List of people executed in Arizona
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arizona since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. A total of 40 people, all male, have been executed in Arizona. All of them were convicted of murder and were executed at the Florence State Prison in Florence, Arizona .[ 1]
List of people executed in Arizona since 1976
No.
Name
Race
Age
Sex
Date of execution
County
Method
Victim(s)
Governor
1
Donald Eugene Harding
White
43
M
April 6, 1992
Pima
Gas chamber
Allen Gage, Robert Wise, and Martin Concannon
Fife Symington
2
John George Brewer
White
27
M
March 3, 1993
Coconino
Lethal injection
Rita Brier
3
James Dean Clark
White
35
M
April 14, 1993
Cochise
4 murder victims[ a]
4
Jimmie Wayne Jeffers
White
49
M
September 13, 1995
Maricopa
Penelope Cheney
5
Daren Lee Bolton
White
29
M
June 19, 1996
Pima
Zosha Lee Picket
6
Luis Morine Mata
Hispanic
45
M
August 22, 1996
Maricopa
Debra Lee Lopez
7
Randy Greenawalt
White
47
M
January 23, 1997
Yuma
4 murder victims[ b]
8
William Lyle Woratzeck
White
51
M
June 25, 1997
Pinal
Linda Leslie
9
Jose Jesus Ceja
Hispanic
42
M
January 21, 1998
Maricopa
Linda Leon and Randy Leon
Jane Dee Hull
10
Jose Roberto Villafuerte
Hispanic
45
M
April 22, 1998
Amelia Shoville
11
Arthur Martin Ross
White
43
M
April 29, 1998
Pima
James Ruble
12
Douglas Edward Gretzler
White
47
M
June 3, 1998
Michael Sandsberg and Patricia Sandsberg
13
Jess James Gillies
White
38
M
January 13, 1999
Maricopa
Suzanne Rossetti
14
Darrick Leonard Gerlaugh
Native American
38
M
February 3, 1999
Scott Schwartz
15
Karl-Heinz LaGrand
White
35
M
February 24, 1999
Pima
Kenneth Hartsock
16
Walter Bernhard LaGrand
White
37
M
March 3, 1999
Gas chamber
17
Robert Wayne Vickers
White
41
M
May 5, 1999
Pinal
Lethal injection
Wilmar Holsinger[ c] [ 2] [ 3]
18
Michael Kent Poland
White
59
M
June 16, 1999
Yavapai
Cecil Newkirk and Russell Dempsey
19
Ignacio Alberto Ortiz
Hispanic
57
M
October 27, 1999
Pima
Manuelita McCormack
20
Anthony Lee Chaney
White
45
M
February 16, 2000
Coconino
Coconino County reserve deputy John B. Jamison
21
Patrick Gene Poland
White
50
M
March 15, 2000
Yavapai
Cecil Newkirk and Russell Dempsey
22
Donald Jay Miller
White
36
M
November 8, 2000
Pima
Jennifer Geuder
23
Robert Charles Comer
White
50
M
May 22, 2007
Maricopa
Larry Pritchard and Tracy Andrews
Janet Napolitano
24
Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan
Native American
50
M
October 26, 2010
Chester Dean Dyer
Jan Brewer
25
Eric John King
Black
47
M
March 29, 2011
Ron Barman and Richard Butts
26
Donald Edward Beaty
White
56
M
May 25, 2011
Christy Ann Fornoff
27
Richard Lynn Bible
White
49
M
June 30, 2011
Coconino
Jennifer Wilson
28
Thomas Paul West
White
52
M
July 19, 2011
Pima
Don Bortle
29
Robert Henry Moorman
White
63
M
February 29, 2012
Pinal
Roberta Maude Moorman
30
Robert Charles Towery
White
47
M
March 8, 2012
Maricopa
Mark Jones
31
Thomas Arnold Kemp
White
63
M
April 25, 2012
Pima
Hector Juarez
32
Samuel Villegas Lopez
Hispanic
49
M
June 27, 2012
Maricopa
Estafana Holmes
33
Daniel Wayne Cook
White
51
M
August 8, 2012
Mohave
Carlos Cruz-Ramos and Kevin Swaney
34
Richard Dale Stokley
White
60
M
December 5, 2012
Cochise
Mandy Meyers and Mary Snyder
35
Edward Harold Schad Jr.
White
71
M
October 9, 2013
Yavapai
Lorimer Grove
36
Robert Glen Jones Jr.
White
43
M
October 23, 2013
Pima
6 murder victims[ d]
37
Joseph Rudolph Wood III
White
55
M
July 23, 2014
Debbie Dietz and Eugene Dietz
38
Clarence Wayne Dixon
Native American
66
M
May 11, 2022
Maricopa
Deana Lynne Bowdoin
Doug Ducey
39
Frank Jarvis Atwood
White
66
M
June 8, 2022
Pima
Vicki Lynne Hoskinson
40
Murray Hooper
Black
76
M
November 16, 2022
Maricopa
William Patrick Redmond and Helen Genevieve Phelps
Demographics
See also
Notes
^ The 4 victims were: Charles Thumm, Mildred Thumm, Gerald McFerron, and George Martin.
^ The 4 victims were: John Lyons, Donnelda Lyons, Christopher Lyons, and Theresa Tyson.
^ Vickers was previously sentenced to death for murdering Frank Ponciano, he killed Holsinger while on death row. Holsinger was also a death row inmate, who was convicted of murdering Theresa Bortz.
^ The 6 victims were: Chip O'Dell, Tom Hardman, Maribeth Munn, Carol Noel, Judy Bell, and Arthur 'Taco' Bell.
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