List of people executed in Georgia (U.S. state)
A total of 57 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Georgia, United States, since 1976.
List of individuals executed
Executed person | Date of execution | Method | # by Method | Victim(s) | Under Governor | |
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1 | John Eldon Smith | 15 December 1983 | electric chair | 1 | Ronald Akins and Juanita Akins | Joe Frank Harris |
2 | Ivon Ray Stanley | 12 July 1984 | electric chair | 2 | Clifford Floyd | Joe Frank Harris |
3 | Alpha Otis O'Daniel Stephens | 12 December 1984 | electric chair | 3 | Roy Asbell | Joe Frank Harris |
4 | Roosevelt Green, Jr. | 9 January 1985 | electric chair | 4 | Teresa Carol Allen | Joe Frank Harris |
5 | Van Roosevelt Solomon | 20 February 1985 | electric chair | 5 | Roger Dennis Tackett | Joe Frank Harris |
6 | John Young | 20 March 1985 | electric chair | 6 | Coleman Brice, Gladys Brice, and Katie Davis | Joe Frank Harris |
7 | Jerome Bowden | 24 June 1986 | electric chair | 7 | Kathryn Stryker | Joe Frank Harris |
8 | Joseph Mulligan | 15 May 1987 | electric chair | 8 | Marion Jones Miller | Joe Frank Harris |
9 | Richard Tucker, Jr. | 22 May 1987 | electric chair | 9 | Edna Sandefur | Joe Frank Harris |
10 | William Boyd Tucker | 29 May 1987 | electric chair | 10 | Mrs. Perry | Joe Frank Harris |
11 | Billy Mitchell | 2 September 1987 | electric chair | 11 | Christopher Carr and Mrs. James Carr | Joe Frank Harris |
12 | Timothy W. McCorquodale | 21 September 1987 | electric chair | 12 | Donna Marie Dixon | Joe Frank Harris |
13 | James E. Messer, Jr. | 28 July 1988 | electric chair | 13 | Rhonda Tanner | Joe Frank Harris |
14 | Henry Willis III | 18 May 1989 | electric chair | 14 | Police chief of Ray City James "Ed" Giddens | Joe Frank Harris |
15 | Warren McCleskey | 25 September 1991 | electric chair | 15 | Atlanta Police Officer Frank Schlatt | Zell Miller |
16 | Thomas Dean Stevens | 29 June 1993 | electric chair | 16 | Roger Honeycutt | Zell Miller |
17 | Christopher Burger | 7 December 1993 | electric chair | 17 | Roger Honeycutt | Zell Miller |
18 | William Henry Hance | 31 March 1994 | electric chair | 18 | Gail Jackson, a/k/a Gail Faison and Irene Thirkield | Zell Miller |
19 | Nicholas Lee Ingram | 7 April 1995 | electric chair | 19 | J. C. Sawyer | Zell Miller |
20 | Darrel Gene Devier | 17 May 1995 | electric chair | 20 | Mary Frances Stoner | Zell Miller |
21 | Larry Grant Lonchar | 14 November 1996 | electric chair | 21 | Charles Sweat and Steven Smith | Zell Miller |
22 | Ellis Wayne Felker | 15 November 1996 | electric chair | 22 | Evelyn Joy Ludlam | Zell Miller |
23 | David Loomis Cargill | 10 June 1998 | electric chair | 23 | Cheryl Williams and Danny Williams | Zell Miller |
24 | Terry Michael Mincey | 25 October 2001 | lethal injection | 1 | Paulette Riggs | Roy Barnes |
25 | Jose Martinez High | 6 November 2001 | lethal injection | 2 | Henry Phillips and Bonnie Bulloch | Roy Barnes |
26 | Fred Marion Gilreath, Jr. | 15 November 2001 | lethal injection | 3 | Linda Gilreath and Gerrit Van Leeuwen | Roy Barnes |
27 | Byron Ashley Parker | 11 December 2001 | lethal injection | 4 | Christy Ann Griffith | Roy Barnes |
28 | Ronald Keith Spivey | 24 January 2002 | lethal injection | 5 | Charles McCook and Bill Watson | Roy Barnes |
29 | Tracy Lee Housel | 12 March 2002 | lethal injection | 6 | Jean Dellinger Drew | Roy Barnes |
30 | Wallace Marvin Fugate III | 16 August 2002 | lethal injection | 7 | Pattie Dianne Fugate | Roy Barnes |
31 | William Howard Putman | 13 November 2002 | lethal injection | 8 | David Hardin, Katie Back, and William Gerald Hodges | Roy Barnes |
32 | Larry Eugene Moon | 25 March 2003 | lethal injection | 9 | Ricky Callahan | Sonny Perdue |
33 | Carl Junior Isaacs | 6 May 2003 | lethal injection | 10 | Jerry Alday, Ned Alday, Jimmy Alday, Mary Alday, Chester Alday, and Aubrey Alday | Sonny Perdue |
34 | James Willie Brown | 4 November 2003 | lethal injection | 11 | Brenda Sue Watson | Sonny Perdue |
35 | Robert Karl Hicks | 1 July 2004 | lethal injection | 12 | Toni Strickland Rivers | Sonny Perdue |
36 | Eddie Albert Crawford | 19 July 2004 | lethal injection | 13 | His 2 year old niece, Leslie Michelle English | Sonny Perdue |
37 | Timothy Don Carr | 26 January 2005 | lethal injection | 14 | Keith Patrick Young | Sonny Perdue |
38 | Stephen Anthony Mobley | 1 March 2005 | lethal injection | 15 | John C. Collins | Sonny Perdue |
39 | Robert Dale Conklin | 12 July 2005 | lethal injection | 16 | George Grant Crooks | Sonny Perdue |
40 | John Washington Hightower | 26 June 2007 | lethal injection | 17 | Dorothy Hightower, Evelyn Reaves, and Sandra Reaves | Sonny Perdue |
41 | William Earl Lynd | 6 May 2008 | lethal injection | 18 | Ginger Moore | Sonny Perdue |
42 | Curtis Osborne | 4 June 2008 | lethal injection | 19 | Arthur Jones and Linda Lisa Seaborne | Sonny Perdue |
43 | Jack Edward Alderman | 16 September 2008 | lethal injection | 20 | Barbara Jean Alderman | Sonny Perdue |
44 | Robert L. Newland | 10 March 2009 | lethal injection | 21 | Carol Sanders Beatty | Sonny Perdue |
45 | William Mark Mize | 29 April 2009 | lethal injection | 22 | Eddie Tucker | Sonny Perdue |
46 | Mark Howard McClain | 20 October 2009 | lethal injection | 23 | Kevin Brown | Sonny Perdue |
47 | Melbert Ray Ford, Jr. | 9 June 2010 | lethal injection | 24 | Martha Chapman Matich | Sonny Perdue |
48 | Brandon Joseph Rhode | 27 September 2010 | lethal injection | 25 | Steven Moss, Bryan Moss and Kristin Moss | Sonny Perdue |
49 | Emmanuel Fitzgerald Hammond | 25 January 2011 | lethal injection | 26 | Julie Love | Nathan Deal |
50 | Roy Willard Blankenship | 23 June 2011 | lethal injection | 27 | Sarah Mims Bowen | Nathan Deal |
51 | Andrew Grant DeYoung | 21 July 2011 | lethal injection | 28 | Gary DeYoung, Kathy DeYoung and Sarah DeYoung | Nathan Deal |
52 | Troy Anthony Davis | 21 September 2011 | lethal injection | 29 | Savannah, Georgia, police officer Mark MacPhail | Nathan Deal |
53 | Andrew Allen Cook | 21 February 2013 | lethal injection | 30 | Michele Cartagena and Grant Hendrickson | Nathan Deal |
54 | Marcus A. Wellons | 17 June 2014 | lethal injection | 31 | India Roberts | Nathan Deal |
55 | Robert Wayne Holsey | 9 December 2014 | lethal injection | 32 | Baldwin County Sheriff's Deputy Will Robinson | Nathan Deal |
56 | Andrew Howard Brannan | 13 January 2015 | lethal injection | 33 | Kyle Dinkheller | Nathan Deal |
57 | Warren Lee Hill, Jr. | 27 January 2015 | lethal injection | 34 | Joseph Handspike | Nathan Deal |
Prior to 1976
- Lena Baker was an African American maid who was executed on March 5, 1945, for killing her employer. In 2005, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a pardon saying a verdict of manslaughter would have been more appropriate.
See also http://genealogytrails.com/geo/executions3.html through http://genealogytrails.com/geo/executions5.html
Per this record, the first individual electrcuted for a crime and sentenced to death (in Georgia) was Howard HENSON, a BLACK MALE for RAPE-ROBBERY ELECTROCUTION SEP 13 1924 in DE KALB County, Georgia
See also
References
External links
- Georgia Executions. Pro-Death Penalty.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.