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

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; "
style="background:#ADD8E6; width:3%;" |#

! 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)

colspan="8" style="background-color:#ADD8E6"|Under the Governorship of Henry Bellmon – 1 execution
1

|Charles Troy Coleman

|White

|43

|M

|September 10, 1990

|Muskogee

|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

|Oklahoma

|Abdullah Ibrahim

3

|Olan Randle Robison

|White

|46

|M

|March 13, 1992

|Stephens

|Shiela Lovejoy, Averil Bourque, and Robert Swinford

colspan="8" style="background-color:#ADD8E6"|Under the Governorship of Frank Keating – 52 executions
4

|Thomas Joseph Grasso

|White

|32

|M

|March 20, 1995

|Tulsa

|Hilda Johnson

5

|Roger Dale Stafford

|White

|43

|M

|July 1, 1995

|McClain and Oklahoma

|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

|Robert Allen Brecheen {{cite web | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectID=12&articleID=071108_1_CE7_spanc01814 | title=Oklahoma rides the roller coaster with death penalty laws | publisher=Tulsa World | date=November 11, 2007 | access-date=May 1, 2012 | author=BRANSTETTER, ZIVA}}

|White

|40

|M

|August 11, 1995

|Tulsa

|Marie Stubbs

7

|Benjamin Brewer

|White

|38

|M

|April 26, 1996

|Canadian

|Karen Joyce Stapleton

8

|Steven Keith Hatch

|White

|42

|M

|August 9, 1996

|Carter

|Richard Douglass and Marilyn Douglass

9

|Scott Dawn Carpenter

|Native American

|22

|M

|May 8, 1997

|McIntosh

|A.J. Kelley

10

|Michael Edward Long

|White

|35

|M

|February 20, 1998

|Muskogee

|Sheryl Graber and Andrew Graber

11

|Stephen Edward Wood

|White

|38

|M

|August 5, 1998

|Greer

|Robert B. Brigden

12

|Tuan Anh Nguyen

|Asian

|39

|M

|December 10, 1998

|Tulsa

|Donna Nguyen, Amanda White, and Joseph White

13

|John Wayne Duvall

|White

|47

|M

|December 17, 1998

|Stephens

|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

|Sean Richard Sellers

|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

|Osage

|Larry Donnell Buckley

18

|Cornel Cooks

|Black

|43

|M

|December 2, 1999

|Comanche

|Jennie Elva Ridling

19

|Bobby Lynn Ross

|Black

|41

|M

|December 9, 1999

|Roger Mills

|Elk City Police Sergeant Steven Leroy Mahan

20

|Malcolm Rent Johnson

|Black

|41

|M

|January 6, 2000

|Oklahoma

|Ura Alma Thompson

21

|Gary Alan Walker

|White

|46

|M

|January 13, 2000

|Tulsa

|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

|Oklahoma

|Lula Mae Brooks

23

|Kelly Lamont Rogers

|Black

|31

|M

|March 23, 2000

|Payne

|Karen Marie Lauffenburger

24

|Ronald Keith Boyd

|Black

|43

|M

|April 27, 2000

|Oklahoma

|Oklahoma City Police Officer Richard Oldham Riggs

25

|Charles Adrian Foster

|Black

|51

|M

|May 25, 2000

|Muskogee

|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

|Carter

|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

|LeFlore

|William Von Eric Domer and Mark Anthony McLaughlin

31

|Eddie Leroy Trice

|Black

|48

|M

|January 9, 2001

|rowspan="2"|Oklahoma

|Ernestine Jones

32

|Wanda Jean Allen

|Black

|41

|F

|January 11, 2001

|Gloria Jean Leathers

33

|Floyd Allen Medlock

|White

|29

|M

|January 16, 2001

|Canadian

|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

|Comanche

|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

|Oklahoma

|James Earl Plantz

42

|Terrance Anthony James

|Native American

|41

|M

|May 22, 2001

|Muskogee

|Mark Allen Berry

43

|Vincent Allen Johnson

|Black

|42

|M

|May 29, 2001

|Pittsburg

|Shirley Mooneyham

44

|Jerald Wayne Harjo

|Native American

|40

|M

|July 17, 2001

|Seminole

|Ruth Porter

45

|Jack Dale Walker

|White

|35

|M

|August 28, 2001

|Tulsa

|Shelly Deann Ellison and Donald Gary Epperson

46

|Alvie James Hale Jr.

|White

|53

|M

|October 18, 2001

|Pottawatomie

|William Jeffery Perry

47

|Lois Nadean Smith

|White

|61

|F

|December 4, 2001

|Sequoyah

|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

|Jay Wesley Neill

|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

|Oklahoma

|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

|Jackson

|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

|John Michael Hooker

|Black

|49

|M

|March 25, 2003

|Sylvia Stokes and Drusilla Morgan

60

|Scott Allen Hain

|White

|32

|M

|April 3, 2003

|Creek

|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

|Robert Wesley Knighton

|White

|62

|M

|May 27, 2003

|Noble

|Richard Denney and Virginia Denney

64

|Kenneth Chad Charm

|Black

|37

|M

|June 5, 2003

|Comanche

|Brandy Crystian Hill

65

|Lewis Eugene Gilbert II

|White

|31

|M

|July 1, 2003

|Cleveland

|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

|Oklahoma

|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

|McIntosh

|Rosa Vivien Pendley and Robert Pendley

70

|Tyrone Peter Darks

|Black

|39

|M

|January 13, 2004

|Cleveland

|Sherry Goodlow

71

|Norman Richard Cleary

|White

|38

|M

|February 17, 2004

|Tulsa

|Wanda Neafus

72

|David Jay Brown

|White

|49

|M

|March 9, 2004

|Grady

|Eldon Lee McGuire

73

|Hung Thanh Le

|Asian

|37

|M

|March 23, 2004

|Oklahoma

|Hai Hong Nguyen

74

|Robert Leroy Bryan

|White

|63

|M

|June 8, 2004

|Beckham

|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

|Comanche

|Bradley Thomas Grooms

79

|Kenneth Eugene Turrentine

|Black

|52

|M

|August 11, 2005

|Tulsa

|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

|Grady

|Jim Poteet, Terry Shepard, and Kevin Smith

81

|John Albert Boltz

|White

|74

|M

|June 1, 2006

|Pottawatomie

|Doug Kirby

82

|Eric Allen Patton

|Black

|49

|M

|August 29, 2006

|Oklahoma

|Charlene Kauer

83

|James Patrick Malicoat

|White

|31

|M

|August 31, 2006

|Grady

|Tessa Leadford

84

|Corey Duane Hamilton

|Black

|38

|M

|January 9, 2007

|Tulsa

|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

|Tillman

|Doyle Windle Rains

86

|Frank Duane Welch

|White

|46

|M

|August 21, 2007

|Cleveland

|Jo Talley Cooper and Debra Anne Stevens

87

|Terry Lyn Short{{cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/okla-man-executed-for-killing-student/ | title=Oklahoma man executed for killing student| agency= CBS News | date=June 18, 2008 | access-date=February 3, 2021}}

|White

|47

|M

|June 17, 2008

|Oklahoma

|Ken Yamamoto

88

|Jessie James Cummings Jr.

|White

|52

|M

|September 25, 2008

|Choctaw

|Melissa Moody

89

|Darwin Demond Brown

|Black

|32

|M

|January 22, 2009

|Tulsa

|Richard Kevin Yost

90

|Donald Lee Gilson

|White

|48

|M

|May 14, 2009

|Cleveland

|Shane Coffman

91

|Michael Paul DeLozier

|White

|32

|M

|July 9, 2009

|McCurtain

|Orville Lewis Bullard and Paul Steven Morgan

92

|Julius Ricardo Young

|Black

|60

|M

|January 14, 2010

|Tulsa

|Joyland Morgan and Kewan Morgan

93

|Donald Ray Wackerly II

|White

|41

|M

|October 14, 2010

|Sequoyah

|Pan Sayakhoummane

94

|John David Duty

|White

|58

|M

|December 16, 2010

|Pittsburg

|Curtis Wise

95

|Billy Don Alverson

|Black

|39

|M

|January 6, 2011

|Tulsa

|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

|Cleveland

|Otis Earl Short

97

|Gary Roland Welch

|White

|49

|M

|January 5, 2012

|Ottawa

|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

|Canadian

|Cynthia Jarman, Tonya Jarman, and Timmy Jarman

101

|Garry Thomas Allen

|Black

|56

|M

|November 6, 2012

|Pittsburg

|Lawanna Gail Titsworth

102

|George Ochoa

|Hispanic

|38

|M

|December 4, 2012

|Oklahoma

|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

|Mayes

|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

|LeFlore

|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

|Tulsa

|Sun Travis

107

|Ronald Clinton Lott

|Black

|53

|M

|December 10, 2013

|Oklahoma

|Anna Laura Fowler and Zelma Cutler

108

|Johnny Dale Black

|White

|48

|M

|December 17, 2013

|Stephens

|Bill Pogue

109

|Michael Lee Wilson

|Black

|38

|M

|January 9, 2014

|Tulsa

|Richard Kevin Yost

110

|Kenneth Eugene Hogan

|White

|52

|M

|January 23, 2014

|Oklahoma

|Lisa Stanley

111

|Clayton Derrell Lockett

|Black

|38

|M

|April 29, 2014

|Kay

|Stephanie Neiman

112

|Charles Frederick Warner

|Black

|47

|M

|January 15, 2015

|Oklahoma

|Adrianna Waller

colspan="8" style="background-color:#ADD8E6"|Under the Governorship of Kevin Stitt – 16 executions
113

|John Marion Grant

|Black

|60

|M

|October 28, 2021

|Osage

|Gay Carter

114

|Bigler Jobe Stouffer II

|White

|79

|M

|December 9, 2021

|rowspan="4"|Oklahoma

|Linda Kay Reaves

115

|Donald Anthony Grant

|Black

|46

|M

|January 27, 2022

|Brenda McElyea and Felicia Suzette Smith

116

|Gilbert Ray Postelle

|White

|35

|M

|February 17, 2022

|4 murder victims{{efn|The 4 victims were: James Alderson, Terry Smith, Donnie Swindle, and Amy Wright.}}

117

|James Allen Coddington

|White

|50

|M

|August 25, 2022

|Albert Troy Hale

118

|Benjamin Robert Cole Sr.

|White

|57

|M

|October 20, 2022

|Rogers

|Brianna Victoria Cole

119

|Richard Stephen Fairchild

|White

|63

|M

|November 17, 2022

|Oklahoma

|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

|Tulsa

|Sharonda White Clark

122

|Anthony Castillo Sanchez

|Hispanic

|44

|M

|September 21, 2023

|Cleveland

|Jewell Jean "Juli" Busken

123

|Phillip Dean Hancock

|White

|59

|M

|November 30, 2023

|rowspan="2"|Oklahoma

|James Vincent Lynch III and Robert Lee Jett Jr.

124

|Michael Dewayne Smith

|Black

|41

|M

|April 4, 2024

|Janet Denise Moore and Sharath Babu Pulluru

125

|Richard Norman Rojem Jr.

|White

|66

|M

|June 27, 2024

|Washita

|Layla Dawn Cummings

126

|Emmanuel Antonia Littlejohn

|Black

|52

|M

|September 26, 2024

|Oklahoma

|Kenneth Meers

127

|Kevin Ray Underwood

|White

|45

|M

|December 19, 2024

|McClain{{efn|Was tried and convicted in Cleveland County.}}

|Jamie Rose Bolin

128

|Wendell Arden Grissom

|White

|56

|M

|March 20, 2025

|Blaine

|Amber Dawn Matthews

129

|John Fitzgerald Hanson

|Black

|61

|M

|June 12, 2025

|Tulsa

|Mary Agnes Bowles and Jerald Max Thurman

Demographics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
colspan="3" | Race
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

Notes

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References

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