This is a list of people executed in Georgia. Since 1976, a total of 77 people have been executed by the state of Georgia in the United States.
List of people executed in Georgia since 1976
No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
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1 | John Eldon Smith | White | 53 | M | December 15, 1983 | Bibb | Electrocution | Ronald Akins and Juanita Akins | Joe Frank Harris |
2 | Ivon Ray Stanley | Black | 28 | M | July 12, 1984 | Decatur | Clifford Floyd | ||
3 | Alpha Otis O'Daniel Stephens | Black | 39 | M | December 12, 1984 | Bleckley | Roy Asbell | ||
4 | Roosevelt Green Jr. | Black | 28 | M | January 9, 1985 | Monroe | Teresa Carol Allen | ||
5 | Van Roosevelt Solomon | Black | 41 | M | February 20, 1985 | Cobb | Roger Dennis Tackett | ||
6 | John C. Young | Black | 28 | M | March 20, 1985 | Bibb | Coleman Brice, Gladys Brice, and Katie Davis | ||
7 | Jerome Bowden | Black | 34 | M | June 24, 1986 | Muscogee | Kathryn Stryker | ||
8 | Joseph Holcombe Mulligan | Black | 35 | M | May 15, 1987 | Marion Jones Miller | |||
9 | Richard Tucker Jr. | Black | 44 | M | May 22, 1987 | Bibb | Edna Sandefur | ||
10 | William Boyd Tucker | White | 31 | M | May 29, 1987 | Muscogee | Kathleen Parry | ||
11 | William "Billy" Mitchell | Black | 35 | M | September 2, 1987 | Worth | Christopher Carr | ||
12 | Timothy Wesley McCorquodale | White | 35 | M | September 21, 1987 | Fulton | Donna Marie Dixon | ||
13 | James Norbon Messer Jr. | White | 34 | M | July 28, 1988 | Polk | Rhonda Tanner | ||
14 | Henry Willis III | Black | 36 | M | May 18, 1989 | Berrien | Police chief of Ray City James Edward Giddens | ||
15 | Warren McCleskey | Black | 44 | M | September 25, 1991 | Fulton | Atlanta Police Officer Frank Schlatt | Zell Miller | |
16 | Thomas Dean Stevens | White | 36 | M | June 28, 1993 | Wayne | Roger Honeycutt | ||
17 | Christopher Allen Burger | White | 33 | M | December 7, 1993 | ||||
18 | William Henry Hance | Black | 42 | M | March 31, 1994 | Muscogee | Gail Jackson, a/k/a Gail Faison and Irene Thirkield | ||
19 | Nicholas Lee Ingram | White | 31 | M | April 7, 1995 | Cobb | J. C. Sawyer | ||
20 | Darrell Gene Devier | White | 39 | M | May 17, 1995 | Floyd | Mary Frances Stoner | ||
21 | Larry Grant Lonchar | White | 45 | M | November 14, 1996 | DeKalb | Charles Smith, Steven Smith and Margaret Sweat | ||
22 | Ellis Wayne Felker | White | 48 | M | November 15, 1996 | Houston | Evelyn Joy Ludlam | ||
23 | David Loomus Cargill | White | 39 | M | June 10, 1998 | Muscogee | Cheryl Williams and Danny Williams | ||
24 | Terry Michael Mincey | White | 40 | M | October 25, 2001 | Bibb | Lethal injection | Paulette Riggs | Roy Barnes |
25 | Jose Martinez High | Black | 45 | M | November 6, 2001 | Taliaferro | Bonnie Bulloch | ||
26 | Fred Marion Gilreath Jr. | White | 63 | M | November 15, 2001 | Cobb | Linda Gilreath and Gerrit Van Leeuwen | ||
27 | Byron Ashley Parker | White | 41 | M | December 11, 2001 | Douglas | Christy Ann Griffith | ||
28 | Ronald Keith Spivey | White | 62 | M | January 24, 2002 | Muscogee | Charles McCook and Bill Watson | ||
29 | Tracy Lee Housel | White | 43 | M | March 12, 2002 | Gwinnett | Carolyn Jean Dellinger Drew | ||
30 | Wallace Marvin Fugate III | White | 52 | M | August 16, 2002 | Putnam | Pattie Dianne Fugate | ||
31 | William Howard Putman | White | 59 | M | November 13, 2002 | Cook | David Hardin, Katie Back, and William Gerald Hodges | ||
32 | Larry Eugene Moon | White | 57 | M | March 25, 2003 | Catoosa | Ricky Callahan | Sonny Perdue | |
33 | Carl Junior Isaacs | White | 49 | M | May 6, 2003 | Seminole | 6 murder victims | ||
34 | James Willie Brown | White | 55 | M | November 4, 2003 | Gwinnett | Brenda Sue Watson | ||
35 | Robert Karl Hicks | White | 47 | M | July 1, 2004 | Spalding | Toni Strickland Rivers | ||
36 | Eddie Albert Crawford | White | 47 | M | July 19, 2004 | Leslie Michelle English | |||
37 | Timothy Don Carr | White | 34 | M | January 25, 2005 | Monroe | Keith Patrick Young | ||
38 | Stephen Anthony Mobley | White | 39 | M | March 1, 2005 | Hall | John C. Collins | ||
39 | Robert Dale Conklin | White | 44 | M | July 12, 2005 | Fulton | George Grant Crooks | ||
40 | John Washington Hightower | Black | 63 | M | June 26, 2007 | Morgan | Dorothy Hightower, Evelyn Reaves, and Sandra Reaves | ||
41 | William Earl Lynd | White | 53 | M | May 6, 2008 | Berrien | Ginger Moore | ||
42 | Curtis Osborne | Black | 38 | M | June 4, 2008 | Spalding | Arthur Jones and Linda Lisa Seaborne | ||
43 | Jack Edward Alderman | White | 57 | M | September 16, 2008 | Chatham | Barbara Jean Alderman | ||
44 | Robert L. Newland | White | 65 | M | March 10, 2009 | Glynn | Carol Sanders Beatty | ||
45 | William Mark Mize | White | 52 | M | April 29, 2009 | Oconee | Eddie Tucker | ||
46 | Mark Howard McClain | White | 42 | M | October 20, 2009 | Richmond | Kevin Brown | ||
47 | Melbert Ray Ford Jr. | White | 49 | M | June 9, 2010 | Newton | Martha Chapman Matich and Lisa Chapman | ||
48 | Brandon Joseph Rhode | White | 31 | M | September 27, 2010 | Jones | Steven Moss, Bryan Moss, and Kristin Moss | ||
49 | Emmanuel Fitzgerald Hammond | Black | 45 | M | January 25, 2011 | Fulton | Julie Love | Nathan Deal | |
50 | Roy Willard Blankenship | White | 55 | M | June 23, 2011 | Chatham | Sarah Mims Bowen | ||
51 | Andrew Grant DeYoung | White | 37 | M | July 21, 2011 | Cobb | Gary DeYoung, Kathy DeYoung, and Sarah DeYoung | ||
52 | Troy Anthony Davis | Black | 42 | M | September 21, 2011 | Chatham | Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail | ||
53 | Andrew Allen Cook | White | 38 | M | February 21, 2013 | Monroe | Michele Cartagena and Grant Hendrickson | ||
54 | Marcus Alfonso Wellons | Black | 58 | M | June 17, 2014 | Cobb | India Roberts | ||
55 | Robert Wayne Holsey | Black | 49 | M | December 9, 2014 | Baldwin | Baldwin County Sheriff's Deputy Will Robinson | ||
56 | Andrew Howard Brannan | White | 66 | M | January 13, 2015 | Laurens | Laurens County Sheriff's Deputy Kyle Dinkheller | ||
57 | Warren Lee Hill Jr. | Black | 54 | M | January 27, 2015 | Lee | Joseph Handspike | ||
58 | Kelly Renee Gissendaner | White | 47 | F | September 30, 2015 | Gwinnett | Douglas Gissendaner | ||
59 | Marcus Ray Johnson | White | 50 | M | November 19, 2015 | Dougherty | Angela Sizemore | ||
60 | Brian Keith Terrell | Black | 47 | M | December 9, 2015 | Newton | John Watson | ||
61 | Brandon Astor Jones | Black | 72 | M | February 3, 2016 | Cobb | Roger Dennis Tackett | ||
62 | Travis Clinton Hittson | White | 45 | M | February 17, 2016 | Houston | Navy Officer Conway Utterbeck | ||
63 | Joshua Daniel Bishop | White | 41 | M | March 31, 2016 | Baldwin | Leverett Lewis Morrison | ||
64 | Kenneth Earl Fults | Black | 47 | M | April 12, 2016 | Spalding | Cathy Bounds | ||
65 | Daniel Anthony Lucas | White | 37 | M | April 27, 2016 | Jones | Steven Moss, Bryan Moss, and Kristin Moss | ||
66 | John Wayne Conner | White | 60 | M | July 15, 2016 | Dodge | J. T. White | ||
67 | Gregory Paul Lawler | White | 63 | M | October 19, 2016 | Fulton | Atlanta Police Officer John Richard Sowa | ||
68 | Steven Frederick Spears | White | 54 | M | November 16, 2016 | Lumpkin | Sherri Holland | ||
69 | William Cary Sallie | White | 50 | M | December 6, 2016 | Bacon | John Lee Moore | ||
70 | John "J.W." Ledford Jr. | White | 46 | M | May 17, 2017 | Murray | Harry Buchanan Johnston | ||
71 | Carlton Michael Gary | Black | 67 | M | March 15, 2018 | Muscogee | 7 murder victims | ||
72 | Robert Earl Butts Jr. | Black | 40 | M | May 4, 2018 | Baldwin | Corrections Officer Donovan Corey Parks | ||
73 | Scotty Garnell Morrow | Black | 52 | M | May 2, 2019 | Hall | Barbara Ann Young and Tonya Woods | Brian Kemp | |
74 | Marion Wilson Jr. | Black | 42 | M | June 20, 2019 | Baldwin | Corrections Officer Donovan Corey Parks | ||
75 | Ray Jefferson Cromartie | Black | 52 | M | November 13, 2019 | Thomas | Richard Slysz | ||
76 | Donnie Cleveland Lance | White | 66 | M | January 29, 2020 | Jackson | Sabrina Lance and Dwight Wood Jr. | ||
77 | Willie James Pye | Black | 59 | M | March 20, 2024 | Spalding | Alicia Lynn Yarbrough |
Demographics
Race | ||
---|---|---|
White | 48 | 62% |
Black | 29 | 38% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 3 | 4% |
30–39 | 20 | 26% |
40–49 | 26 | 34% |
50–59 | 18 | 23% |
60–69 | 9 | 12% |
70–79 | 1 | 1% |
Sex | ||
Male | 76 | 99% |
Female | 1 | 1% |
Date of execution | ||
1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
1980–1989 | 14 | 18% |
1990–1999 | 9 | 12% |
2000–2009 | 23 | 30% |
2010–2019 | 29 | 38% |
2020–2029 | 2 | 3% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 54 | 70% |
Electrocution | 23 | 30% |
Governor (Party) | ||
George Busbee (D) | 0 | 0% |
Joe Frank Harris (D) | 14 | 18% |
Zell Miller (D) | 9 | 12% |
Roy Barnes (D) | 8 | 10% |
Sonny Perdue (R) | 17 | 22% |
Nathan Deal (R) | 24 | 31% |
Brian Kemp (R) | 5 | 6% |
Total | 77 | 100% |
Record number of executions
In 2016, the State of Georgia executed nine people. This set a record for the most executions conducted in Georgia in a calendar year. The same year, Texas only executed seven people, the first time it did not lead the nation in executions since 2001 (when it ranked behind Oklahoma). Prior to this, the most executions conducted in the state were five executions. This happened in 1987 and again in 2015.
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 State Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a pardon saying a verdict of manslaughter would have been more appropriate.
- The first individual electrocuted for a crime and sentenced to death (in Georgia) was Howard Henson, a black male, for rape and robbery; by electrocution on September 13, 1924, in DeKalb County. (See http://genealogytrails.com/geo/executions3.html through http://genealogytrails.com/geo/executions5.html.)
See also
- Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Capital punishment in the United States
- Furman v. Georgia, the 1972 United States Supreme Court case that led to a de facto moratorium on capital punishment throughout the United States; the moratorium came to an end when Gregg v. Georgia was decided in 1976
- Gregg v. Georgia, the 1976 United States Supreme Court decision ending the de facto moratorium on the death penalty imposed by the Court in its 1972 decision Furman v. Georgia
- List of death row inmates in Georgia
- List of most recent executions by jurisdiction
- List of people executed in the United States in 2015
- List of people executed in the United States in 2016
- List of women executed in the United States since 1976
Notes
- The 6 victims were: Jerry Alday, Ned Alday, Jimmy Alday, Mary Alday, Chester Alday, and Aubrey Alday.
- The 7 victims were: Ferne Jackson, Jean Dimenstein, Florence Scheible, Martha Thurmond, Kathleen Woodruff, Mildred Borom, and Janet Cofer.
References
- "Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- "Lonchar v. State". Justia.