List of people executed in the United States in 2002

This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2002. Seventy-one people were executed in the United States in 2002. Thirty-three of them were in the state of Texas. Two (Lynda Lyon Block and Aileen Carol Wuornos) were female. One (Lynda Lyon Block) was executed via electrocution.[1][2]

List of people executed in the United States in 2002

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 9, 2002 James R. Johnson 52 42 10 Male White Missouri Lethal injection [3]
2 Michael Patrick Moore 38 30 8 Texas [4]
3 January 16, 2002 Jermarr Carlos Arnold 43 24 19 Black [5]
4 January 24, 2002 Ronald Keith Spivey 62 37 25 White Georgia [6]
5 January 29, 2002 Stephen Wayne Anderson 48 26 22 California [7]
6 John Joseph Romano 43 27 16 Oklahoma [8]
7 January 30, 2002 Windell Broussard 41 32 9 Black Texas [9]
8 January 31, 2002 Randall Wayne Hafdahl Sr. 48 16 White [10]
9 David Wayne Woodruff 42 25 17 Oklahoma [11]
10 February 6, 2002 Michael Owsley 40 31 9 Black Missouri [12]
11 February 19, 2002 John William Byrd Jr. 38 19 19 White Ohio [13]
12 February 28, 2002 Monty Allen Delk 35 16 Texas [14]
13 March 6, 2002 Jeffrey Lane Tokar 37 27 10 Missouri [15]
14 March 7, 2002 Gerald Wayne Tigner Jr. 29 20 9 Black Texas [16]
15 March 12, 2002 Tracy Lee Housel 43 26 17 White Georgia [17]
16 March 14, 2002 James Earl Patterson 35 19 16 Virginia [18]
17 April 2, 2002 Daniel Lee Zirkle 33 30 3 [19]
18 April 10, 2002 Paul W. Kreutzer 30 20 10 Missouri [20]
19 Jose Santellan Sr. 40 31 9 Hispanic Texas [21]
20 April 11, 2002 William Kendrick Burns 43 22 21 Black [22]
21 April 18, 2002 Gerald Dwight Casey 47 34 13 White [23]
22 April 26, 2002 Alton Coleman 46 28 18 Black Ohio [24]
23 April 30, 2002 Rodolpho Baiza Hernandez 52 35 17 Hispanic Texas [25]
24 May 3, 2002 Richard Charles Johnson 39 22 White South Carolina [26]
25 May 9, 2002 Reginald Lenard Reeves 28 19 9 Black Texas [27]
26 May 10, 2002 Lynda Lyon Block 54 45 Female White Alabama Electrocution [28]
27 Leslie Dale Martin 35 24 11 Male Louisiana Lethal injection [29]
28 May 16, 2002 Ronford Lee Styron Jr. 32 8 Texas [30]
29 May 22, 2002 Johnny Joe Martinez 29 20 9 Hispanic [31]
30 May 28, 2002 Napoleon Beazley 25 17 8 Black [32]
31 May 30, 2002 Stanley Allison Baker Jr. 35 27 White [33]
32 June 12, 2002 Walter Mickens Jr. 47 37 10 Black Virginia [34]
33 June 13, 2002 Daniel Earl Reneau 27 20 7 White Texas [35]
34 June 25, 2002 Robert Otis Coulson 34 24 10 [36]
35 June 26, 2002 Jeffery Lynn Williams 30 23 7 Black [37]
36 July 17, 2002 Tracy Alan Hansen 39 16 White Mississippi [38]
37 July 23, 2002 Randall Eugene Cannon 42 25 17 Oklahoma [39]
38 July 30, 2002 Earl Alexander Frederick Sr. 51 38 13 [40]
39 August 7, 2002 Richard William Kutzner 59 53 6 Texas [41]
40 August 8, 2002 T. J. Jones 25 17 8 Black [42]
41 August 14, 2002 Javier Suarez Medina 33 19 14 Hispanic [43]
42 Daniel Anthony Basile 35 25 10 White Missouri [44]
43 August 16, 2002 Wallace Marvin Fugate III 52 41 11 Georgia [45]
44 August 20, 2002 Gary Wayne Etheridge 38 26 12 Texas [46]
45 August 23, 2002 Anthony Green 40 25 15 Black South Carolina [47]
46 August 28, 2002 Toronto Markkey Patterson 24 17 7 Texas [48]
47 September 10, 2002 Tony Lee Walker 36 26 10 [49]
48 September 13, 2002 Michael Joseph Passaro 40 36 4 White South Carolina [50]
49 September 17, 2002 Jessie Joe Patrick 44 31 13 Texas [51]
50 September 18, 2002 Ron Scott Shamburger 30 22 8 [52]
51 September 24, 2002 Rex Warren Mays 42 32 10 [53]
52 September 25, 2002 Robert Anthony Buell 62 41 21 Ohio [54]
53 Calvin Eugene King 48 40 8 Black Texas [55]
54 October 1, 2002 James Rexford Powell 56 44 12 White [56]
55 October 2, 2002 Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco 43 27 16 Hispanic Florida [57]
56 October 9, 2002 Aileen Carol Wuornos 46 33–34 12–13 Female White [58]
57 November 13, 2002 William Howard Putman 59 37 22 Male Georgia [59]
58 November 14, 2002 Mir Aimal Kasi 38 28 10 Asian Virginia [60]
59 November 19, 2002 Craig Neil Ogan Jr. 47 34 13 White Texas [61]
60 November 20, 2002 William Robert Jones Jr. 37 21 16 Missouri [62]
61 William Wesley Chappell 66 51 15 Texas [63]
62 December 4, 2002 Leonard Uresti Rojas 52 44 8 Hispanic [64]
63 December 6, 2002 Ernest West Basden 50 39 11 White North Carolina [65]
64 December 9, 2002 Linroy Bottoson 63 40 23 Black Florida [66]
65 December 10, 2002 Desmond Keith Carter 35 24 11 North Carolina [67]
66 Jerry Lynn McCracken 23 12 White Oklahoma [68]
67 December 11, 2002 James Paul Collier 55 48 7 Texas [69]
68 Jessie Derrell Williams 51 31 20 Mississippi [70]
69 December 12, 2002 Jay Wesley Neill 37 19 18 Oklahoma [71]
70 Anthony Keith Johnson 46 27 19 Alabama [72]
71 December 17, 2002 Ernest Marvin Carter Jr. 36 23 13 Black Oklahoma [73]
Average: 42 years 29 years 13 years

Demographics

Gender
Male 69 97%
Female 2 3%
Ethnicity
White 46 65%
Black 18 25%
Hispanic 6 8%
Asian 1 1%
State
Texas 33 46%
Oklahoma 7 10%
Missouri 6 8%
Georgia 4 6%
Virginia 4 6%
Florida 3 4%
Ohio 3 4%
South Carolina 3 4%
Alabama 2 3%
Mississippi 2 3%
North Carolina 2 3%
California 1 1%
Louisiana 1 1%
Method
Lethal injection 70 99%
Electrocution 1 1%
Month
January 9 13%
February 3 4%
March 4 6%
April 7 10%
May 8 11%
June 4 6%
July 3 4%
August 8 11%
September 7 10%
October 3 4%
November 5 7%
December 10 14%
Age
20–29 7 10%
30–39 25 35%
40–49 23 32%
50–59 12 17%
60–69 4 6%
Total 71 100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2003 65
2002 71
2001 66
Total 202

See also

References

  1. ^ "Execution List 2002". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "James R. Johnson Executed January 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  4. ^ "Michael Patrick Moore Executed January 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  5. ^ "Jermarr Carlos Arnold Executed January 16, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  6. ^ "Ronald Keith Spivey Executed January 24, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  7. ^ "Stephen Wayne Anderson Executed January 29, 2002 by Lethal Injection in California".
  8. ^ "John Joseph Romano Executed January 29, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  9. ^ "Windell Broussard Executed January 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  10. ^ "Randall Wayne Hafdahl Sr. Executed January 31, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  11. ^ "David Wayne Woodruff Executed January 31, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  12. ^ "Michael Owsley Executed February 6, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  13. ^ "John William Byrd Jr. Executed February 19, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  14. ^ "Monty Allen Delk Executed February 28, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  15. ^ "Jeffrey Lane Tokar Executed March 6, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  16. ^ "Gerald Wayne Tigner Jr. Executed March 7, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  17. ^ "Tracy Lee Housel Executed March 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  18. ^ "James Earl Patterson Executed March 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  19. ^ "Daniel Lee Zirkle Executed April 2, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  20. ^ "Paul W. Kreutzer Executed April 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  21. ^ "Jose Santellan Sr. Executed April 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  22. ^ "William Kendrick Burns Executed April 11, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  23. ^ "Gerald Dwight Casey Executed April 18, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  24. ^ "Alton Coleman Executed April 26, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  25. ^ "Rodolpho Baiza Hernandez Executed April 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  26. ^ "Richard Charles Johnson Executed May 3, 2002 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
  27. ^ "Reginald Lenard Reeves Executed May 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  28. ^ "Lynda Lyon Block Executed May 10, 2002 by Electric Chair in Alabama".
  29. ^ "Leslie Dale Martin Executed May 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Louisiana".
  30. ^ "Ronford Lee Styron Jr. Executed May 16, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  31. ^ "Johnny Joe Martinez Executed May 22, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  32. ^ "Napoleon Beazley Executed May 28, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  33. ^ "Stanley Allison Baker Jr. Executed May 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  34. ^ "Walter Mickens Jr. Executed June 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  35. ^ "Daniel Earl Reneau Executed June 13, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  36. ^ "Robert Otis Coulson Executed June 25, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  37. ^ "Jeffery Lynn Williams Executed June 26, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  38. ^ "Tracy Alan Hansen Executed July 17, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".
  39. ^ "Randall Eugene Cannon Executed July 23, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  40. ^ "Earl Alexander Frederick Sr. Executed July 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  41. ^ "Richard William Kutzner Executed August 7, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  42. ^ "T. J. Jones Executed August 8, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  43. ^ "Javier Suarez Medina Executed August 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  44. ^ "Daniel Anthony Basile Executed August 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  45. ^ "Wallace Marvin Fugate III Executed August 16, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  46. ^ "Gary Wayne Etheridge Executed August 20, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  47. ^ "Anthony Green Executed August 23, 2002 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
  48. ^ "Toronto Markkey Patterson Executed August 28, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  49. ^ "Tony Lee Walker Executed September 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  50. ^ "Michael Joseph Passaro Executed September 13, 2002 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
  51. ^ "Jessie Joe Patrick Executed September 17, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  52. ^ "Ron Scott Shamburger Executed September 18, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  53. ^ "Rex Warren Mays Executed September 24, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  54. ^ "Robert Anthony Buell Executed September 25, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  55. ^ "Calvin Eugene King Executed September 25, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  56. ^ "James Rexford Powell Executed October 1, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  57. ^ "Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco Executed October 2, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  58. ^ "Aileen Carol Wuornos Executed October 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  59. ^ "William Howard Putman Executed November 13, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  60. ^ "Mir Aimal Kasi Executed November 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  61. ^ "Craig Neil Ogan Jr. Executed November 19, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  62. ^ "William Robert Jones Jr. Executed November 20, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  63. ^ "William Wesley Chappell Executed November 20, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  64. ^ "Leonard Uresti Rojas Executed December 4, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  65. ^ "Ernest West Basden Executed December 6, 2002 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  66. ^ "Linroy Bottoson Executed December 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  67. ^ "Desmond Keith Carter Executed December 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  68. ^ "Jerry Lynn McCracken Executed December 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  69. ^ "James Paul Collier Executed December 11, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  70. ^ "Jessie Derrell Williams Executed December 11, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".
  71. ^ "Jay Wesley Neill Executed December 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  72. ^ "Anthony Keith Johnson Executed December 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Alabama".
  73. ^ "Ernest Marvin Carter Jr. Executed December 17, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
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2002 		Succeeded by
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