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 43 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
[edit]| 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 | 6 murder victims[a] | 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[b] | ||
| 4 | Jimmie Wayne Jeffers | White | 49 | M | September 13, 1995 | Maricopa | Penelope Cheney | ||
| 5 | Daren Lee Bolton[2] | White | 29 | M | June 19, 1996 | Pima | Zosha Lee Pickett[c] | ||
| 6 | Luis Morine Mata | Hispanic | 45 | M | August 22, 1996 | Maricopa | Debra Lee Lopez | ||
| 7 | Randy Greenawalt | White | 47 | M | January 23, 1997 | Yuma | 8 murder victims[d] | ||
| 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 | 17 murder victims[e] | |||
| 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 | Frank Ponciano and Wilmar Holsinger | |
| 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 | Janet Napolitano | |
| 24 | Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan | Native American | 50 | M | October 26, 2010 | Chester Dean Dyer[f] | 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.[3] | White | 71 | M | October 9, 2013 | Yavapai | Lorimer Grove[g] | ||
| 36 | Robert Glen Jones Jr. | White | 43 | M | October 23, 2013 | Pima | 6 murder victims[h] | ||
| 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 | ||
| 41 | Aaron Brian Gunches | White | 53 | M | March 19, 2025 | Ted Price | Katie Hobbs | ||
| 42 | Richard Kenneth Djerf | White | 55 | M | October 17, 2025 | 4 murder victims[i] | |||
| 43 | Leroy Dean McGill | White | 63 | M | May 20, 2026 | Charles Perez |
Demographics
[edit]| Race | ||
|---|---|---|
| White | 33 | 77% |
| Hispanic | 5 | 12% |
| Native American | 3 | 7% |
| Black | 2 | 5% |
| Age | ||
| 20–29 | 2 | 5% |
| 30–39 | 6 | 14% |
| 40–49 | 15 | 35% |
| 50–59 | 12 | 28% |
| 60–69 | 6 | 14% |
| 70–79 | 2 | 5% |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 43 | 100% |
| Date of execution | ||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990–1999 | 19 | 44% |
| 2000–2009 | 4 | 9% |
| 2010–2019 | 14 | 33% |
| 2020–2029 | 6 | 14% |
| Method | ||
| Lethal injection | 41 | 95% |
| Gas chamber | 2 | 5% |
| Governor (Party) | ||
| Raúl Héctor Castro (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Wesley Bolin (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Bruce Babbitt (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Evan Mecham (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Rose Mofford (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Fife Symington (R) | 8 | 19% |
| Jane Dee Hull (R) | 14 | 33% |
| Janet Napolitano (D) | 1 | 2% |
| Jan Brewer (R) | 14 | 33% |
| Doug Ducey (R) | 3 | 7% |
| Katie Hobbs (D) | 3 | 7% |
| Total | 43 | 100% |
See also
[edit]- Capital punishment in Arizona
- Capital punishment in the United States
- List of people executed in Arizona (pre-1972) – executions before Furman
Notes
[edit]- ↑ The 6 victims were: Stanton Winston Blanton, Charles Dickerson, Gerald Huth, Allen Gage, Robert Wise, and Martin Concannon. Harding was executed for killing Gage, Wise, and Concannon, all of whom were killed in Arizona. Blanton was killed in Texas while Dickerson and Huth were killed in California.
- ↑ The 4 victims were: Charles Thumm, Mildred Thumm, Gerald McFerron, and George Martin.
- ↑ Also killed Cathy Barbara Fritz, but was executed for killing Pickett.
- ↑ The 8 victims were: Stanley Edward Sandage, Teresa-Jo Tyson, John Lyons, Donnelda Lyons, Christopher Lyons, Henry Weber, James Judge Jr., and Margene Judge. The first five victims were all killed in Arizona. Weber was killed in Arkansas, while the Judges were killed in Colorado. Greenawalt was executed for killing Tyson and the Lyons.
- ↑ The 17 victims were: Steven Allan Loughran, Robert Robbins, Katherine Mestites, Gilbert Rodriguez Sierra, Michael Bruce Sandberg, Patricia May Sandberg, Kenneth Francis Unrein, Michael Raymond Adshade, Robert Allen Parkin, Lisa Diane Parkin, Walter George Parkin, Joanne Carol Parkin, Richard Allen Earl Sr., Wanda Jean Earl, Debra Jean Earl, Richard Allen Earl Jr., and Mark Allen Lang. The first six victims were all killed in Arizona while the rest were killed in California. Gretzler was executed for killing the Sandbergs.
- ↑ Also killed Greg Brown in Oklahoma, but was executed for killing Dyer.
- ↑ Also killed Clare Mortenson in Utah, but was executed for killing Grove.
- ↑ The 6 victims were: Chip O'Dell, Tom Hardman, Maribeth Munn, Carol Noel, Judy Bell, and Arthur 'Taco' Bell.
- ↑ The 4 victims were: Albert Luna, Patricia Luna, Rochelle Luna, and Damien Luna.
References
[edit]- ↑ Inmates Executed Since 1992 Arizona Department of Corrections.
- ↑ "Man executed in rape, murder of 2-year-old girl". The Albany Herald. June 20, 1996. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
- ↑ Kiefer, Michael (October 8, 2013). "71-year-old set for execution in Arizona". USA Today. Retrieved September 9, 2026.