List of people executed in Ohio

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Ohio since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.[1]

All of the following people have been executed for murder since the Gregg v. Georgia decision. All 56 were executed by lethal injection.[2] However, any future execution will no longer be performed using this method, due to a ruling by Governor Mike DeWine in December 2020.[3] Notable persons executed in Ohio before the Gregg decision include Anna Marie Hahn.

## List of people executed in Ohio since 1976

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

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1  | Wilford Berry Jr. | White  | 36  | M  | February 19, 1999  | Cuyahoga | Lethal injection | Charles Mitroff  | Bob Taft
2  | Jay D. Scott | Black  | 48  | M  | June 14, 2001  | Vinnie M. Price
3  | John William Byrd Jr. | White  | 38  | M  | February 19, 2002  | Hamilton | Monte Tewksbury
4  | Alton Coleman | Black  | 46  | M  | April 26, 2002  | Tonnie Storey and Marlene Walters
5  | Robert Anthony Buell | White  | 62  | M  | September 25, 2002  | Wayne | Krista Harrison[a]
6  | Richard Edwin Fox | White  | 47  | M  | February 12, 2003  | Wood | Leslie Renae Keckler
7  | David M. Brewer | White  | 44  | M  | April 29, 2003  | Greene | Sherry Byrne
8  | Ernest Martin | Black  | 42  | M  | June 18, 2003  | Cuyahoga | Robert Robinson
9  | Lewis Williams Jr. | Black  | 45  | M  | January 14, 2004  | Leoma Chmielewski
10  | John Glenn Roe | White  | 41  | M  | February 3, 2004  | Franklin | Donette Crawford
11  | William Dean Wickline Jr. | White  | 52  | M  | March 30, 2004  | Peggy Lerch and Christopher Lerch
12  | William Gerald Zuern Jr. | White  | 45  | M  | June 8, 2004  | Hamilton | Hamilton County Deputy Sheriff Phillip Pence
13  | Stephen Allen Vrabel | White  | 47  | M  | July 14, 2004  | Mahoning | Susan Clemente and Lisa Clemente
14  | Scott Andrew Mink | White  | 40  | M  | July 20, 2004  | Montgomery | William Mink and Sheila Mink
15  | Adremy Dennis | Black  | 28  | M  | October 13, 2004  | Summit | Kurt Kyle
16  | William Henry Smith | Black  | 47  | M  | March 8, 2005  | Hamilton | Mary Bradford
17  | Herman Dale Ashworth | White  | 32  | M  | September 27, 2005  | Licking | Daniel L. Baker
18  | William James "Flip" Williams Jr. | Black  | 48  | M  | October 25, 2005  | Summit | 4 murder victims[b]
19  | John R. Hicks | Black  | 49  | M  | November 29, 2005  | Hamilton | Brandy Green and Maxine Armstrong
20  | Glenn Lee Benner II | White  | 43  | M  | February 7, 2006  | Summit | Trina Bowser and Cynthia Sedgwick
21  | Joseph Lewis Clark | Black  | 57  | M  | May 2, 2006  | Lucas | David A. Manning and Donald B. Harris
22  | Rocky Lee Barton | White  | 49  | M  | July 12, 2006  | Warren | Kimbirli Jo Barton
23  | Darrell Wayne Ferguson | White  | 28  | M  | August 8, 2006  | Montgomery | Thomas King, Arlie Fugate, and Mae Fugate
24  | Jeffrey Don Lundgren | White  | 56  | M  | October 24, 2006  | Lake | 5 murder victims[c]
25  | James J. Filiaggi | White  | 41  | M  | April 24, 2007  | Lorain | Lisa Huff Filiaggi  | Ted Strickland
26  | Christopher J. Newton | White  | 37  | M  | May 24, 2007  | Richland | Jason Brewer
27  | Richard Wade Cooey II | White  | 41  | M  | October 14, 2008  | Summit | Wendy Offredo and Dawn McCreery
28  | Gregory Bryant-Bey | Black  | 53  | M  | November 19, 2008  | Dale Pinkelman and Pete Mihas
29  | Daniel E. Wilson | White  | 39  | M  | June 3, 2009  | Lorain | Carol Lutz
30  | John Joseph Fautenberry | White  | 46  | M  | July 14, 2009  | Hamilton | 5 murder victims[d]
31  | Marvallous Matthew Keene[4] | Black  | 36  | M  | July 21, 2009  | Montgomery | 6 murder victims[e]
32  | Jason Getsy | White  | 33  | M  | August 18, 2009  | Trumbull | Ann Serafino
33  | Kenneth Biros | White  | 51  | M  | December 8, 2009  | Tami Engstrom
34  | Vernon Lamont Smith | Black  | 37  | M  | January 7, 2010  | Lucas | Sohail Darwish
35  | Mark Aaron Brown | Black  | 37  | M  | February 4, 2010  | Mahoning | Hayder Al-Turk and Isam Salman
36  | Lawrence Raymond Reynolds | White  | 43  | M  | March 16, 2010  | Summit | Loretta Foster
37  | Darryl M. Durr | Black  | 46  | M  | April 20, 2010  | Cuyahoga | Angel Vincent
38  | Michael Francis Beuke | White  | 48  | M  | May 13, 2010  | Hamilton | Robert Craig
39  | William L. Garner | Black  | 37  | M  | July 13, 2010  | 5 murder victims[f]
40  | Roderick Davie | Black  | 38  | M  | August 10, 2010  | Trumbull | John Ira Coleman and Tracey Jeffreys
41  | Michael W. Benge | White  | 49  | M  | October 6, 2010  | Butler | Judith Gabbard
42  | Frank G. Spisak Jr. | White  | 59  | M  | February 17, 2011  | Cuyahoga | Rev. Horace Rickerson, Brian Warford, and Timothy Sheehan  | John Kasich
43  | Johnnie Roy Baston | Black  | 37  | M  | March 10, 2011  | Lucas | Chong-Hoon Mah
44  | Clarence Carter | Black  | 49  | M  | April 12, 2011  | Hamilton | Johnny Allen
45  | Daniel Lee Bedford | White  | 63  | M  | May 17, 2011  | Gwen Toepfert and John Smith
46  | Reginald Brooks Sr. | Black  | 66  | M  | November 15, 2011  | Cuyahoga | Reginald Brooks Jr., Vaughn Brooks, and Niarchos Brooks
47  | Mark Wayne Wiles | White  | 49  | M  | April 18, 2012  | Portage | Mark Klima
48  | Donald L. Palmer | White  | 47  | M  | September 20, 2012  | Belmont | Charles Sponhaltz and Steven Vargo
49  | Brett Xavier Hartman | White  | 38  | M  | November 13, 2012  | Summit | Winda Snipes
50  | Frederick Treesh | White  | 48  | M  | March 6, 2013  | Lake | Henry Dupree
51  | Steven T. Smith | White  | 46  | M  | May 1, 2013  | Richland | Autumn Carter
52  | Harry D. Mitts Jr. | White  | 61  | M  | September 25, 2013  | Cuyahoga | John Bryant and Garfield Heights, Ohio police Sgt. Dennis Glivar
53  | Dennis B. McGuire | White  | 53  | M  | January 16, 2014  | Preble | Joy Stewart
54  | Ronald Ray Phillips | White  | 43  | M  | July 26, 2017  | Summit | Sheila Marie Evans
55  | Gary Wayne Otte | White  | 45  | M  | September 13, 2017  | Cuyahoga | Robert Wasikowski and Sharon Kostura
56  | Robert J. Van Hook | White  | 58  | M  | July 18, 2018  | Hamilton | David Self

## Demographics

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Race

White  | 37  | 66%
Black  | 19  | 34%
Age
20–29  | 2  | 4%
30–39  | 13  | 23%
40–49  | 29  | 52%
50–59  | 8  | 14%
60–69  | 4  | 7%
Sex
Male  | 56  | 100%
Date of execution
1976–1979  | 0  | 0%
1980–1989  | 0  | 0%
1990–1999  | 1  | 2%
2000–2009  | 32  | 57%
2010–2019  | 23  | 41%
2020–2029  | 0  | 0%
Method
Lethal injection | 56  | 100%
Governor (Party)
Jim Rhodes (R) | 0  | 0%
Dick Celeste (D) | 0  | 0%
George Voinovich (R) | 0  | 0%
Nancy Hollister (R) | 0  | 0%
Bob Taft (R) | 24  | 43%
Ted Strickland (D) | 17  | 30%
John Kasich (R) | 15  | 27%
Mike DeWine (R) | 0  | 0%
Total  | 56  | 100%

## See also

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* Capital punishment in Ohio
* Capital punishment in the United States

## Notes

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1. ^ Buell was also responsible for the murder of Tina Harmon.
2. ^ The 4 victims were: William Dent, Alfonda R. Madison Sr., Eric Howard, and Theodore Wynn Jr.
3. ^ The 5 victims were: Dennis Avery, Cheryl Avery, Trina Avery, Rebecca Avery, and Karen Avery.
4. ^ The 5 victims were: Joseph Daron Jr., Jefferson Difee, Gary Farmer, Christine Guthrie, and Donald Nutley. Fautenberry was executed for Daron's murder in Ohio, the other victims were killed in Alaska, New Jersey, and Oregon.
5. ^ The 6 victims were: Sarah Abraham, Wendy Cottrill, Danita Gullette, Marvin Washington, Richmond Maddox, and Joseph Wilkerson. Keene was convicted of five of the murders, but not the murder of Maddox.
6. ^ The 5 victims were: Deondra Freeman, Richard Gaines, Markeca Mason, Mykkila Mason, and Denitra Satterwhite.

## References

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1. ^ "Executions 1999-Present". Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
2. ^ "Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
3. ^ "Ohio governor: Lethal injection no longer execution option". Associated Press. December 8, 2020.
4. ^ Powell, Lisa; Grimes, Becky. "29 years after southwest Ohio Christmas murder spree: 'It will never be forgotten". Journal-News. Retrieved April 10, 2022.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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