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List of people executed in the United States in 2005

This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2005. Sixty people were executed in the United States in 2005. Nineteen of them were in the state of Texas. One (Frances Elaine Newton) was female.[1][2] The states of Connecticut and Maryland carried out their last executions in 2005, with both states having since abolished capital punishment.[3]

List of people executed in the United States in 2005 edit

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 4, 2005 James Scott Porter 33 28 5 Male White Texas Lethal injection [4]
2 January 19, 2005 Donald Jay Beardslee 61 37 24 California [5]
3 January 25, 2005 Troy Albert Kunkle 38 18 20 Texas [6]
4 Timothy Don Carr 34 22 12 Georgia [7]
5 February 17, 2005 Dennis Wayne Bagwell 41 31 10 Texas [8]
6 March 1, 2005 Stephen Anthony Mobley 39 25 14 Georgia [9]
7 March 8, 2005 William Henry Smith 47 29 18 Black Ohio [10]
8 George Anderson Hopper 49 27 22 White Texas [11]
9 March 10, 2005 Donald Ray Wallace Jr. 47 22 25 Indiana [12]
10 March 11, 2005 William Dillard Powell 58 45 13 North Carolina [13]
11 March 15, 2005 Jimmie Ray Slaughter 57 44 Oklahoma [14]
12 March 16, 2005 Stanley L. Hall 37 26 11 Black Missouri [15]
13 April 5, 2005 Glen James Ocha 47 41 6 White Florida [16]
14 April 15, 2005 Richard Longworth 37 22 15 South Carolina [17]
15 April 20, 2005 Douglas Alan Roberts 42 33 9 Texas [18]
16 April 21, 2005 Bill J. Benefiel 48 30 18 Indiana [19]
17 April 27, 2005 Donald Jones 38 26 12 Black Missouri [20]
18 April 28, 2005 Mario Giovanni Centobie 39 32 7 White Alabama [21]
19 May 3, 2005 Lonnie Wayne Pursley 43 35 8 Texas [22]
20 May 6, 2005 Earl J. Richmond Jr. 29 14 Black North Carolina [23]
21 May 12, 2005 George James Miller Jr. 37 27 10 Oklahoma [24]
22 May 13, 2005 Michael Bruce Ross 45 24 21 White Connecticut [25]
23 May 18, 2005 Vernon Brown 51 33 18 Black Missouri [26]
24 Bryan Eric Wolfe 44 31 13 Texas [27]
25 May 19, 2005 Richard Michael Cartwright 31 22 9 White [28]
26 May 25, 2005 Gregory Scott Johnson 40 20 20 Indiana [29]
27 June 2, 2005 Jerry Paul Henderson 58 37 21 Alabama [30]
28 June 7, 2005 Alexander Rey Martinez 28 25 3 Hispanic Texas [31]
29 July 12, 2005 Robert Dale Conklin 44 23 21 White Georgia [32]
30 July 19, 2005 Michael Lannier Pennington 37 14 Black Oklahoma [33]
31 July 27, 2005 Kevin Aaron Conner 40 22 18 White Indiana [34]
32 July 28, 2005 David Aaron Martinez 29 21 8 Hispanic Texas [35]
33 August 4, 2005 George Everette Sibley Jr. 62 51 11 White Alabama [36]
34 August 10, 2005 Gary Lynn Sterling 38 20 18 Black Texas [37]
35 August 11, 2005 Kenneth Eugene Turrentine 52 41 11 Oklahoma [38]
36 August 23, 2005 Robert Alan Shields Jr. 30 19 White Texas [39]
37 August 31, 2005 Timothy Johnston 44 28 16 Missouri [40]
38 September 14, 2005 Frances Elaine Newton 40 21 19 Female Black Texas [41]
39 September 22, 2005 John W. Peoples Jr. 48 26 22 Male White Alabama [42]
40 September 27, 2005 Herman Dale Ashworth 32 23 9 Ohio [43]
41 September 28, 2005 Alan Lehman Matheney 54 38 16 Indiana [44]
42 October 6, 2005 Ronald Ray Howard 32 18 14 Black Texas [45]
43 October 20, 2005 Luis L. Ramirez 42 34 8 Hispanic [46]
44 October 25, 2005 Willie J. "Flip" Williams Jr. 48 14 Black Ohio [47]
45 October 26, 2005 Marlin Gray 38 23 15 Missouri [48]
46 November 3, 2005 Melvin Wayne White 55 47 8 White Texas [49]
47 November 4, 2005 Brian David Steckel 36 25 11 Delaware [50]
48 Hastings Arthur Wise 51 43 8 Black South Carolina [51]
49 November 9, 2005 Charles Daniel Thacker 37 24 13 White Texas [52]
50 November 11, 2005 Steven Van McHone 35 20 15 North Carolina [53]
51 November 15, 2005 Robert Dale Rowell 50 38 12 Texas [54]
52 November 16, 2005 Shannon Charles Thomas 34 22 Black [55]
53 November 18, 2005 Elias Hanna Syriani 67 52 15 Arab North Carolina [56]
54 November 28, 2005 Eric Randall Nance 45 33 12 White Arkansas [57]
55 November 29, 2005 John R. Hicks 49 29 20 Black Ohio [58]
56 December 2, 2005 Kenneth Lee Boyd 57 40 17 White North Carolina [59]
57 Shawn Paul Humphries 34 22 12 South Carolina [60]
58 December 5, 2005 Wesley Eugene Baker 47 33 14 Black Maryland [61]
59 December 13, 2005 Stanley Tookie Williams III 51 25 26 California [62]
60 December 14, 2005 John B. Nixon Sr. 77 56 21 White Mississippi [63]
Average: 44 years 30 years 14 years

Demographics edit

Gender
Male 59 98%
Female 1 2%
Ethnicity
White 37 62%
Black 19 32%
Hispanic 3 5%
Arab 1 2%
State
Texas 19 32%
Indiana 5 8%
Missouri 5 8%
North Carolina 5 8%
Alabama 4 7%
Ohio 4 7%
Oklahoma 4 7%
Georgia 3 5%
South Carolina 3 5%
California 2 3%
Arkansas 1 2%
Connecticut 1 2%
Delaware 1 2%
Florida 1 2%
Maryland 1 2%
Mississippi 1 2%
Method
Lethal injection 60 100%
Month
January 4 7%
February 1 2%
March 7 12%
April 6 10%
May 8 13%
June 2 3%
July 4 7%
August 5 8%
September 4 7%
October 4 7%
November 10 17%
December 5 8%
Age
20–29 2 3%
30–39 21 35%
40–49 22 37%
50–59 11 18%
60–69 3 5%
70–79 1 2%
Total 60 100%

Executions in recent years edit

Number of executions
2006 53
2005 60
2004 59
Total 172

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Execution List 2005". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "States With No Recent Executions". Death Penalty Information Center. November 17, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "James Scott Porter Executed January 4, 2005 06:12 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  5. ^ "Donald Jay Beardslee Executed January 19, 2005 12:29 a.m. by Lethal Injection in California".
  6. ^ "Troy Albert Kunkle Executed January 25, 2005 08:12 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  7. ^ "Timothy Don Carr Executed January 25, 2005 08:37 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  8. ^ "Dennis Wayne Bagwell Executed February 17, 2005 06:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  9. ^ "Stephen Anthony Mobley Executed March 1, 2005 08:00 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  10. ^ "William Henry Smith Executed March 8, 2005 10:19 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  11. ^ "George Anderson Hopper Executed March 8, 2005 06:22 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  12. ^ "Donald Ray Wallace Jr. Executed March 10, 2005 12:23 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
  13. ^ "William Dillard Powell Executed March 11, 2005 02:09 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  14. ^ "Jimmie Ray Slaughter Executed March 15, 2005 06:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  15. ^ "Stanley L. Hall Executed March 16, 2005 12:06 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  16. ^ "Glen James Ocha Executed April 5, 2005 06:09 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  17. ^ "Richard Longworth Executed April 15, 2005 06:14 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
  18. ^ "Douglas Alan Roberts Executed April 20, 2005 06:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  19. ^ "Bill J. Benefiel Executed April 21, 2005 12:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
  20. ^ "Donald Jones Executed April 27, 2005 12:07 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  21. ^ "Mario Giovanni Centobie Executed April 28, 2005 06:22 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".
  22. ^ "Lonnie Wayne Pursley Executed May 3, 2005 06:23 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  23. ^ "Earl J. Richmond Jr. Executed May 6, 2005 02:19 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  24. ^ "George James Miller Jr. Executed May 12, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  25. ^ "Michael Bruce Ross Executed May 13, 2005 2:25 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Connecticut".
  26. ^ "Vernon Brown Executed May 18, 2005 02:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  27. ^ "Bryan Eric Wolfe Executed May 18, 2005 06:31 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  28. ^ "Richard Cartwright Executed May 19, 2005 06:16 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  29. ^ "Gregory Scott Johnson Executed May 25, 2005 12:28 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
  30. ^ "Jerry Paul Henderson Executed June 2, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".
  31. ^ "Alexander Rey Martinez Executed June 7, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  32. ^ "Robert Dale Conklin Executed July 12, 2005 07:44 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  33. ^ "Michael Lannier Pennington Executed July 19, 2005 06:10 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  34. ^ "Kevin Aaron Conner Executed July 27, 2005 12:31 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
  35. ^ "David Aaron Martinez Executed July 28, 2005 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  36. ^ "George Everette Sibley Jr. Executed August 4, 2005 06:26 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".
  37. ^ "Gary Lynn Sterling Executed August 10, 2005 06:16 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  38. ^ "Kenneth Eugene Turrentine Executed August 11, 2005 06:10 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  39. ^ "Robert Alan Shields Jr. Executed August 23, 2005 06:15 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  40. ^ "Timothy Johnston Executed August 31, 2005 12:07 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  41. ^ "Frances Elaine Newton Executed September 14, 2005 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  42. ^ "John W. Peoples Jr. Executed September 22, 2005 06:27 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".
  43. ^ "Herman Dale Ashworth Executed September 27, 2005 10:19 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  44. ^ "Alan Lehman Matheney Executed September 28, 2005 12:27 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
  45. ^ "Ronald Ray Howard Executed October 6, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  46. ^ "Luis Ramirez Executed October 20, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  47. ^ "Willie J. "Flip" Williams, Jr. Executed October 25, 2005 10:20 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  48. ^ "Marlin Gray Executed October 26, 2005 12:07 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  49. ^ "Melvin Wayne White Executed November 3, 2005 06:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  50. ^ "Brian D. "Red" Steckel Executed November 4, 2005 12:21 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Delaware".
  51. ^ "Hastings Arthur Wise Executed November 4, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
  52. ^ "Charles Daniel Thacker Executed November 9, 2005 06:32 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  53. ^ "Steven Van McHone Executed November 11, 2005 02:10 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  54. ^ "Robert Dale Rowell Executed November 15, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  55. ^ "Shannon Charles Thomas Executed November 16, 2005 06:52 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  56. ^ "Elias Hanna Syriani Executed November 18, 2005 02:12 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  57. ^ "Eric Randall Nance Executed November 28, 2005 09:30 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Arkansas".
  58. ^ "John R. Hicks Executed November 29, 2005 10:20 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  59. ^ "Kenneth Lee Boyd Executed December 2, 2005 02:15 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  60. ^ "Shawn Paul Humphries Executed December 2, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
  61. ^ "Wesley Eugene Baker Executed December 5, 2005 09:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Maryland".
  62. ^ "Stanley "Tookie" Williams Executed December 13, 2005 12:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in California".
  63. ^ "John B. Nixon Sr. Executed December 14, 2005 at 6:25 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".
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