List of individuals executed in Virginia
Encyclopedia
This is a list of individuals executed in Virginia. Since 1976, a total of 109 individuals have been executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia
. All were convicted of capital murder.
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. All were convicted of capital murder.
| No. | Name | Date of Execution | Method of Execution | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Coppola Frank James Coppola Frank James Coppola , was a police officer from Portsmouth, Virginia who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1978 capital murder of Muriel Hatchell, although he maintained his innocence until his execution... |
August 10, 1982 | electric chair Electric chair Execution by electrocution, usually performed using an electric chair, is an execution method originating in the United States in which the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body... |
Muriel Hatchell | Chuck Robb Chuck Robb Charles Spittal "Chuck" Robb is an American politician. He served as the 64th Governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986, and as a United States senator from 1989 until 2001. In 2004, he chaired the Iraq Intelligence Commission.-Early life:... |
| 2 | Linwood Earl Briley Briley Brothers The Briley Brothers were responsible for a series of killings in Richmond, Virginia in 1979 that lasted seven months before their arrest.-Early lives:... |
October 12, 1984 | electric chair | John Gallaher | Chuck Robb |
| 3 | James Dyral Briley Briley Brothers The Briley Brothers were responsible for a series of killings in Richmond, Virginia in 1979 that lasted seven months before their arrest.-Early lives:... |
April 18, 1985 | electric chair | Judy Barton and Harvey Barton | Chuck Robb |
| 4 | Morris Mason Morris Mason Morris Odell Mason was a convicted rapist and murderer who called himself "the killer for the Eastern Shore".... |
June 25, 1985 | electric chair | Margaret Hand | Chuck Robb |
| 5 | Michael Marnell Smith | July 31, 1986 | electric chair | Audrey Jean Weiler | Gerald Baliles |
| 6 | Richard Lee Whitleyhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEED8133BF934A35754C0A961948260 | July 6, 1987 | electric chair | Phoebe Parsons | Gerald Baliles |
| 7 | Earl Clanton, Jr.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE4DB1239F936A25757C0A96E948260http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4076.html | April 14, 1988 | electric chair | Wilhemina Smith | Gerald Baliles |
| 8 | Alton Wayehttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2D71431F932A0575BC0A96F948260http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4079.html | August 30, 1989 | electric chair | Laverne Marshall | Gerald Baliles |
| 9 | Richard T. Boggshttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE6DC1139F932A15754C0A966958260http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3985.html | July 19, 1990 | electric chair | Treeby Shaw | Douglas Wilder Douglas Wilder Lawrence Douglas "Doug" Wilder is an American politician, the first African American to be elected as governor of Virginia, and the second to serve as governor of a U.S. state. Wilder served as the 66th Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. When earlier elected as Lieutenant Governor, he was... |
| 10 | Wilbert Lee Evanshttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE6DE1F3BF93BA25753C1A966958260 | October 17, 1990 | electric chair | sheriff deputy William Truesdale | Douglas Wilder |
| 11 | Buddy Earl Justushttp://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3986.html | December 13, 1990 | electric chair | Ida Mae Moses | Douglas Wilder |
| 12 | Albert Jay Clozzahttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE6D61238F936A15754C0A967958260http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3987.html | July 24, 1991 | electric chair | Patricia Ann Bolton | Douglas Wilder |
| 13 | Derick Lynn Peterson | August 22, 1991 | electric chair | Howard Kauffman | Douglas Wilder |
| 14 | Roger Keith Coleman Roger Keith Coleman Roger Keith Coleman was a Grundy, Virginia, coal miner convicted and executed for the murder of his sister-in-law, Wanda McCoy. Coleman's case drew national and worldwide attention before and after his execution because of his repeated claims of innocence and support from the anti death-penalty... http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3989.html |
May 20, 1992 | electric chair | Wanda Fay McCoy | Douglas Wilder |
| 15 | Edward B. Fitzgerald, Sr.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7D8113AF936A15754C0A964958260http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3990.html | July 23, 1992 | electric chair | Patricia Cubbage | Douglas Wilder |
| 16 | Willie Leroy Joneshttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEEDD163AF934A2575AC0A964958260 | September 11, 1992 | electric chair | Graham Adkins and Myra Adkins | Douglas Wilder |
| 17 | Timothy Dale Bunchhttp://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3991.html | December 10, 1992 | electric chair | Su Cha Thomas | Douglas Wilder |
| 18 | Charles Sylvester Stamperhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0DE143EF933A25752C0A965958260http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEEDA133CF933A15752C0A965958260http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3992.html | January 19, 1993 | electric chair | Franklin Cooley, Agnes Hicks, and Stephen Staples | Douglas Wilder |
| 19 | Syvasky L. Poynerhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE4DE1631F933A15750C0A965958260http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3996.html | March 18, 1993 | electric chair | Joyce Baldwin, Louise Paulett, Chestine Brooks, Vicki Ripple, and Carolyn Hedrick | Douglas Wilder |
| 20 | Andrew J. Chabrolhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DF1031F93AA25755C0A965958260http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3998.html | June 17, 1993 | electric chair | Lisa Harrington | Douglas Wilder |
| 21 | Joe Louis Wise, Sr.http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4000.html | September 14, 1993 | electric chair | William Ricketson | Douglas Wilder |
| 22 | David Mark Pruetthttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DC1E3AF93BA25751C1A965958260http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4002.html | December 16, 1993 | electric chair | Wilma Harvey and Debra McInnis | Douglas Wilder |
| 23 | Johnny Watkins, Jr.http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4006.html | March 3, 1994 | electric chair | Betty Barker and Carl Buchanan | George Allen George Allen (U.S. politician) George Felix Allen is a former United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the son of former NFL head coach George Allen. Allen served Virginia in the state legislature, as the 67th Governor, and in both bodies of the U.S. Congress, winning election to the Senate in 2000... |
| 24 | Timothy Wilson Spencerhttp://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4005.html | April 27, 1994 | electric chair | Susan Tucker, Debbie Davis, Susan Hellams, and Diane Cho | George Allen |
| 25 | Dana Ray Edmonds | January 24, 1995 | 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... |
John Elliot | George Allen |
| 26 | Willie Lloyd Turner | May 26, 1995 | lethal injection | W. Jack Smith, Jr. | George Allen |
| 27 | Dennis Wayne Stockton | September 27, 1995 | lethal injection | Kenneth Arnde and Ronnie Lee Tate | George Allen |
| 28 | Mickey Wayne Davidson | October 19, 1995 | lethal injection | Doris Davidson, Mamie Clatterbuck, and Tammy Clatterbuck | George Allen |
| 29 | Herman Charles Barnes | November 13, 1995 | lethal injection | Clyde Jenkins and Mohammed Afifi | George Allen |
| 30 | Walter Milton Correll, Jr.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E6D81239F935A35752C0A960958260 | January 4, 1996 | lethal injection | Charles W. Bousman, Jr. | George Allen |
| 31 | Richard Townes, Jr.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E4D61639F936A15752C0A960958260 | January 23, 1996 | lethal injection | Virginia Goebel | George Allen |
| 32 | Joseph John Savino IIIhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4DA1F39F93AA25754C0A960958260 | July 17, 1996 | lethal injection | Thomas McWalters | George Allen |
| 33 | Ronald B. Bennetthttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5D6153DF937A15752C1A960958260 | November 21, 1996 | lethal injection | Anne Keller Vaden | George Allen |
| 34 | Gregory Warren Beaver | December 4, 1996 | lethal injection | state trooper Leo Whitt | George Allen |
| 35 | Larry Allen Stout | December 10, 1996 | lethal injection | Jacqueline Kooshian | George Allen |
| 36 | Lem Davis Tuggle, Jr. | December 12, 1996 | lethal injection | Jessie Geneva Havens | George Allen |
| 37 | Ronald Lee Hoke | December 16, 1996 | lethal injection | Virginia Stell | George Allen |
| 38 | Michael Carl George | February 6, 1997 | lethal injection | Alexander Sztanko | George Allen |
| 39 | Coleman Wayne Gray | February 26, 1997 | lethal injection | Richard McClelland | George Allen |
| 40 | Roy Bruce Smith | July 17, 1997 | lethal injection | Manassas police officer John Conner | George Allen |
| 41 | Joseph Roger O'Dell III | July 23, 1997 | lethal injection | Helen Schartner | George Allen |
| 42 | Carlton Jerome Pope | August 19, 1997 | lethal injection | Cynthia Gray | George Allen |
| 43 | Mario Benjamin Murphy | September 17, 1997 | lethal injection | James Radcliff | George Allen |
| 44 | Dawud Majid Mu'Min Dawud M. Mu'Min Dawud Majid Mu'Min was a convicted murderer executed by the State of Virginia for the September 22, 1988 killing of a clerk. He was serving a 48 year prison sentence for a 1973 murder conviction of a taxi driver in Grayson County... |
November 13, 1997 | lethal injection | Gladys Nopwasky | George Allen |
| 45 | Michael Charles Satcher | December 9, 1997 | lethal injection | Ann Borghesani | George Allen |
| 46 | Thomas H. Beavers, Jr. | December 11, 1997 | lethal injection | Marguerite Lowery | George Allen |
| 47 | Tony Albert Mackall | February 10, 1998 | lethal injection | Mary Elizabeth Dahn | Jim Gilmore Jim Gilmore James Stuart "Jim" Gilmore III is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia, former 68th Governor of Virginia, and a member of the Republican Party. A native Virginian, Gilmore studied at the University of Virginia, and then served in the U.S. Army as a counterintelligence agent... |
| 48 | Douglas McArthur Buchanan, Jr. | March 18, 1998 | lethal injection | Douglas Buchanan, Sr., Donald Buchanan, J.J. Buchanan, and Geraldine Buchanan | Jim Gilmore |
| 49 | Ronald L. Watkins | March 25, 1998 | lethal injection | William McCauley | Jim Gilmore |
| 50 | Angel Francisco Breardhttp://www.wsws.org/news/1998/apr1998/bre-a16.shtml | 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 Antonio Chandler, Jr. | August 20, 1998 | lethal injection | Billy Dix | Jim Gilmore |
| 54 | Johnile L. DuBois | August 31, 1998 | lethal injection | Philip Council | Jim Gilmore |
| 55 | Kenneth Manual 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 Lee 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 Wayne 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 Leslie Fry | February 4, 1999 | lethal injection | Leland A. Jacobs | Jim Gilmore |
| 62 | George Adrian Quesinberry, Jr.http://www.cnn.com/US/9903/10/executions/index.html | 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 Hamilton Chichester | April 13, 1999 | lethal injection | Timothy Rigney | Jim Gilmore |
| 65 | Arthur Ray Jenkins III | April 20, 1999 | lethal injection | Floyd Jenkins and Lee H. Brinklow | Jim Gilmore |
| 66 | Eric Christopher 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 DeWayne 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 Matthew Joseph | October 19, 1999 | lethal injection | Jeffrey Anderson | Jim Gilmore |
| 72 | Thomas Lee Royal, Jr. | November 9, 1999 | lethal injection | Hampton police officer Kenny Wallace | Jim Gilmore |
| 73 | Andre L. 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 Mark Warner Mark Robert Warner is an American politician and businessman, currently serving in the United States Senate as the junior senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Warner was the 69th governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006 and is the honorary chairman of... |
| 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 Earl Bramblett Earl Conrad Bramblett was a man from Virginia who was convicted for the 1994 murders of the Hodges family... |
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 Dexter Lee Vinson Dexter Lee Vinson was an inmate at the Greensville Correctional Facility in Jarratt, Virginia who was executed by lethal injection on April 27, 2006... |
April 27, 2006 | lethal injection | Angela Felton | Tim Kaine Tim Kaine Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine is a Virginia politician. Kaine served as the 70th Governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, and was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2009 to 2011... |
| 96 | Brandon Wayne Hedrick Brandon Hedrick Brandon Wayne Hedrick was a convicted murderer who was executed by electric chair by the U.S. state of Virginia. He was convicted of the 1997 murder of 23 year-old Lisa Crider, who was kidnapped, robbed, raped, and shot in the face... |
July 20, 2006 | electric chair | Lisa Yvonne Crider | Tim Kaine |
| 97 | Michael William Lenz | July 27, 2006 | lethal injection | inmate Brent H. Parker | Tim Kaine |
| 98 | John Yancey Schmitt John Yancey Schmitt John Yancey Schmitt, was an inmate executed by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia on November 9, 2006. Schmitt was found guilty of the 1999 murder of Earl Shelton Dunning, 39. Schmitt, who was 25-years old when he committed the capital crime, was sentenced... |
November 9, 2006 | lethal injection | Earl Shelton Dunning | Tim Kaine |
| 99 | Kevin Green | May 27, 2008 | lethal injection | Patricia L. Vaughan | Tim Kaine |
| 100 | Robert Yarbrough | June 25, 2008 | lethal injection | Cyril Hugh Hamby | Tim Kaine |
| 101 | Kent Jermaine Jackson | July 10, 2008 | lethal injection | Beulah Mae Kaiser | Tim Kaine |
| 102 | Christopher Scott Emmett | July 24, 2008 | lethal injection | John Fenton Langley | Tim Kaine |
| 103 | Edward Nathaniel Bell | February 19, 2009 | lethal injection | Winchester police officer Ricky Timbrook | Tim Kaine |
| 104 | John Allen Muhammad John Allen Muhammad John Allen Muhammad was a spree killer from the United States. He, along with his younger partner, Lee Boyd Malvo, carried out the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, killing at least 10 people. Muhammad and Malvo were arrested in connection with the attacks on October 24, 2002, following tips from alert... |
November 10, 2009 | lethal injection | Dean Harold Meyers Beltway sniper attacks The Washington sniper attacks took place during three weeks in October 2002 in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Ten people were killed and three others critically injured in various locations throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia... |
Tim Kaine |
| 105 | Larry Bill Elliott | November 17, 2009 | electric chair | Dana Thrall and Robert Finch | Tim Kaine |
| 106 | Paul Warner Powell Paul Warner Powell Paul Warner Powell was a convicted murderer who was executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia via electric chair. He is currently the last person executed in the United States using this method.-Murder:... |
March 18, 2010 | electric chair | Stacie Reed | Bob McDonnell Bob McDonnell Robert Francis "Bob" McDonnell is an American politician who has been the 71st Governor of Virginia since January 2010. A former lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, McDonnell served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1993 to 2006 and served as Attorney General of Virginia from 2006... |
| 107 | Darick Walker | May 20, 2010 | lethal injection | Stanley Beale and Clarence Elwood Threat | Bob McDonnell |
| 108 | Teresa Lewis Teresa Lewis Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis was an American who was the only woman on death row in Virginia prior to her execution. She was sentenced to death by lethal injection for using sex and money to arrange for the murders of her husband and stepson in October 2002... |
September 23, 2010 | lethal injection | Julian Clifton Lewis and Charles J. Lewis | Bob McDonnell |
| 109 | Jerry Terrell Jackson | August 18, 2011 | lethal injection | Ruth Phillips | Bob McDonnell |
External links
- Executions in the United States, Death Penalty Information Center