June 13, 2002 | Daniel Earl Reneau | 27 | 20 | 7 | White | Texas | [35] | ||
34 | June 25, 2002 | Robert Otis Coulson | 34 | 24 | 10 | [36] | ||||
35 | June 26, 2002 | Jeffery Lynn Williams | 30 | 23 | 7 | Black | [37] | |||
36 | July 17, 2002 | Tracy Alan Hansen | 39 | 16 | White | Mississippi | [38] | |||
37 | July 23, 2002 | Randall Eugene Cannon | 42 | 25 | 17 | Oklahoma | [39] | |||
38 | July 30, 2002 | Earl Alexander Frederick Sr. | 51 | 38 | 13 | [40] | ||||
39 | August 7, 2002 | Richard William Kutzner | 59 | 53 | 6 | Texas | [41] | |||
40 | August 8, 2002 | T. J. Jones | 25 | 17 | 8 | Black | [42] | |||
41 | August 14, 2002 | Javier Suarez Medina | 33 | 19 | 14 | Hispanic | [43] | |||
42 | Daniel Anthony Basile | 35 | 25 | 10 | White | Missouri | [44] | |||
43 | August 16, 2002 | Wallace Marvin Fugate III | 52 | 41 | 11 | Georgia | [45] | |||
44 | August 20, 2002 | Gary Wayne Etheridge | 38 | 26 | 12 | Texas | [46] | |||
45 | August 23, 2002 | Anthony Green | 40 | 25 | 15 | Black | South Carolina | [47] | ||
46 | August 28, 2002 | Toronto Markkey Patterson | 24 | 17 | 7 | Texas | [48] | |||
47 | September 10, 2002 | Tony Lee Walker | 36 | 26 | 10 | [49] | ||||
48 | September 13, 2002 | Michael Joseph Passaro | 40 | 36 | 4 | White | South Carolina | [50] | ||
49 | September 17, 2002 | Jessie Joe Patrick | 44 | 31 | 13 | Texas | [51] | |||
50 | September 18, 2002 | Ron Scott Shamburger | 30 | 22 | 8 | [52] | ||||
51 | September 24, 2002 | Rex Warren Mays | 42 | 32 | 10 | [53] | ||||
52 | September 25, 2002 | Robert Anthony Buell | 62 | 41 | 21 | Ohio | [54] | |||
53 | Calvin Eugene King | 48 | 40 | 8 | Black | Texas | [55] | |||
54 | October 1, 2002 | James Rexford Powell | 56 | 44 | 12 | White | [56] | |||
55 | October 2, 2002 | Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco | 43 | 27 | 16 | Hispanic | Florida | [57] | ||
56 | October 9, 2002 | Aileen Carol Wuornos | 46 | 33–34 | 12–13 | Female | White | [58] | ||
57 | November 13, 2002 | William Howard Putman | 59 | 37 | 22 | Male | Georgia | [59] | ||
58 | November 14, 2002 | Mir Aimal Kasi | 38 | 28 | 10 | Asian | Virginia | [60] | ||
59 | November 19, 2002 | Craig Neil Ogan Jr. | 47 | 34 | 13 | White | Texas | [61] | ||
60 | November 20, 2002 | William Robert Jones Jr. | 37 | 21 | 16 | Missouri | [62] | |||
61 | William Wesley Chappell | 66 | 51 | 15 | Texas | [63] | ||||
62 | December 4, 2002 | Leonard Uresti Rojas | 52 | 44 | 8 | Hispanic | [64] | |||
63 | December 6, 2002 | Ernest West Basden | 50 | 39 | 11 | White | North Carolina | [65] | ||
64 | December 9, 2002 | Linroy Bottoson | 63 | 40 | 23 | Black | Florida | [66] | ||
65 | December 10, 2002 | Desmond Keith Carter | 35 | 24 | 11 | North Carolina | [67] | |||
66 | Jerry Lynn McCracken | 23 | 12 | White | Oklahoma | [68] | ||||
67 | December 11, 2002 | James Paul Collier | 55 | 48 | 7 | Texas | [69] | |||
68 | Jessie Derrell Williams | 51 | 31 | 20 | Mississippi | [70] | ||||
69 | December 12, 2002 | Jay Wesley Neill | 37 | 19 | 18 | Oklahoma | [71] | |||
70 | Anthony Keith Johnson | 46 | 27 | 19 | Alabama | [72] | ||||
71 | December 17, 2002 | Ernest Marvin Carter Jr. | 36 | 23 | 13 | Black | Oklahoma | [73] | ||
Average: | 42 years | 29 years | 13 years |
Demographics
editGender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 69 | 97% |
Female | 2 | 3% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 46 | 65% |
Black | 18 | 25% |
Hispanic | 6 | 8% |
Asian | 1 | 1% |
State | ||
Texas | 33 | 46% |
Oklahoma | 7 | 10% |
Missouri | 6 | 8% |
Georgia | 4 | 6% |
Virginia | 4 | 6% |
Florida | 3 | 4% |
Ohio | 3 | 4% |
South Carolina | 3 | 4% |
Alabama | 2 | 3% |
Mississippi | 2 | 3% |
North Carolina | 2 | 3% |
California | 1 | 1% |
Louisiana | 1 | 1% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 70 | 99% |
Electrocution | 1 | 1% |
Month | ||
January | 9 | 13% |
February | 3 | 4% |
March | 4 | 6% |
April | 7 | 10% |
May | 8 | 11% |
June | 4 | 6% |
July | 3 | 4% |
August | 8 | 11% |
September | 7 | 10% |
October | 3 | 4% |
November | 5 | 7% |
December | 10 | 14% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 7 | 10% |
30–39 | 25 | 35% |
40–49 | 23 | 32% |
50–59 | 12 | 17% |
60–69 | 4 | 6% |
Total | 71 | 100% |
Executions in recent years
editNumber of executions | |
---|---|
2003 | 65 |
2002 | 71 |
2001 | 66 |
Total | 202 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Execution List 2002". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ "James R. Johnson Executed January 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Michael Patrick Moore Executed January 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Jermarr Carlos Arnold Executed January 16, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Ronald Keith Spivey Executed January 24, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "Stephen Wayne Anderson Executed January 29, 2002 by Lethal Injection in California".
- ^ "John Joseph Romano Executed January 29, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Windell Broussard Executed January 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Randall Wayne Hafdahl Sr. Executed January 31, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "David Wayne Woodruff Executed January 31, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Michael Owsley Executed February 6, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "John William Byrd Jr. Executed February 19, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
- ^ "Monty Allen Delk Executed February 28, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Jeffrey Lane Tokar Executed March 6, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Gerald Wayne Tigner Jr. Executed March 7, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Tracy Lee Housel Executed March 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "James Earl Patterson Executed March 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Daniel Lee Zirkle Executed April 2, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Paul W. Kreutzer Executed April 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Jose Santellan Sr. Executed April 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "William Kendrick Burns Executed April 11, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Gerald Dwight Casey Executed April 18, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Alton Coleman Executed April 26, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
- ^ "Rodolpho Baiza Hernandez Executed April 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Richard Charles Johnson Executed May 3, 2002 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
- ^ "Reginald Lenard Reeves Executed May 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Lynda Lyon Block Executed May 10, 2002 by Electric Chair in Alabama".
- ^ "Leslie Dale Martin Executed May 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Louisiana".
- ^ "Ronford Lee Styron Jr. Executed May 16, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Johnny Joe Martinez Executed May 22, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Napoleon Beazley Executed May 28, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Stanley Allison Baker Jr. Executed May 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Walter Mickens Jr. Executed June 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Daniel Earl Reneau Executed June 13, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Robert Otis Coulson Executed June 25, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Jeffery Lynn Williams Executed June 26, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Tracy Alan Hansen Executed July 17, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".
- ^ "Randall Eugene Cannon Executed July 23, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Earl Alexander Frederick Sr. Executed July 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Richard William Kutzner Executed August 7, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "T. J. Jones Executed August 8, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Javier Suarez Medina Executed August 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Daniel Anthony Basile Executed August 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "Wallace Marvin Fugate III Executed August 16, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "Gary Wayne Etheridge Executed August 20, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Anthony Green Executed August 23, 2002 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
- ^ "Toronto Markkey Patterson Executed August 28, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Tony Lee Walker Executed September 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Michael Joseph Passaro Executed September 13, 2002 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
- ^ "Jessie Joe Patrick Executed September 17, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Ron Scott Shamburger Executed September 18, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Rex Warren Mays Executed September 24, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Robert Anthony Buell Executed September 25, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
- ^ "Calvin Eugene King Executed September 25, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "James Rexford Powell Executed October 1, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco Executed October 2, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "Aileen Carol Wuornos Executed October 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "William Howard Putman Executed November 13, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "Mir Aimal Kasi Executed November 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Craig Neil Ogan Jr. Executed November 19, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "William Robert Jones Jr. Executed November 20, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
- ^ "William Wesley Chappell Executed November 20, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Leonard Uresti Rojas Executed December 4, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Ernest West Basden Executed December 6, 2002 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "Linroy Bottoson Executed December 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "Desmond Keith Carter Executed December 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
- ^ "Jerry Lynn McCracken Executed December 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "James Paul Collier Executed December 11, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Jessie Derrell Williams Executed December 11, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".
- ^ "Jay Wesley Neill Executed December 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Anthony Keith Johnson Executed December 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Alabama".
- ^ "Ernest Marvin Carter Jr. Executed December 17, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
Preceded by 2001 |
List of people executed in the United States in 2002 |
Succeeded by 2003 |