List of offenders executed in the United States in 2017
This is a list of offenders executed in the United States in 2017. A total of twenty-three criminal offenders – all male – were executed in the United States in 2017, all by lethal injection. The State of Arkansas executed four individuals in April, ending a hiatus on executions in the state which had lasted for over 11 years.
List of offenders executed in the United States in 2017
Number | Date of execution | Name | Date of birth | Age of offender | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Source | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | |||||||||
1 | January 11, 2017 | Christopher Chubasco Wilkins | September 29, 1968 | 48 | 37 | 11 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | [1][2] |
2 | January 18, 2017 | Ricky Javon Gray | March 9, 1977 | 39 | 28 | Black | Virginia | [3] | |||
3 | January 26, 2017 | Terry Darnell Edwards | August 10, 1973 | 43 | 15 | Texas | [4][5] | ||||
4 | January 31, 2017 | Mark Anthony Christeson | February 20, 1979 | 37 | 18 | 19 | White | Missouri | [6] | ||
5 | March 7, 2017 | Rolando Ruiz, Jr. | July 4, 1972 | 44 | 20 | 24 | Hispanic | Texas | [7][8] | ||
6 | March 14, 2017 | James Eugene Bigby | April 8, 1955 | 61 | 32 | 29 | White | [9][10] | |||
7 | April 20, 2017 | Ledell T. Lee | July 31, 1965 | 51 | 27 | 24 | Black | Arkansas | [11] | ||
8 | April 24, 2017 | Jack Harold Jones, Jr. | August 10, 1964 | 52 | 30 | 22 | White | [12][13] | |||
9 | Marcel Wayne Williams | August 20, 1970 | 46 | 24 | Black | ||||||
10 | April 27, 2017 | Kenneth Dewayne Williams | February 23, 1979 | 38 | 20 | 18 | [14] | ||||
11 | May 17, 2017 | John W. Ledford III | December 29, 1971 | 45 | 25 | White | Georgia | [15] | |||
12 | May 26, 2017 | Thomas Douglas "Tommy" Arthur | December 20, 1941 | 75 | 40 | 35 | Alabama | [16] | |||
13 | June 8, 2017 | Robert Bryant Melson | June 5, 1971 | 46 | 22 | 24 | Black | [17] | |||
14 | July 6, 2017 | William Charles Morva | February 9, 1982 | 35 | 24 | 11 | White | Virginia | [18] | ||
15 | July 26, 2017 | Ronald Ray Phillips | October 10, 1973 | 43 | 19 | 24 | Ohio | [19] | |||
16 | July 27, 2017 | Taichin Preyor | September 2, 1970 | 46 | 33 | 13 | Black | Texas | [20][21] | ||
17 | August 24, 2017 | Mark James Asay | March 12, 1964 | 53 | 23 | 30 | White | Florida | [22] | ||
18 | September 13, 2017 | Gary Wayne Otte | December 21, 1971 | 45 | 20 | 25 | Ohio | [23] | |||
19 | October 5, 2017 | Michael Ray Lambrix | March 29, 1960 | 57 | 22 | 35 | Florida | [24] | |||
20 | October 12, 2017 | Robert Lynn Pruett | September 18, 1979 | 38 | 20 | 18 | Texas | [25] | |||
21 | October 19, 2017 | Torrey Twane McNabb | June 9, 1977 | 40 | 20 | Black | Alabama | [26] | |||
22 | November 8, 2017 | Patrick Charles Hannon | October 24, 1964 | 53 | 26 | 27 | White | Florida | [27] | ||
23 | Ruben Cardenas Ramirez | April 7, 1970 | 47 | 21 | Hispanic | Texas | [28][29] | ||||
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Average: | 47 years | 25 years | 22 years | |
Demographics
Gender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 23 | 100% |
Female | 0 | 0% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 13 | 56% |
Black | 8 | 35% |
Hispanic | 2 | 9% |
State | ||
Texas | 7 | 30% |
Arkansas | 4 | 17% |
Alabama | 3 | 13% |
Florida | 3 | 13% |
Ohio | 2 | 9% |
Virginia | 2 | 9% |
Georgia | 1 | 4% |
Missouri | 1 | 4% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 23 | 100% |
Month | ||
January | 4 | 17% |
February | 0 | 0% |
March | 2 | 9% |
April | 4 | 17% |
May | 2 | 9% |
June | 1 | 4% |
July | 3 | 13% |
August | 1 | 4% |
September | 1 | 4% |
October | 3 | 13% |
November | 2 | 9% |
December | 0 | 0% |
Age | ||
30 - 39 | 5 | 22% |
40 - 49 | 11 | 48% |
50 - 59 | 5 | 22% |
60 - 69 | 1 | 4% |
70 - 79 | 1 | 4% |
Day | ||
Monday | 2 | 9% |
Tuesday | 3 | 13% |
Wednesday | 7 | 30% |
Thursday | 10 | 43% |
Friday | 1 | 4% |
Saturday | 0 | 0% |
Sunday | 0 | 0% |
Total | 23 | 100% |
Double execution in Arkansas
On April 24, 2017, Arkansas carried out back-to-back executions. Convicted rapist and murderer Jack Harold Jones, age 52, was pronounced dead at 7:20 pm Monday. Approximately three hours later, convicted rapist and murderer Marcel Williams, age 46, was pronounced dead at 10:33 pm. Jones was sentenced to death for the 1995 rape and murder of Mary Phillips (August 18, 1959 - June 6, 1995) and the near-fatal assault of her then-10-year-old daughter, Lacy Phillips (born July 9, 1984), during a botched robbery in Bald Knob, Arkansas. Williams was sent to death row for the 1994 rape and murder of 22-year-old Stacy Errickson, whom he kidnapped from a gas station in central Arkansas.
The last double execution in Arkansas was on September 8, 1999.[30] By conducting the double execution in 2017, Arkansas became the first U.S. state to put more than one inmate to death on the same day in 17 years. The last state to do so was Texas, which executed two murderers in August 2000. Oklahoma planned a double execution in 2014 but scrapped plans for the second one after the first (the execution of Clayton Lockett) went awry.[31]
Arkansas executed four men in an eight-day period in 1960. The only quicker pace included quadruple executions in 1926 and 1930.[31]
See also
References
- "Offender Information – Christopher Wilkins", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- "Texas Carries Out Nation's First Execution of 2017". NY Times. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- "Virginia executes convicted family killer Ricky Gray". CNN. 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- "Offender Information – Terry Edwards", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- "Texas prisoner dies of lethal injection after last-minute appeal fails". The Guardian. 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- "Missouri man executed for 1998 murder of mother, 2 children". CBS News. 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- "Offender Information – Rolando Ruiz Jr.", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- "Remorseful hit man in Texas murder-for-hire slaying executed". CBS News.
- "Offender Information – James Bigby", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- "Tarrant County man who killed father and baby in 1987, pointed gun at judge is executed". Dallas News.
- Arkansas Puts Ledell Lee to Death, in Its First Execution Since 2005
- "Arkansas executes murderers Jack Jones and Marcel Williams". BBC News. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- "Arkansas carries out first double execution in the US for 16 years". The Guardian. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- Fourth and final Arkansas inmate Kenneth Williams executed
- "Death row inmate eats 5,500-calorie final meal featuring filet mignon steak wrapped in bacon and fried pork chops". The Independent. 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- Tommy Arthur, Inmate Who Escaped Death 7 Times, Is Executed
- Robert Bryant Melson executed for 1994 triple slaying
- William Morva executed by lethal injection for 2006 killings
- "Ohio executed a prisoner for the first time in three years". NBC News. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- "Offender Information - Taichin Preyor". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- "Texas executes man who killed woman at her apartment in 2004". Retrieved 2017-07-28.
- "For the first time since 1970s, White man executed for racial killings in Florida". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- "Ohio executes double murderer Gary Otte as he sings Hymn". NBC News. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- "Florida executes man convicted of killings 2 decades ago". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- "Texas executes inmate convicted of fatally stabbing a prison guard". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- "Torrey McNabb executed for murder of Montgomery police officer". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- "Florida executes Patrick Hannon for killing two men in 1991". Fox News. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- "The Latest: Texas executes Mexican citizen for 1997 slaying". ABC News. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- "Mexican man executed after appeals fail". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- Arkansas executes 2 inmates in one night
- Arkansas goes ahead with double execution
Preceded by 2016 |
List of offenders executed in the United States in 2017 |
Succeeded by 2018 |