List of individuals executed in Virginia
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A total of 98 individuals have been executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1976. All were convicted of capital murder.
| Executed person | Date of execution | Method | Victims | Under Governor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Coppola | August 10, 1982 | electric chair | Muriel Hatchell | Chuck Robb |
| 2 | Linwood Earl Briley | October 12, 1984 | electric chair | John Gallaher | Chuck Robb |
| 3 | James Dyral Briley | April 18, 1985 | electric chair | Judy Barton and Harvey Barton | Chuck Robb |
| 4 | Morris Mason | June 25, 1985 | electric chair | Margaret Hand | Chuck Robb |
| 5 | Michael Marnell Smith | July 31, 1986 | electric chair | Audrey Jean Weiler | Gerald L. Baliles |
| 6 | Richard Whitley | July 6, 1987 | electric chair | Phoebe Parsons | Gerald L. Baliles |
| 7 | Earl Clanton | April 14, 1988 | electric chair | Wilhemina Smith | Gerald L. Baliles |
| 8 | Alton Waye | August 30, 1989 | electric chair | Laverne Marshall | Gerald L. Baliles |
| 9 | Richard Ricky Boggs | July 19, 1990 | electric chair | Treeby Shaw | Douglas Wilder |
| 10 | Wilbert Evans | October 17, 1990 | electric chair | sheriff deputy William Truesdale | Douglas Wilder |
| 11 | Buddy Earl Justus | December 13, 1990[1] | electric chair | Ida Mae Moses. | Douglas Wilder |
| 12 | Albert Clozza | July 24, 1991[2] | electric chair | Patricia Ann Bolton. | Douglas Wilder |
| 13 | Derick Lynn Peterson | August 22, 1991 | electric chair | Howard Kauffman | Douglas Wilder |
| 14 | Roger Keith Coleman | May 20, 1992 | electric chair | Wanda Fay McCoy | Douglas Wilder |
| 15 | Edward Fitzgerald | July 23, 1992 | electric chair | Patricia Cubbage | Douglas Wilder |
| 16 | Willie Jones | September 11, 1992 | electric chair | Graham Adkins and Myra Adkins | Douglas Wilder |
| 17 | Timothy Dale Bunch | December 10, 1992 | electric chair | Su Cha Thomas | Douglas Wilder |
| 18 | Charles Stamper | January 19, 1993 | electric chair | Franklin Cooley, Agnes Hicks and Stephen Staples | Douglas Wilder |
| 19 | Syvasky Poyner | March 18, 1993 | electric chair | Joyce Baldwin, Louise Paulett, Chestine Brooks, Vicki Ripple, and Carolyn Hedrick | Douglas Wilder |
| 20 | Andrew Chabrol | June 17, 1993 | electric chair | Lisa Harrington | Douglas Wilder |
| 21 | Joe Louis Wise, Sr. | September 14, 1993 | electric chair | William Ricketson. | Douglas Wilder |
| 22 | David Pruett | December 16, 1993 | electric chair | Wilma Harvey and Debra McInnis | Douglas Wilder |
| 23 | Johnny Watkins | March 3, 1994 | electric chair | Betty Barker and Carl Buchanan | George Felix Allen |
| 24 | Timothy Wilson Spencer | April 27, 1994 | electric chair | Susan Tucker, Debbie Davis, Susan Hellams, and Diane Cho | George Felix Allen |
| 25 | Dana Ray Edmonds | January 24, 1995 | lethal injection | John Elliot | George Felix Allen |
| 26 | Willie Lloyd Turner | May 26, 1995 | lethal injection | W. Jack Smith, Jr. | George Felix Allen |
| 27 | Dennis Wayne Stockton | September 27, 1995 | lethal injection | Kenneth Arnde and Ronnie Lee Tate | George Felix Allen |
| 28 | Mickey Wayne Davidson | October 19, 1995 | lethal injection | Doris Davidson, Mamie Clatterbuck, and Tammy Clatterbuck | George Felix Allen |
| 29 | Herman Barnes | November 13, 1995 | lethal injection | Clyde Jenkins and Mohammed Afifi | George Felix Allen |
| 30 | Walter Correl | January 4, 1996 | lethal injection | Charles Bousman, Jr. | George Felix Allen |
| 31 | Richard Townes | January 23, 1996 | lethal injection | Virginia Goebel | George Felix Allen |
| 32 | Joseph J. Savino | July 17, 1996 | lethal injection | Thomas McWalters | George Felix Allen |
| 33 | Ronald B. Bennett | November 21, 1996 | lethal injection | Anne Keller Vaden | George Felix Allen |
| 34 | Gregory W. Beaver | December 4, 1996 | lethal injection | state trooper Leo Whitt | George Felix Allen |
| 35 | Larry Stout | December 10, 1996 | lethal injection | Jacqueline Kooshian | George Felix Allen |
| 36 | Lem Davis Tuggle Jr. | December 12, 1996 | lethal injection | Jessie Geneva Havens | George Felix Allen |
| 37 | Ronald L. Hoke | December 16, 1996 | lethal injection | Virginia Stell | George Felix Allen |
| 38 | Michael Carl George | February 6, 1997 | lethal injection | Alexander Sztanko | George Felix Allen |
| 39 | Coleman Wayne Gray | February 26, 1997 | lethal injection | Richard McClelland | George Felix Allen |
| 40 | Roy Bruce Smith | July 17, 1997 | lethal injection | Manassas police officer John Conner | George Felix Allen |
| 41 | Joseph Roger O'Dell | July 23, 1997 | lethal injection | Helen Schartner | George Felix Allen |
| 42 | Carlton J. Pope | August 19, 1997 | lethal injection | Cynthia Gray | George Felix Allen |
| 43 | Mario Murphy | September 17, 1997 | lethal injection | James Radcliff | George Felix Allen |
| 44 | Dawud M. Mu'Min | November 13, 1997 | lethal injection | Gladys Nopwasky | George Felix Allen |
| 45 | Michael Satcher | December 9, 1997 | lethal injection | Ann Borghesani | George Felix Allen |
| 46 | Thomas Beavers | December 11, 1997 | lethal injection | Marguerite Lowery | George Felix Allen |
| 47 | Tony A. Mackall | February 10, 1998 | lethal injection | Mary Elizabeth Dahn | Jim Gilmore |
| 48 | Douglas Buchanan | March 18, 1998 | lethal injection | Douglas Buchanan, Sr., Donald Buchanan, J. J. Buchanan, and Geraldine Buchanan | Jim Gilmore |
| 49 | Ronald Watkins | March 25, 1998 | lethal injection | William McCauley | Jim Gilmore |
| 50 | Angel F. Breard | April 14, 1998 | lethal injection | Ruth Dickie | Jim Gilmore |
| 51 | Dennis Wayne Eaton | June 18, 1998 | lethal injection | state trooper Jerry Hines, Walter Custer, Jr., Ripley Marston, Sr. and Judith MacDonald | Jim Gilmore |
| 52 | Danny Lee King | July 23, 1998 | lethal injection | Carolyn Rogers | Jim Gilmore |
| 53 | Lance Chandler | August 20, 1998 | lethal injection | Billy Dix | Jim Gilmore |
| 54 | Johnile DuBois | August 31, 1998 | lethal injection | Philip Council | Jim Gilmore |
| 55 | Kenneth Stewart, Jr. | September 23, 1998 | electric chair | Cynthia Stewart and Jonathan Stewart | Jim Gilmore |
| 56 | Dwayne Allen Wright | October 14, 1998 | lethal injection | Saba Tekle | Jim Gilmore |
| 57 | Ronald Fitzgerald | October 21, 1998 | lethal injection | Coy H. White and Hugh Morrison | Jim Gilmore |
| 58 | Kenneth Wilson | November 17, 1998 | lethal injection | Jacqueline Stephens | Jim Gilmore |
| 59 | Kevin W. Cardwell | December 3, 1998 | lethal injection | Anthony Brown | Jim Gilmore |
| 60 | Mark Arlo Sheppard | January 20, 1999 | lethal injection | Richard Rosenbluth and Rebecca Rosenbluth | Jim Gilmore |
| 61 | Tony Fry | February 4, 1999 | lethal injection | Leland A. Jacobs | Jim Gilmore |
| 62 | George A. Quesinberry | March 9, 1999 | lethal injection | Thomas L. Haynes | Jim Gilmore |
| 63 | David Lee Fisher | March 25, 1999 | lethal injection | David William Wilkey | Jim Gilmore |
| 64 | Carl Chichester | April 13, 1999 | lethal injection | Timothy Rigney | Jim Gilmore |
| 65 | Arthur R. Jenkins III | April 20, 1999 | lethal injection | Floyd Jenkins and Lee H. Brinklow | Jim Gilmore |
| 66 | Eric Payne | April 28, 1999 | lethal injection | Ruth Parham and Sally Fazio | Jim Gilmore |
| 67 | Ronald Dale Yeatts | April 29, 1999 | lethal injection | Ruby Meeks Dodson | Jim Gilmore |
| 68 | Tommy David Strickler | July 21, 1999 | lethal injection | Leann Whitlock | Jim Gilmore |
| 69 | Marlon D. Williams | August 17, 1999 | lethal injection | Helen Bedsole | Jim Gilmore |
| 70 | Everett Lee Mueller | September 16, 1999 | lethal injection | Charity Powers | Jim Gilmore |
| 71 | Jason M. Joseph | October 19, 1999 | lethal injection | Jeffrey Anderson | Jim Gilmore |
| 72 | Thomas L. Royal, Jr. | November 9, 1999 | lethal injection | Hampton police officer Kenny Wallace | Jim Gilmore |
| 73 | Andre Graham | December 9, 1999 | lethal injection | Sheryl Stack, Richard Rosenbluth and Rebecca Rosenbluth | Jim Gilmore |
| 74 | Douglas Christopher Thomas | January 10, 2000 | lethal injection | James Baxter Wiseman and Kathy J. Wiseman | Jim Gilmore |
| 75 | Steve Edward Roach | January 13, 2000 | lethal injection | Mary Ann Hughes | Jim Gilmore |
| 76 | Lonnie Weeks, Jr. | March 16, 2000 | lethal injection | state trooper Jose M. Cavazos | Jim Gilmore |
| 77 | Michael David Clagett | July 6, 2000 | electric chair | Lam Van Son, Wendell G. Parish, Jr., Karen Sue Rounds, and Abdelaziz Gren | Jim Gilmore |
| 78 | Russell William Burket | August 30, 2000 | lethal injection | Katherine Tafelski and Ashley Tafelski | Jim Gilmore |
| 79 | Derek Rocco Barnabei | September 14, 2000 | lethal injection | Sarah Wisnosky | Jim Gilmore |
| 80 | Bobby Lee Ramdass | October 10, 2000 | lethal injection | Mohammed Kayani | Jim Gilmore |
| 81 | Christopher Cornelius Goins | December 6, 2000 | lethal injection | Robert Jones, Nicole Jones, David Jones, Daphne Jones, and James Randolph | Jim Gilmore |
| 82 | Thomas Wayne Akers | March 1, 2001 | lethal injection | Wesley Brant Smith | Jim Gilmore |
| 83 | Christopher James Beck | October 18, 2001 | lethal injection | Florence Marie Marks, David Kaplan, and William Miller | Jim Gilmore |
| 84 | James Earl Patterson | March 13, 2002 | lethal injection | Joyce Snead Aldridge | Mark Warner |
| 85 | Daniel Lee Zirkle | April 2, 2002 | lethal injection | Christina Zirkle and Jessica Shiflett | Mark Warner |
| 86 | Walter Mickens, Jr. | June 12, 2002 | lethal injection | Timothy Jason Hall | Mark Warner |
| 87 | Mir Aimal Kasi | November 14, 2002 | lethal injection | Frank Darling and Lansing Bennett | Mark Warner |
| 88 | Earl Conrad Bramblett | April 9, 2003 | electric chair | Blaine Hodges, Teresa Hodges, Winter Hodges, and Anah Hodges | Mark Warner |
| 89 | Bobby Wayne Swisher | July 22, 2003 | lethal injection | Dawn McNees Snyder | Mark Warner |
| 90 | Brian Lee Cherrix | March 18, 2004 | lethal injection | Tessa Van Hart | Mark Warner |
| 91 | Dennis Mitchell Orbe | March 31, 2004 | lethal injection | Richard Burnett | Mark Warner |
| 92 | Mark Wesley Bailey | July 22, 2004 | lethal injection | Katherine Bailey and Nathan Bailey | Mark Warner |
| 93 | James Bryant Hudson | August 18, 2004 | lethal injection | Stanley Cole, Walter Cole and Patsy Cole | Mark Warner |
| 94 | James Edward Reid | September 9, 2004 | lethal injection | Annie Mae Lester | Mark Warner |
| 95 | Dexter Lee Vinson | April 27, 2006 | lethal injection | Angela Felton | Tim Kaine |
| 96 | Brandon Wayne Hedrick | July 20, 2006 | electric chair | Lisa Yvonne Crider | Tim Kaine |
| 97 | Michael William Lenz | July 27, 2006 | lethal injection | Brent H. Parker (inmate) | Tim Kaine |
| 98 | John Yancey Schmitt | November 9, 2006 | lethal injection | Earl Shelton Dunning | Tim Kaine |
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[edit] Notes and References
- ^ This was the last execution held at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, which closed the following day.
- ^ This was the first execution held at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt.
[edit] General reference
- Executions in the United States, Death Penalty Information Center
