List of people executed in Oklahoma
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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Oklahoma since 1976.
The total amounts to 129 people, and all were executed by lethal injection.{{cite web|url=https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/database/executions?state=Oklahoma&federal=No|title=Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center|publisher=Death Penalty Information Center|access-date=June 20, 2020}} Of the 129 people, 126 were male and 3 were female, all of whom had been convicted of first-degree murder.
List of people executed in Oklahoma since 1976
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! style="background:#ADD8E6; width:22%;"|Name ! style="background:#ADD8E6" width="8%;"|Race ! style="background:#ADD8E6" width="3%;" |Age ! style="background:#ADD8E6" width="3%;" |Sex ! style="background:#ADD8E6; width:12%;"|Date of execution ! style="background:#ADD8E6; width:12%;"|County ! style="background:#ADD8E6; width:30%;"|Victim(s) |
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colspan="8" style="background-color:#ADD8E6"|Under the Governorship of Henry Bellmon – 1 execution |
1
|White |43 |M |September 10, 1990 |John Seward and Roxie Seward{{efn|Coleman was never tried for the murder of Roxie Seward, however the couple was killed in the same incident.}} |
colspan="8" style="background-color:#ADD8E6"|Under the Governorship of David Walters – 2 executions |
2
|Robyn Leroy Parks |Black |37 |M |March 10, 1992 |Abdullah Ibrahim |
3
|Olan Randle Robison |White |46 |M |March 13, 1992 |Shiela Lovejoy, Averil Bourque, and Robert Swinford |
colspan="8" style="background-color:#ADD8E6"|Under the Governorship of Frank Keating – 52 executions |
4
|White |32 |M |March 20, 1995 |Hilda Johnson |
5
|White |43 |M |July 1, 1995 |9 murder victims{{efn|The 9 victims were: Melvin Lorenz, Linda Lorenz, Richard Lorenz, Isaac Freeman, Louis Zacarias, Terri Horst, David Salsman, Anthony Tew, and David Lindsey.}} |
6
|White |40 |M |August 11, 1995 |Marie Stubbs |
7
|Benjamin Brewer |White |38 |M |April 26, 1996 |Karen Joyce Stapleton |
8
|White |42 |M |August 9, 1996 |Richard Douglass and Marilyn Douglass |
9
|Native American |22 |M |May 8, 1997 |A.J. Kelley |
10
|Michael Edward Long |White |35 |M |February 20, 1998 |Sheryl Graber and Andrew Graber |
11
|Stephen Edward Wood |White |38 |M |August 5, 1998 |Robert B. Brigden |
12
|Tuan Anh Nguyen |Asian |39 |M |December 10, 1998 |Donna Nguyen, Amanda White, and Joseph White |
13
|John Wayne Duvall |White |47 |M |December 17, 1998 |Karla Duvall |
14
|John Walter Castro Sr.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/d8653783cba2ca96bf11181bc2d98094|title=Okla. Executes Convicted Killer|work=Associated Press}} |Native American |37 |M |January 7, 1999 |Kay |Beulah Grace Sissons Cox and Rhonda Pappan |
15
|White |29 |M |February 4, 1999 | rowspan="2"|Oklahoma |Paul Bellofatto, Vonda Bellofatto, and Robert Bower |
16
|Scotty Lee Moore |White |42 |M |June 3, 1999 |Alex Fernandez |
17
|Norman Lee Newsted |White |45 |M |July 8, 1999 |Larry Donnell Buckley |
18
|Cornel Cooks |Black |43 |M |December 2, 1999 |Jennie Elva Ridling |
19
|Bobby Lynn Ross |Black |41 |M |December 9, 1999 |Elk City Police Sergeant Steven Leroy Mahan |
20
|Malcolm Rent Johnson |Black |41 |M |January 6, 2000 |Ura Alma Thompson |
21
|Gary Alan Walker |White |46 |M |January 13, 2000 |6 murder victims{{efn|The 6 victims were: Eddie O. Cash, Valerie Shaw-Hartzell, Jane Hilburn, Janet Jewell, Margaret Bell Lydick, and DeRonda Gay Roy.}} |
22
|Michael Donald Roberts |Black |41 |M |February 10, 2000 |Lula Mae Brooks |
23
|Kelly Lamont Rogers |Black |31 |M |March 23, 2000 |Karen Marie Lauffenburger |
24
|Ronald Keith Boyd |Black |43 |M |April 27, 2000 |Oklahoma City Police Officer Richard Oldham Riggs |
25
|Charles Adrian Foster |Black |51 |M |May 25, 2000 |Claude Wiley |
26
|James Glenn Robedeaux |Native American |51 |M |June 1, 2000 |rowspan="3"|Oklahoma |Nancy Rose Lee McKinney |
27
|Roger James Berget |White |39 |M |June 8, 2000 |Rick Lee Patterson |
28
|William Clifford Bryson |Black |29 |M |June 15, 2000 |James Earl Plantz |
29
|Gregg Francis Braun{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/07/20/Killer-of-five-executed/4672964065600/|title=Killer of five executed|work=United Press International}} |White |39 |M |July 20, 2000 |5 murder victims{{efn|The 5 victims were: Gwendolyn Sue Miller, Barbara Kochendorfer, Mary Rains, Pete Spurrier, and Geraldine Valdez. Braun was executed for Millers murder in Oklahoma, the other 4 victims were killed Kansas, Texas and New Mexico.}} |
30
|George Kent Wallace |White |59 |M |August 10, 2000 |William Von Eric Domer and Mark Anthony McLaughlin |
31
|Eddie Leroy Trice |Black |48 |M |January 9, 2001 |rowspan="2"|Oklahoma |Ernestine Jones |
32
|Black |41 |F |January 11, 2001 |Gloria Jean Leathers |
33
|Floyd Allen Medlock |White |29 |M |January 16, 2001 |Katherine Ann Busch |
34
|Dion Athanasius Smallwood |Native American |31 |M |January 18, 2001 |rowspan="4"|Oklahoma |Lois Frederick |
35
|Mark Andrew Fowler |White |35 |M |January 23, 2001 |rowspan="2"|John Barrier, Rick Cast, and Chumpon Chaowasin |
36
|Billy Ray Fox |White |35 |M |January 25, 2001 |
37
|Loyd Winford Lafevers |White |35 |M |January 30, 2001 |Addie Mae Hawley |
38
|Dorsie Leslie Jones Jr. |White |61 |M |February 1, 2001 |Stanley Eugene Buck Sr. |
39
|Robert William Clayton |White |40 |M |March 1, 2001 |rowspan="2"|Tulsa |Rhonda Kay Timmons |
40
|Ronald Dunaway Fluke |White |52 |M |March 27, 2001 |Ginger Lou Fluke, Kathryn Lee Fluke, and Suzanna Michelle Fluke |
41
|Marilyn Kay Plantz |White |40 |F |May 1, 2001 |James Earl Plantz |
42
|Terrance Anthony James |Native American |41 |M |May 22, 2001 |Mark Allen Berry |
43
|Vincent Allen Johnson |Black |42 |M |May 29, 2001 |Shirley Mooneyham |
44
|Jerald Wayne Harjo |Native American |40 |M |July 17, 2001 |Ruth Porter |
45
|Jack Dale Walker |White |35 |M |August 28, 2001 |Shelly Deann Ellison and Donald Gary Epperson |
46
|Alvie James Hale Jr. |White |53 |M |October 18, 2001 |William Jeffery Perry |
47
|Lois Nadean Smith |White |61 |F |December 4, 2001 |Cindy Baillee |
48
|Sahib Lateef Al-Mosawi |Asian |53 |M |December 6, 2001 |rowspan="6"|Oklahoma |Inaam Al-Nashi and Mohammed Al-Nashi |
49
|John Joseph Romano |White |43 |M |January 29, 2002 |rowspan="2"|Roger Joel Sarfaty and Lloyd Thompson |
50
|David Wayne Woodruff |White |42 |M |January 31, 2002 |
51
|Randall Eugene Cannon |White |42 |M |July 23, 2002 |Addie Mae Hawley |
52
|Earl Alexander Frederick Sr. |White |51 |M |July 30, 2002 |Bradford Lee Beck |
53
|Jerry Lynn McCracken{{cite web | url=http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/mccracken815.htm | title=Jerry Lynn McCracken | publisher=clarkprosecutor.org | access-date=May 1, 2012}} |White |35 |M |December 10, 2002 |4 murder victims{{efn|The 4 victims were: Tyrrell Lee Boyd, Steve Allen Smith, Timothy Edward Sheets, and Carol Ann McDaniels.}} |
54
|White |37 |M |December 12, 2002 |Comanche{{efn|Was tried and convicted in Oklahoma County.}} |4 murder victims{{efn|The 4 victims were: Kay Bruno, Jerri Bowles, Joyce Mullenix, and Ralph Zeller.}} |
55
|Ernest Marvin Carter Jr. |Black |36 |M |December 17, 2002 |Eugene Manowski |
colspan="8" style="background-color:#ADD8E6"|Under the Governorship of Brad Henry – 40 executions |
56
|Daniel Juan Revilla |White |34 |M |January 16, 2003 |Mark Gomez |
57
|Bobby Joe Fields |Black |39 |M |February 13, 2003 |rowspan="3"|Oklahoma |Louise J. Schem |
58
|Walanzo Deon Robinson |Black |31 |M |March 18, 2003 |Dennis Eugene Hill |
59
|Black |49 |M |March 25, 2003 |Sylvia Stokes and Drusilla Morgan |
60
|White |32 |M |April 3, 2003 |Michael William Houghton and Laura Lee Sanders |
61
|Don Wilson Hawkins Jr. |White |43 |M |April 8, 2003 |rowspan="2"|Oklahoma |Linda Ann Thompson |
62
|Larry Kenneth Jackson |Black |40 |M |April 17, 2003 |Wendy Cade |
63
|White |62 |M |May 27, 2003 |Richard Denney and Virginia Denney |
64
|Kenneth Chad Charm |Black |37 |M |June 5, 2003 |Brandy Crystian Hill |
65
|White |31 |M |July 1, 2003 |4 murder victims{{efn|The 4 victims were: Roxanne Lynn Ruddell, William Brewer, Flossie Brewer and Ruth Loader, Gilbert was executed for Ruddell's murder in Oklahoma. The other victims were killed in Missouri and Ohio}}{{cite news|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2003/07/02/ohio-man-executed-for-killing-security-guard-in-1994/62036886007/|title=Ohio man executed for killing security guard in 1994|last=Dickerson|first=Jessica|agency=The Oklahoman}} |
66
|Robert Don Duckett |White |39 |M |July 8, 2003 |John E. Howard |
67
|Bryan Anthony Toles |Black |31 |M |July 22, 2003 |rowspan="2"|Comanche |Juan Franceschi and Lonnie Franceschi |
68
|Jackie Lee Willingham |White |33 |M |July 24, 2003 |Jayne Ellen Van Wey |
69
|Harold Loyd McElmurry III |White |33 |M |July 29, 2003 |Rosa Vivien Pendley and Robert Pendley |
70
|Tyrone Peter Darks |Black |39 |M |January 13, 2004 |Sherry Goodlow |
71
|Norman Richard Cleary |White |38 |M |February 17, 2004 |Wanda Neafus |
72
|David Jay Brown |White |49 |M |March 9, 2004 |Eldon Lee McGuire |
73
|Hung Thanh Le |Asian |37 |M |March 23, 2004 |Hai Hong Nguyen |
74
|Robert Leroy Bryan |White |63 |M |June 8, 2004 |Mildred Inabell Bryan |
75
|Windel Ray Workman |White |46 |M |August 26, 2004 |rowspan="3"|Oklahoma |Amanda Hollman |
76
|Jimmie Ray Slaughter |White |57 |M |March 15, 2005 |Melody Sue Wuertz and Jessica Rae Wuertz |
77
|George James Miller Jr. |Black |37 |M |May 12, 2005 |Gary Kent Dodd |
78
|Michael Lannier Pennington |Black |37 |M |July 19, 2005 |Bradley Thomas Grooms |
79
|Kenneth Eugene Turrentine |Black |52 |M |August 11, 2005 |4 murder victims{{efn|The 4 victims were: Avon Stevenson, Anita Richardson, Tina Pennington, and Martise Richardson.}} |
80
|Richard Alford Thornburg Jr. |White |40 |M |April 18, 2006 |Jim Poteet, Terry Shepard, and Kevin Smith |
81
|John Albert Boltz |White |74 |M |June 1, 2006 |Doug Kirby |
82
|Eric Allen Patton |Black |49 |M |August 29, 2006 |Charlene Kauer |
83
|James Patrick Malicoat |White |31 |M |August 31, 2006 |Tessa Leadford |
84
|Corey Duane Hamilton |Black |38 |M |January 9, 2007 |4 murder victims{{efn|The 4 victims were: Joseph Gooch, Theodore Kindley, Senaida Lara, and Steven Williams.}} |
85
|Jimmy Dale Bland |White |49 |M |June 26, 2007 |Doyle Windle Rains |
86
|Frank Duane Welch |White |46 |M |August 21, 2007 |Jo Talley Cooper and Debra Anne Stevens |
87
|White |47 |M |June 17, 2008 |Ken Yamamoto |
88
|Jessie James Cummings Jr. |White |52 |M |September 25, 2008 |Melissa Moody |
89
|Darwin Demond Brown |Black |32 |M |January 22, 2009 |Richard Kevin Yost |
90
|Donald Lee Gilson |White |48 |M |May 14, 2009 |Shane Coffman |
91
|Michael Paul DeLozier |White |32 |M |July 9, 2009 |Orville Lewis Bullard and Paul Steven Morgan |
92
|Julius Ricardo Young |Black |60 |M |January 14, 2010 |Joyland Morgan and Kewan Morgan |
93
|Donald Ray Wackerly II |White |41 |M |October 14, 2010 |Pan Sayakhoummane |
94
|White |58 |M |December 16, 2010 |Curtis Wise |
95
|Billy Don Alverson |Black |39 |M |January 6, 2011 |Richard Kevin Yost |
colspan="8" style="background-color:#ADD8E6"|Under the Governorship of Mary Fallin – 17 executions |
96
|Jeffrey David Matthews |White |38 |M |January 11, 2011 |Otis Earl Short |
97
|Gary Roland Welch |White |49 |M |January 5, 2012 |Robert Dean Hardcastle |
98
|Timothy Shaun Stemple |White |46 |M |March 15, 2012 |rowspan="2"|Tulsa |Trisha Stemple |
99
|Michael Bascum Selsor |White |57 |M |May 1, 2012 |Clayton Chandler |
100
|Michael Edward Hooper |White |40 |M |August 14, 2012 |Cynthia Jarman, Tonya Jarman, and Timmy Jarman |
101
|Garry Thomas Allen |Black |56 |M |November 6, 2012 |Lawanna Gail Titsworth |
102
|George Ochoa |Hispanic |38 |M |December 4, 2012 |Francisco Morales and Maria Yanez |
103
|Steven Ray Thacker{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/12/oklahoma-executes-man-convicted-in-10-day-rampage-that-left-3-people-dead-in-3.html | title=Oklahoma executes man convicted in 10 day rampage that left 3 people dead in three states | agency=Associated Press | date=March 12, 2013| access-date=March 13, 2013}} |White |42 |M |March 12, 2013 |Laci Dawn Hill, Forrest Reed Boyd, and Ray Patterson{{efn|Thacker was executed for Hill's murder, which took place in Oklahoma; the other two victims were killed in Missouri (for which Thacker received a life sentence) and Tennessee (for which Thacker received a death sentence), respectively.}} |
104
|James Lewis DeRosa |White |36 |M |June 18, 2013 |Curtis Plummer and Gloria Plummer |
105
|Brian Darrell Davis |Black |39 |M |June 25, 2013 |Kay |Josephine Sanford |
106
|Anthony Rozelle Banks |Black |61 |M |September 10, 2013 |Sun Travis |
107
|Ronald Clinton Lott |Black |53 |M |December 10, 2013 |Anna Laura Fowler and Zelma Cutler |
108
|Johnny Dale Black |White |48 |M |December 17, 2013 |Bill Pogue |
109
|Michael Lee Wilson |Black |38 |M |January 9, 2014 |Richard Kevin Yost |
110
|Kenneth Eugene Hogan |White |52 |M |January 23, 2014 |Lisa Stanley |
111
|Black |38 |M |April 29, 2014 |Kay |Stephanie Neiman |
112
|Black |47 |M |January 15, 2015 |Adrianna Waller |
colspan="8" style="background-color:#ADD8E6"|Under the Governorship of Kevin Stitt – 16 executions |
113
|Black |60 |M |October 28, 2021 |Gay Carter |
114
|White |79 |M |December 9, 2021 |rowspan="4"|Oklahoma |
115
|Donald Anthony Grant |Black |46 |M |January 27, 2022 |Brenda McElyea and Felicia Suzette Smith |
116
|White |35 |M |February 17, 2022 |4 murder victims{{efn|The 4 victims were: James Alderson, Terry Smith, Donnie Swindle, and Amy Wright.}} |
117
|White |50 |M |August 25, 2022 |
118
|Benjamin Robert Cole Sr. |White |57 |M |October 20, 2022 |Brianna Victoria Cole |
119
|Richard Stephen Fairchild |White |63 |M |November 17, 2022 |Adam Broomhall |
120
|Scott James Eizember |White |62 |M |January 12, 2023 |Creek{{efn|Was tried and convicted in Canadian County.}} |A.J. Cantrell and Patsy Maye Cantrell |
121
|Jemaine Monteil Cannon |Black |51 |M |July 20, 2023 |Sharonda White Clark |
122
|Hispanic |44 |M |September 21, 2023 |
123
|White |59 |M |November 30, 2023 |rowspan="2"|Oklahoma |James Vincent Lynch III and Robert Lee Jett Jr. |
124
|Black |41 |M |April 4, 2024 |Janet Denise Moore and Sharath Babu Pulluru |
125
|White |66 |M |June 27, 2024 |
126
|Black |52 |M |September 26, 2024 |
127
|White |45 |M |December 19, 2024 |McClain{{efn|Was tried and convicted in Cleveland County.}} |Jamie Rose Bolin |
128
|White |56 |M |March 20, 2025 |Amber Dawn Matthews |
129
|Black |61 |M |June 12, 2025 |
Demographics
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colspan="3" | Race |
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White
| 76 | {{percentage|76|129|0}} |
Black
| 41 | {{percentage|41|129|0}} |
Native American
| 7 | {{percentage|7|129|0}} |
Asian
| 3 | {{percentage|3|129|0}} |
Hispanic
| 2 | {{percentage|2|129|0}} |
colspan="3" | Age |
20–29
| 4 | {{percentage|4|129|0}} |
30–39
| 45 | {{percentage|45|129|0}} |
40–49
| 46 | {{percentage|46|129|0}} |
50–59
| 21 | {{percentage|21|129|0}} |
60–69
| 11 | {{percentage|11|129|0}} |
70–79
| 2 | {{percentage|2|129|0}} |
colspan="3" | Sex |
Male
| 126 | {{percentage|126|129|0}} |
Female
| 3 | {{percentage|3|129|0}} |
colspan="3" | Date of execution |
1976–1979
| 0 | {{percentage|0|129|0}} |
1980–1989
| 0 | {{percentage|0|129|0}} |
1990–1999
| 19 | {{percentage|19|129|0}} |
2000–2009
| 72 | {{percentage|72|129|0}} |
2010–2019
| 21 | {{percentage|21|129|0}} |
2020–2029
| 16 | {{percentage|16|129|0}} |
colspan="3" | Method |
Lethal injection
| 129 | {{percentage|129|129|0}} |
colspan="3" | Governor (Party) |
David Boren (D)
| 0 | {{percentage|0|129|0}} |
George Nigh (D)
| 0 | {{percentage|0|129|0}} |
Henry Bellmon (R)
| 1 | {{percentage|1|129|0}} |
David Walters (D)
| 2 | {{percentage|2|129|0}} |
Frank Keating (R)
| 52 | {{percentage|52|129|0}} |
Brad Henry (D)
| 40 | {{percentage|40|129|0}} |
Mary Fallin (R)
| 17 | {{percentage|17|129|0}} |
Kevin Stitt (R)
| 16 | {{percentage|16|129|0}} |
Total
! 129 ! 100% |
See also
- Capital punishment in Oklahoma
- Capital punishment in the United States
- List of people executed in Oklahoma (pre-1972) – executions before Furman
Notes
{{Notelist}}