The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of North Carolina since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.

There have been a total of 43 executions in North Carolina, under the current statute, since it was adopted in 1977. All of the people executed were convicted of murder. Of the 43 people executed, 42 were male and 1 was female. 41 were executed via lethal injection and 2 via gas chamber.[1]

List of people executed in North Carolina since 1976

No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution Method Victim(s) Governor
1 James William Hutchins White 54 M March 16, 1984 Lethal injection Roy Huskey, Owen Messersmith, and Robert "Pete" Peterson[a] James B. Hunt Jr.
2 Margie Velma Barfield White 52 F November 2, 1984 Stuart Taylor
3 John William Rook White 27 M September 19, 1986 Ann Marie Roche James G. Martin
4 Michael Van McDougall White 36 M October 18, 1991 Dianne Parker
5 John Sterling Gardner Jr. White 34 M October 23, 1992 Richard Adams and Kim Miller
6 David Lawson White 38 M June 15, 1994 Gas chamber Wayne Shinn James B. Hunt Jr.
7 Kermit Smith Jr. White 37 M January 24, 1995 Lethal injection Whelette Collins
8 Phillip Lee Ingle White 34 M September 22, 1995 4 murder victims[b]
9 Ricky Lee Sanderson White 38 M January 30, 1998 Gas chamber[c] Sue Ellen Holliman
10 Zane Brown Hill White 62 M August 14, 1998 Lethal injection Randall Hill
11 John Thomas Noland Jr. White 50 M November 20, 1998 Cindy Milton and Troy Milton
12 James David Rich White 26 M March 26, 1999 Paul Gwyn
13 Harvey Lee Green Black 38 M September 24, 1999 Sheila Bland and Michael Edmondson
14 Arthur Martin Boyd Jr. White 53 M October 21, 1999 Wanda Hartman
15 David Junior Brown Black 51 M November 19, 1999 Shelly Chalflinch and Christina Chalflinch
16 Michael Earl Sexton Black 34 M November 9, 2000 Kimberly Crews
17 Willie Ervin Fisher Black 39 M March 9, 2001 Angela Johnson Mike Easley
18 Clifton Allen White White 43 M August 24, 2001 Kimberly Ewing
19 Ronald Wayne Frye White 42 M August 31, 2001 Ralph Childress
20 David Junior Ward Black 39 M October 12, 2001 Dorothy Mae Smith
21 John Hardy Rose White 43 M November 30, 2001 Patricia Stewart
22 Ernest West Basden White 49 M December 6, 2002 Billy White
23 Desmond Keith Carter Black 35 M December 10, 2002 Helen Purdy
24 William Quentin Jones Black 34 M August 22, 2003 Edward Peebles
25 Henry Lee Hunt Native American 58 M September 12, 2003 Larry Jones and Jackie Ransom
26 Joseph Earl Bates White 35 M September 26, 2003 Charles Jenkins
27 Edward Ernest Hartman White 39 M October 3, 2003 Herman Larry Smith Sr.
28 Joseph Timothy Keel White 39 M November 7, 2003 John Simmons
29 John Dennis Daniels Black 46 M November 14, 2003 Isabelle Daniels Crawford
30 Robbie James Lyons Black 31 M December 5, 2003 Stephen Stafford
31 Raymond Dayle Rowsey White 32 M January 9, 2004 Howard Sikorski
32 Sammy Crystal Perkins Black 51 M October 8, 2004 Lashenna Moore
33 Charles Wesley Roache White 30 M October 22, 2004 6 murder victims[d]
34 Frank Ray Chandler White 32 M November 12, 2004 Doris Poore
35 William Dillard Powell White 58 M March 11, 2005 Mary Gladden
36 Earl J. Richmond Jr. Black 43 M May 6, 2005 Helisa S. Hayes, Phillip Hayes, and Darien Hayes
37 Steven Van McHone White 35 M November 11, 2005 Mildred Adams and Wesley Adams Sr.
38 Elias Syriani Arab 67 M November 18, 2005 Teresa Yousef Syriani
39 Kenneth Lee Boyd[e] White 57 M December 2, 2005 Julie Curry Boyd and Thomas Dillard Curry
40 Perrie Dyon Simpson Black 43 M January 20, 2006 Jean Ernest Darter
41 Patrick Lane Moody White 39 M March 17, 2006 Donnie Ray Robbins
42 Willie Brown Jr. Black 61 M April 21, 2006 Valerie Ann Roberson Dixon
43 Samuel Russell Flippen White 36 M August 18, 2006 Britnie Nichole Hutton

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Huskey and Messersmith were Rutherford County Deputy Sheriffs and Peterson was a North Carolina State Trooper.
  2. ^ The 4 victims were: William Fred Davis, Margaret Davis, E.Z. Willis, and Sarah Willis.
  3. ^ This was the second-to-last execution by gas chamber to be carried out in the United States.
  4. ^ The 6 victims were: Chad McKinley Watt, Earl Phillips, Cora Phillips, Eddie Phillips, Mitzi Phillips, and Katie Phillips.
  5. ^ Kenneth Lee Boyd was the 1,000th person to be executed in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

References

  1. ^ "Searchable Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

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