List of people executed in Alabama

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Alabama since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. All of the 81 people (80 men and 1 woman) have been executed at the Holman Correctional Facility, near Atmore, Alabama. All executions between December 2002 and 2023 were conducted by lethal injection. In January 2024, the Alabama Department of Corrections conducted the first ever execution via nitrogen hypoxia.[1]

Prior to 1983, an 18-year moratorium on executions was observed under the direction of the Supreme Court of the United States. Alabama previously executed 153 people between 1927 and 1965.[2]

## List of people executed in Alabama since 1976

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No. | Name  | Race  | Age  | Sex  | Date of execution  | County  | Method  | Victim(s)  | Governor

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1  | John Louis Evans III | White  | 33  | M  | April 22, 1983  | Mobile | Electrocution | Edward Nassar  | George Wallace
2  | Arthur Lee Jones[3] | Black  | 47  | M  | March 21, 1986  | William Hosea Waymon
3  | Wayne Eugene Ritter[a][4] | White  | 33  | M  | August 28, 1987  | Edward Nassar  | H. Guy Hunt
4  | Michael Lindsey[5] | Black  | 28  | M  | May 26, 1989  | Rosemary Zimlich Rutland
5  | Horace Franklin Dunkins Jr.[6] | Black  | 28  | M  | July 14, 1989  | Jefferson | Lynn McCurry
6  | Herbert Lee Richardson | Black  | 43  | M  | August 18, 1989  | Houston | Rena Mae Callins
7  | Arthur James Julius[7] | Black  | 43  | M  | November 17, 1989  | Montgomery | Susie Bell Sanders
8  | Wallace Norrell Thomas[8] | Black  | 35  | M  | July 13, 1990  | Mobile | Quenette Shehane
9  | Larry Gene Heath[9] | White  | 40  | M  | March 20, 1992  | Russell | Rebecca Heath
10  | Cornelius Singleton[10] | Black  | 36  | M  | November 20, 1992  | Mobile | Ann Hogan
11  | Willie Clisby Jr. | Black  | 47  | M  | April 28, 1995  | Jefferson | Fletcher Handley  | Fob James
12  | Varnell Weeks | Black  | 43  | M  | May 12, 1995  | Macon | Mark Batts
13  | Edward Dean Horsley Jr.[b] | Black  | 38  | M  | February 16, 1996  | Monroe | Naomi Rolon
14  | Billy Wayne Waldrop | White  | 44  | M  | January 10, 1997  | Talladega | Thurman Macon Donahoo
15  | Walter Hill | Black  | 62  | M  | May 2, 1997  | Jefferson | Willie Mae Hammock, John Tatum Jr., and Lois Jean Tatum
16  | Henry Francis Hays[11] | White  | 42  | M  | June 6, 1997  | Mobile | Michael Donald
17  | Steven Allen Thompson | White  | 34  | M  | May 8, 1998  | Madison | Robin Balarzs
18  | Brian Keith Baldwin | Black  | 40  | M  | June 18, 1999  | Monroe | Naomi Rolon  | Don Siegelman
19  | Victor Kennedy | Black  | 37  | M  | August 6, 1999  | Shelby | Annie Laura Orr
20  | David Ray Duren | White  | 37  | M  | January 7, 2000  | Jefferson | Kathleen Bedsole
21  | Freddie Lee Wright | Black  | 48  | M  | March 3, 2000  | Mobile | Warren Green and Lois Green
22  | Robert Lee Tarver Jr. | Black  | 52  | M  | April 14, 2000  | Russell | Hugh Sims Kite
23  | Pernell La'sha Ford | Black  | 35  | M  | June 2, 2000  | Calhoun | Willie C. Griffith and Linda Gail Griffith
24  | Lynda Lyon Block | White  | 54  | F  | May 10, 2002  | Lee | Opelika police Sergeant Roger Lamar Motley
25  | Anthony Keith Johnson | White  | 46  | M  | December 12, 2002  | Morgan | Lethal injection | Kenneth Cantrell
26  | Michael Eugene Thompson | White  | 43  | M  | March 13, 2003  | Blount | Maisie Carlene Gray  | Bob Riley
27  | Gary Leon Brown | White  | 44  | M  | April 24, 2003  | Jefferson | Jack David McGraw
28  | Thomas Jerry Fortenberry | White  | 39  | M  | August 7, 2003  | Etowah | 4 murder victims[c]
29  | James Barney Hubbard | White  | 74  | M  | August 5, 2004  | Tuscaloosa | Lillian Montgomery
30  | David Kevin Hocker | White  | 33  | M  | September 30, 2004  | Henry | Jerry Wayne Robinson
31  | Mario Giovanni Centobie | White  | 39  | M  | April 28, 2005  | St. Clair | Moody police officer Keith Turner
32  | Jerry Paul Henderson | White  | 58  | M  | June 2, 2005  | Talladega | Jerry Haney
33  | George Everette Sibley Jr.[d] | White  | 62  | M  | August 4, 2005  | Lee | Opelika police Sergeant Roger Lamar Motley
34  | John W. Peoples Jr. | White  | 48  | M  | September 22, 2005  | Talladega | Paul Franklin, Judy Franklin, and Paul Franklin Jr.
35  | Larry Eugene A. Hutcherson | White  | 37  | M  | October 26, 2006  | Mobile | Irma Thelma Gray
36  | Aaron Lee Jones | Black  | 55  | M  | May 3, 2007  | Blount | Carl Nelson and Willene Nelson
37  | Darrell B. Grayson | Black  | 46  | M  | July 26, 2007  | Shelby | Annie Laura Orr
38  | Luther Jerome Williams | Black  | 47  | M  | August 23, 2007  | Tuscaloosa | John Kirk
39  | James Harvey Callahan | White  | 62  | M  | January 15, 2009  | Calhoun | Rebecca Suzanne Howell
40  | Danny Joe Bradley[12] | White  | 49  | M  | February 12, 2009  | Rhonda Hardin
41  | Jimmy Lee Dill[13] | Black  | 49  | M  | April 16, 2009  | Jefferson | Leon Shaw
42  | Willie McNair[14] | Black  | 44  | M  | May 14, 2009  | Montgomery | Ella Foy Riley
43  | Jack Harrison Trawick[2] | White  | 62  | M  | June 11, 2009  | Jefferson | Stephanie Gach
44  | Max Landon Payne[15] | White  | 38  | M  | October 8, 2009  | Cullman | Braxton Brown
45  | Thomas Warren Whisenhant | White  | 63  | M  | May 27, 2010  | Mobile | Sheryl Lynn Payton[e]
46  | John Forrest Parker[f] | White  | 42  | M  | June 10, 2010  | Colbert | Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett
47  | Michael Jeffrey Land | White  | 41  | M  | August 12, 2010  | Jefferson | Candace Brown
48  | Holly Wood | Black  | 50  | M  | September 9, 2010  | Dale | Ruby Lois Gosha
49  | Phillip D. Hallford | White  | 63  | M  | November 4, 2010  | Pike | Charles Eddie Shannon
50  | Leroy B. White | Black  | 52  | M  | January 13, 2011  | Madison | Ruby White
51  | William Glenn Boyd | White  | 45  | M  | March 31, 2011  | Calhoun | Fred Blackmon and Evelyn Blackmon  | Robert J. Bentley
52  | Jason Oric Williams | White  | 43  | M  | May 19, 2011  | Mobile | 4 murder victims[g]
53  | Eddie Duval Powell III | Black  | 41  | M  | June 16, 2011  | Tuscaloosa | Mattie Wesson
54  | Derrick O'Neal Mason | Black  | 37  | M  | September 22, 2011  | Madison | Angela Cagle
55  | Christopher Thomas Johnson | White  | 38  | M  | October 20, 2011  | Escambia | Elias Ocean Johnson
56  | Andrew Reid Lackey | White  | 29  | M  | July 25, 2013  | Limestone | Charlie Newman
57  | Christopher Eugene Brooks | White  | 43  | M  | January 21, 2016  | Jefferson | Jo Deann Campbell
58  | Ronald Bert Smith Jr. | White  | 45  | M  | December 8, 2016  | Madison | Casey Wilson
59  | Thomas Douglas Arthur | White  | 75  | M  | May 26, 2017  | Colbert | Troy Wicker  | Kay Ivey
60  | Robert Bryant Melson | Black  | 46  | M  | June 8, 2017  | Etowah | James Nathaniel Baker, Darryl Collier, and Tamika Collins
61  | Torrey Twane McNabb | Black  | 40  | M  | October 19, 2017  | Montgomery | Montgomery police officer Anderson Gordon
62  | Michael Wayne Eggers | White  | 50  | M  | March 15, 2018  | Walker | Bennie Francis Murray
63  | Walter Leroy Moody Jr. | White  | 83  | M  | April 19, 2018  | Jefferson | Robert Smith Vance[h]
64  | Domineque Hakim Marcelle Ray | Black  | 42  | M  | February 7, 2019  | Dallas | Tiffany Harville
65  | Michael Brandon Samra | White  | 41  | M  | May 16, 2019  | Shelby | 4 murder victims[i]
66  | Christopher Lee Price | White  | 46  | M  | May 30, 2019  | Fayette | Pastor Bill Lynn
67  | Nathaniel Woods | Black  | 43  | M  | March 5, 2020  | Jefferson | Carlos Owen, Harley Chisholm III, and Charles Bennett[j]
68  | Willie B. Smith III | Black  | 52  | M  | October 21, 2021  | Sharma Ruth Johnson
69  | Matthew Reeves | Black  | 44  | M  | January 27, 2022  | Dallas | Willie Johnson Jr.
70  | Joe Nathan James Jr. | Black  | 50  | M  | July 28, 2022  | Jefferson | Faith Hall
71  | James Edward Barber | White  | 64  | M  | July 21, 2023  | Madison | Dorothy Belle Epps
72  | Casey Allen McWhorter | White  | 49  | M  | November 16, 2023  | Marshall | Edward Lee Williams Sr.
73  | Kenneth Eugene Smith[k] | White  | 58  | M  | January 25, 2024  | Colbert | Nitrogen hypoxia | Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett
74  | Jamie Ray Mills | White  | 50  | M  | May 30, 2024  | Marion | Lethal injection  | Floyd Hill and Vera Hill
75  | Keith Edmund Gavin | Black  | 64  | M  | July 18, 2024  | Cherokee | William Clinton Clayton Jr.
76  | Alan Eugene Miller | White  | 59  | M  | September 26, 2024  | Shelby | Nitrogen hypoxia  | Lee Holdbrooks, Christopher Yancy, and Terry Jarvis
77  | Derrick Ryan Dearman | White  | 36  | M  | October 17, 2024  | Mobile | Lethal injection  | 5 murder victims[l]
78  | Carey Dale Grayson | White  | 50  | M  | November 21, 2024  | Jefferson | Nitrogen hypoxia  | Vickie Lynn Deblieux
79  | Demetrius Terrence Frazier | Black  | 52  | M  | February 6, 2025  | Pauline Starks Brown
80  | James Lee Osgood | White  | 55  | M  | April 24, 2025  | Chilton | Lethal injection  | Tracy Lynn Brown
81  | Gregory Hunt | White  | 65  | M  | June 10, 2025  | Walker | Nitrogen hypoxia  | Karen Sanders Lane

## Demographics

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Race

White  | 47  | 56%
Black  | 34  | 43%
Age
20–29  | 3  | 4%
30–39  | 17  | 21%
40–49  | 34  | 43%
50–59  | 15  | 19%
60–69  | 9  | 10%
70–79  | 2  | 4%
80–89  | 1  | 1%
Sex
Male  | 80  | 99%
Female  | 1  | 1%
Date of execution
1976–1979  | 0  | 0%
1980–1989  | 7  | 11%
1990–1999  | 12  | 15%
2000–2009  | 25  | 32%
2010–2019  | 22  | 28%
2020–2029  | 15  | 18%
Method
Lethal injection | 52  | 65%
Electrocution | 24  | 30%
Nitrogen hypoxia | 5  | 5%
Governor (Party)
George Wallace (D) | 2  | 3%
H. Guy Hunt (R) | 8  | 10%
Jim Folsom Jr. (D) | 0  | 0%
Fob James (R) | 7  | 9%
Don Siegelman (D) | 8  | 10%
Bob Riley (R) | 25  | 32%
Robert J. Bentley (R) | 8  | 10%
Kay Ivey (R) | 23  | 27%
Total  | 81  | 100%

## See also

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* Capital punishment in Alabama
* Capital punishment in the United States
* List of people executed in Alabama (pre-1972) – executions before Furman

## Notes

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1. ^ Ritter was the accomplice of John Louis Evans.
2. ^ Horsley was the accomplice of Brian Baldwin.
3. ^ The 4 victims were: Ronald Michael Guest, Wilbut T. Nelson, Robert William Payne, and Nancy Payne.
4. ^ Sibley was the common-law husband and accomplice of Lynda Lyon Block.
5. ^ Also killed 3 other women but was only executed for Payton's murder.
6. ^ Parker was the accomplice of Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was executed 14 years later for the same crime.
7. ^ The 4 victims were: Gerald Paravicini, Fred Barber, Linda Barber, and Bryan Barber.
8. ^ Vance was a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit judge.
9. ^ The 4 victims were: Randy Duke, Dedra Hunt, Chelsea Hunt, and Chelisa Hunt.
10. ^ All 3 victims were Birmingham police officers.
11. ^ Smith was the first person to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama's legal history, and in turn, the United States and worldwide.
12. ^ The 5 victims were: Joseph Adam Turner, Shannon Melissa Randall, Robert Lee Brown, Justin Kaleb Reed, and Chelsea Marie Reed.

## References

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1. ^ Chandler, Kim (August 7, 2021). "Alabama says it has built 'system' for nitrogen gas executions". The Birmingham News. Associated Press. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
2. ^ a b Gordon, Tom (June 12, 2009) "Alabama Death Row inmate Jack Trawick apologizes before execution." Birmingham News
3. ^ Inmate Executed In Alabama Prison. The New York Times.
4. ^ Alabama Executes Convict In Killing. The New York Times.
5. ^ Alabama Executes Man in Death of a Widow. The New York Times.
6. ^ 2 Electric Jolts in Alabama Execution. The New York Times.
7. ^ Murderer of Woman Is Executed in Alabama. The New York Times.
8. ^ A Convicted Killer Is Executed in Alabama. The New York Times.
9. ^ HEATH v. ALABAMA, 474 U.S. 82 (1985). The New York Times.
10. ^ Execution in Alabama for the Killing of a Nun. The New York Times.
11. ^ Klan Member Put to Death In Race Death. The New York Times.
12. ^ Gordon, Tom (February 12, 2009) "Danny Joe Bradley ends 26 years on Alabama's Death Row in execution chamber." Birmingham News
13. ^ Gordon, Tom (April 16, 2009) "Updated: Alabama executes Jimmy Lee Dill for 1989 slaying of Leon Shaw of Birmingham." Birmingham News
14. ^ Gordon, Tom (May 14, 2009) "Alabama executes Willie McNair for 1990 slaying of Ella Foy Riley in Abbeville." Birmingham News
15. ^ Gordon, Tom (October 8, 2009) "Alabama executes Max Landon Payne for 1992 slaying of Cullman County store owner Braxton Brown." Birmingham News

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