Executions (9th Circuit)

Number of Executions Since 1976 (as of 3/13/13): 71

Arizona

The following is a list of individuals executed by the U.S. State of Arizona since capital punishment was resumed in 1976. All of the 34 individuals were convicted of murder and have been executed at Florence State Prison in Florence, Arizona.

#	Executed person	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	Method of execution	Victim(s)	Under Governor
1	Donald Eugene Harding	White	43	M	06-Apr-1992	Lethal gas	Allen Gage, Robert Wise, and Martin Concannon	Fife Symington
2	John George Brewer	White	27	M	03-Mar-1993	Lethal injection	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	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
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	38	M	03-Feb-1999	Lethal injection	Scott Schwartz	Jane Dee Hull
15	Karl-Heinz LaGrand	White	35	M	24-Feb-1999	Lethal injection	Kenneth Hartsock	Jane Dee Hull
16	Walter Bernhard LaGrand	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	White	50	M	22-May-2007	Lethal injection	Larry Pritchard and Tracy Andrews	Janet Napolitano
24	Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan	Native American	50	M	26-Oct-2010	Lethal injection	Chester Dean Dyer	Jan Brewer
25	Eric John King	African American	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
29	Robert Henry Moorman	White	63	M	29-Feb-2012	Lethal injection	Roberta Maude Moorman	Jan Brewer
30	Robert Charles Towery	White	47	M	08-Mar-2012	Lethal injection	Mark Jones	Jan Brewer
31	Thomas Arnold Kemp	White	63	M	25-Apr-2012	Lethal injection	Hector Juarez	Jan Brewer
32	Samuel Villegas Lopez	Latino	49	M	27-Jun-2012	Lethal injection	Estafana Holmes	Jan Brewer
33	Daniel Wayne Cook	White	51	M	8-Aug-2012	Lethal injection	Carlos Cruz Ramos, and Kevin Swaney	Jan Brewer
34	Richard Dale Stokley	White	60	M	5-Dec-2012	Lethal injection	Mandy Meyers and Mary Snyder	Jan Brewer

California

A total of 13 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of California following the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia. The first two executions were by gas chamber; all subsequent executions were by lethal injection.

	Executed person	Date of execution	Victims	Under Governor
1	Robert Alton Harris	April 21, 1992	John Mayeski and Michael Baker	Wilson
2	David Edwin Mason	August 24, 1993	Joan Picard, Arthur Jennings, Boyd Johnson, Antionette Brown, and Dorothy Land	Wilson
3	William George Bonin	February 23, 1996	Marcus Grabs, Donald Hyden, David Murillo, Dennis Frank Fox, Charles Miranda, James McCabe, Ronald Gatlin, Harry Todd Turner, Russell Rugh, Glenn Barker, Steven Wood, Darin Lee Kendrick, Lawrence Sharp, and Steven Jay Wells	Wilson
4	Keith Daniel Williams	May 31, 1996	Lourdes Meza, Miguel Vargas and Salvador Vargas	Wilson
5	Thomas Martin Thompson	July 14, 1998	Ginger Fleischli	Wilson
6	Jaturun Siripongs	February 9, 1999	Packovan Wattanporn and Quach Nguyen	Davis
7	Manuel Pina Babbitt	May 4, 1999	Leah Schendel	Davis
8	Darrell Keith Rich	March 15, 2000	Annette Fay Edwards, Patricia Ann Moore, Linda Diane Slovik, and Annette Lynn Selix	Davis
9	Robert Lee Massie[15][16]	March 27, 2001	Boris G. Naumoff	Davis
10	Stephen Wayne Anderson	January 29, 2002	Elizabeth Lyman	Davis
11	Donald Jay Beardslee	January 19, 2005	Stacey Benjamin and Patty Geddling	Schwarzenegger
12	Stanley Tookie Williams	December 13, 2005	Albert Owens, Yen-Yi Yang, Tsai-Shai Lin, and Yee-Chen Lin	Schwarzenegger
13	Clarence Ray Allen	January 17, 2006	Bryon Schletewitz, Josephine Rocha, and Douglas White	Schwarzenegger

Idaho

Two inmates have been executed in Idaho after 1977. Keith Wells waived his appeals and asked that the execution be carried out.

	Name	Date of Execution	Method	Victim	Governor
1	Keith Wells	January 6, 1994	lethal injection	John Justad and Brandis Rains	Cecil D. Andrus
2	Paul Ezra Rhoades	November 18, 2011	lethal injection	Susan Michelbacher and Stacy Dawn Baldwin	C.L. “Butch” Otter
3	Richard Albert Leavitt	June 12, 2012	lethal injection	Danette Jean Elg

Montana

This is a list of people executed in Montana. A total of three individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Montana since 1976. They were all executed bylethal injection. David Dawson waived his appeals and asked that the execution be carried out.

	Executed person	Date of execution	Victims	Under Governor
1	Duncan McKenzie	May 10, 1995	Lana Harding	Marc Racicot
2	Terry Langford	February 24, 1998	Ned and Celene Blackwood	Marc Racicot
3	David Dawson	August 11, 2006	David, Monica, and Andrew Rodstein	Brian Schweitzer

Nevada

A total of 12 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Nevada since 1976. All were by lethal injection except those indicated by a * which were performed by using a gas chamber. All but one waived their appeals and asked that the execution be carried out.

	Executed person	Date of execution	Victims	Governor
1	Jesse Bishop*	October 22, 1979	David Ballard	Robert List
2	Carroll Cole	December 6, 1985	Marie Cushman	Richard Bryan
3	William Paul Thompson	June 19, 1989	Randy Waldron	Bob Miller
4	Sean Patrick Flannagan	June 23, 1989	Albert Duggens and James Lewandowski	Bob Miller
5	Thomas E. Baal	June 3, 1990	Frances Maves	Bob Miller
6	Richard Allen Moran	March 30, 1996	Sandra Devere, Russell Rhodes, and Linda VanderVoort	Bob Miller
7	Roderick Abetya	October 5, 1998	Donna Martin	Bob Miller
8	Alvaro Calambro	April 5, 1999	Peggy Crawford and Keith Christopher	Kenny Guinn
9	Sebastian Stephanous Bridges	April 21, 2001	Hunter Blatchford	Kenny Guinn
10	Lawrence Colwell, Jr.	March 26, 2004	Frank Rosenstock	Kenny Guinn
11	Terry Jess Dennis	August 12, 2004	Ilona Straumanis	Kenny Guinn
12	Daryl Linnie Mack	April 26, 2006	Betty Jane May	Kenny Guinn

Oregon

Two people have been executed in Oregon since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1978. Both waived their appeals and asked that the execution be carried out.

	Executed person	Date of execution	Murder victim(s)	Under Governor
1	Douglas Franklin Wright	September 6, 1996	William Marks and 2 others	John Kitzhaber
2	Harry Charles Moore	May 16, 1997	Thomas Lauri and Barbara Cunningham	John Kitzhaber

Washington

A total of five individuals have been executed by the state of Washington since 1976. All were convicted of murder.

	Executed person	Date of execution	Method	Victims	Under Governor
1	Westley Allan Dodd	January 5, 1993	hanging	Cole Neer, William Neer, and Lee Islei.	Booth Gardner
2	Charles Rodman Campbell	May 27, 1994	hanging	Renae Wicklund, Shannah Wicklund, and Barbara Hendrickson.	Mike Lowry
3	Jeremy Vargas Sagastegui	October 13, 1998	lethal injection	Kievan Sarbacher, Melissa Sarbacher, and Lisa Vera Acevado.	Gary Locke
4	James Homer Elledge	August 28, 2001	lethal injection	Eloise Jane Fitzner.	Gary Locke
5	Cal Coburn Brown	September 10, 2010	lethal injection	Holly Washa.	Christine Gregoire