List of individuals executed in Arizona
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The following is a list of individuals executed by the U.S. State
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

since capital punishment
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...

 was resumed in 1976. All of the 28 individuals were convicted of murder
Murder
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 and have been executed
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...

 at Florence State Prison
Arizona State Prison Complex - Florence
Arizona State Prison Complex – Florence also known as Florence State Prison is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections . The main FSP prison is located in Florence, Arizona...

 in Florence
Florence, Arizona
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 17,054 people, 2,226 households, and 1,540 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,056.2 people per square mile . There were 3,216 housing units at an average density of 387.7 per square mile...

, Arizona.
# Executed person Race Age Sex Date of
execution
Method of
execution
Victim(s) Under Governor
1 Donald Eugene Harding White
White people
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43 M 06-Apr-1992 Lethal gas
Gas chamber
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Allen Gage, Robert Wise, and Martin Concannon Fife Symington
Fife Symington III
John Fife Symington III is an American businessman and the former Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona from 1991 until his resignation in 1997.-Background:...

2 John George Brewer White 27 M 03-Mar-1993 Lethal injection
Lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...

Rite Brier Fife Symington
3 James Dean Clark White 35 M 14-Apr-1993 Lethal injection Charles Thumm, Mildred Thumm, Gerald McFerron, and George Martin Fife Symington
4 Jimmie Wayne Jeffers White 49 M 13-Sep-1995 Lethal injection Penelope Cheney Fife Symington
5 Darren Lee Bolton White 29 M 19-Jun-1996 Lethal injection Zosha Lee Picket Fife Symington
6 Luis Morine Mata Latino
Hispanic and Latino Americans
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45 M 22-Aug-1996 Lethal injection Debra Lee Lopez Fife Symington
7 Randy Greenawalt White 47 M 23-Jan-1997 Lethal injection John Lyons, Donnelda Lyons, Christopher Lyons, and Theresa Tyson Fife Symington
8 William Lyle Woratzeck White 51 M 25-Jun-1997 Lethal injection Linda Leslie Fife Symington
9 Jose Jesus Ceja Latino 42 M 21-Jan-1998 Lethal injection Linda Leon and Randy Leon Jane Dee Hull
Jane Dee Hull
Jane Dee Hull was the second woman to serve as Governor of Arizona, the first female Republican governor of the state, and the first woman to be elected to the position.-Biography:...

10 Jose Roberto Villafuerte Latino 45 M 22-Apr-1998 Lethal injection Amelia Shoville Jane Dee Hull
11 Arthur Martin Ross White 43 M 29-Apr-1998 Lethal injection James Ruble Jane Dee Hull
12 Douglas Edward Gretzler White 47 M 03-Jun-1998 Lethal injection Michael Sandsberg and Patricia Sandsberg Jane Dee Hull
13 Jesse James Gillies White 38 M 13-Jan-1999 Lethal injection Suzanne Rossetti Jane Dee Hull
14 Darick Leonard Gerlaugh Native American
Native Americans in the United States
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38 M 03-Feb-1999 Lethal injection Scott Schwartz Jane Dee Hull
15 Karl-Heinz LaGrand
LaGrand case
The LaGrand case was a legal action heard before the International Court of Justice which concerned the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations...

White 35 M 24-Feb-1999 Lethal injection Kenneth Hartsock Jane Dee Hull
16 Walter Bernhard LaGrand
LaGrand case
The LaGrand case was a legal action heard before the International Court of Justice which concerned the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations...

White 37 M 03-Mar-1999 Lethal gas Jane Dee Hull
17 Robert Wayne Vickers White 41 M 05-May-1999 Lethal injection Wilmar Holsinger Jane Dee Hull
18 Michael Kent Poland White 59 M 16-Jun-1999 Lethal injection Cecil Newkirk and Russell Dempsey Jane Dee Hull
19 Ignacio Alberto Ortiz Latino 57 M 27-Oct-1999 Lethal injection Manuelita McCormack Jane Dee Hull
20 Anthony Lee Chaney White 45 M 16-Feb-2000 Lethal injection John B. Jamison Jane Dee Hull
21 Patrick Gene Poland White 50 M 15-Mar-2000 Lethal injection Cecil Newkirk and Russell Dempsey Jane Dee Hull
22 Donald Jay Miller White 36 M 08-Nov-2000 Lethal injection Jennifer Geuder Jane Dee Hull
23 Robert Charles Comer
Robert Comer
Robert Charles Comer was convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection by the state of Arizona in 1988 for the murder of his neighbors, Larry Pritchard and Tracy Andrews, in 1987....

White 50 M 22-May-2007 Lethal injection Larry Pritchard and Tracy Andrews Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
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24 Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan Native American 50 M 26-Oct-2010 Lethal injection Chester Dean Dyer Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
Janice Kay "Jan" Brewer is the 22nd and current Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona and a member of the Republican Party. She is the fourth woman, and third consecutive woman, to hold the office...

25 Eric John King African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...

47 M 29-Mar-2011 Lethal injection Ron Barman and Richard Butts Jan Brewer
26 Donald Edward Beaty White 56 M 25-May-2011 Lethal injection Christy Ann Fornoff Jan Brewer
27 Richard Lynn Bible White 49 M 30-Jun-2011 Lethal injection Jennifer Wilson Jan Brewer
28 Thomas Paul West White 52 M 19-Jul-2011 Lethal injection Don Bortle Jan Brewer


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