This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2001. Sixty-six people were executed in the United States in 2001. Eighteen of them were in the state of Oklahoma, while only seventeen of them were in the state of Texas. Three (Wanda Jean Allen, Marilyn Kay Plantz, and Lois Nadean Smith) were female; all three were executed in Oklahoma.[1][2] One notable execution was of domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh, who was responsible for carrying out the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. McVeigh's execution was the first to be carried out by the United States federal government since 1963.[3] Only one execution occurred in September, as several were postponed due to the September 11 attacks.[4][5][6] The attack on the Pentagon caused federal offices, including the United States Supreme Court, to shut down.[7]

List of people executed in the United States in 2001

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 9, 2001 Jack Wade Clark 37 26 11 Male White Texas Lethal injection [8]
2 Eddie Leroy Trice 48 34 14 Black Oklahoma [9]
3 January 11, 2001 Robert Dewey Glock II 39 22 17 White Florida [10]
4 Wanda Jean Allen 41 29 12 Female Black Oklahoma [11]
5 January 16, 2001 Floyd Allen Medlock 30 20 10 Male White [12]
6 January 18, 2001 Alvin Urial Goodwin III 37 22 15 Texas [13]
7 Dion Athanasius Smallwood 31 9 Hispanic Oklahoma [14]
8 January 23, 2001 Mark Andrew Fowler 35 20 15 White [15]
9 January 25, 2001 Billy Ray Fox 19 16 [16]
10 January 29, 2001 Caruthers "Gus" Alexander 52 32 20 Black Texas [17]
11 January 30, 2001 Loyd Winford Lafevers 35 19 16 White Oklahoma [18]
12 February 1, 2001 Dorsie Leslie "Wayne" Jones Jr. 61 39 22 [19]
13 February 7, 2001 Stanley Dewaine Lingar 37 21 16 Missouri [20]
14 February 8, 2001 Adolph Gil Hernandez 50 38 12 Hispanic Texas [21]
15 March 1, 2001 Thomas Wayne Akers 31 29 2 White Virginia [22]
16 Robert William Clayton 40 24 16 Oklahoma [23]
17 March 7, 2001 Dennis Thurl Dowthitt 55 44 11 Texas [24]
18 March 9, 2001 Willie Ervin Fisher 39 30 9 Black North Carolina [25]
19 March 14, 2001 Gerald Wayne Bivins 41 31 10 White Indiana [26]
20 March 27, 2001 Robert Lee Massie 59 37 22 California [27]
21 Ronald Dunaway Fluke 52 48 4 Oklahoma [28]
22 March 28, 2001 Tomas Grant Ervin 50 37 13 Missouri [29]
23 April 3, 2001 Jason Eric Massey 28 20 8 Texas [30]
24 April 21, 2001 Sebastian Stephanous Bridges 37 34 3 Nevada [31]
25 April 25, 2001 Mose Young Jr. 45 27 18 Black Missouri [32]
26 David Lee Goff 32 21 11 Texas [33]
27 April 26, 2001 David F. Dawson 46 31 15 White Delaware [34]
28 May 1, 2001 Marilyn Kay Plantz 40 27 13 Female Oklahoma [35]
29 May 8, 2001 Clay King Smith 30 3 Male Arkansas [36]
30 May 22, 2001 Terrance Anthony James 41 22 19 Oklahoma [37]
31 May 23, 2001 Samuel D. Smith 40 26 14 Black Missouri [38]
32 May 25, 2001 Abdullah Tanzil Hameen 37 27 10 Delaware [39]
33 May 29, 2001 Vincent Allen Johnson 42 32 Oklahoma [40]
34 June 11, 2001 Timothy James McVeigh 33 26 7 White Federal government [41]
35 June 13, 2001 John Leslie Wheat 57 51 6 Texas [42]
36 June 14, 2001 Jay D. Scott 48 30 18 Black Ohio [43]
37 June 19, 2001 Juan Raul Garza 44 33 11 Hispanic Federal government [44]
38 June 26, 2001 Miguel Richardson 46 24 22 Black Texas [45]
39 June 27, 2001 James Lowery 54 32 White Indiana [46]
40 July 11, 2001 Jerome Mallett 42 26 16 Black Missouri [47]
41 James Joseph Wilkens Jr. 39 25 14 White Texas [48]
42 July 17, 2001 Jerald Wayne Harjo 40 26 Native American Oklahoma [49]
43 August 8, 2001 Mack Oran Hill 47 33 White Texas [50]
44 August 16, 2001 Jeffrey Carlton Doughtie 39 31 8 [51]
45 August 24, 2001 Clifton Allen White 43 30 13 North Carolina [52]
46 August 28, 2001 James Homer Elledge 58 55 3 Washington [53]
47 Jack Dale Walker 35 22 13 Oklahoma [54]
48 August 31, 2001 Ronald Wayne Frye 42 34 8 North Carolina [55]
49 September 18, 2001 James Roy Knox 50 31 19 Texas [56]
50 October 3, 2001 Michael S. Roberts 27 19 8 Missouri [57]
51 October 12, 2001 David Junior Ward 39 29 10 Black North Carolina [58]
52 October 18, 2001 Christopher James Beck 26 20 6 White Virginia [59]
53 Alvie James Hale Jr. 53 35 18 Oklahoma [60]
54 October 22, 2001 Gerald Lee Mitchell 33 17 16 Black Texas [61]
55 October 24, 2001 Stephen K. Johns 55 35 20 White Missouri [62]
56 October 25, 2001 Terry Michael Mincey 41 22 19 Georgia [63]
57 November 6, 2001 Jose Martinez High 45 19 26 Black [64]
58 Terry Douglas Clark 30 15 White New Mexico [65]
59 November 14, 2001 Jeffery Eugene Tucker 41 28 13 Texas [66]
60 November 15, 2001 Fred Marion Gilreath Jr. 63 41 22 Georgia [67]
61 Emerson Edward Rudd 31 18 13 Black Texas [68]
62 November 30, 2001 John Hardy Rose 43 32 11 White North Carolina [69]
63 December 4, 2001 Lois Nadean Smith 61 41 20 Female Oklahoma [70]
64 December 6, 2001 Sahib Lateef Al-Mosawi 53 44 9 Male Iraqi [71]
65 December 11, 2001 Byron Ashley Parker 41 23 18 White Georgia [72]
66 December 12, 2001 Vincent Edward Cooks 37 14 Black Texas [73]
Average: 42 years 29 years 13 years

Demographics

Gender
Male 63 95%
Female 3 5%
Ethnicity
White 44 67%
Black 17 26%
Hispanic 3 5%
Iraqi 1 2%
Native American 1 2%
State
Oklahoma 18 27%
Texas 17 26%
Missouri 7 11%
North Carolina 5 8%
Georgia 4 6%
Delaware 2 3%
Federal government 2 3%
Indiana 2 3%
Virginia 2 3%
Arkansas 1 2%
California 1 2%
Florida 1 2%
Nevada 1 2%
New Mexico 1 2%
Ohio 1 2%
Washington 1 2%
Method
Lethal injection 66 100%
Month
January 11 17%
February 3 5%
March 8 12%
April 5 8%
May 6 9%
June 6 9%
July 3 5%
August 6 9%
September 1 2%
October 7 11%
November 6 9%
December 4 6%
Age
20–29 3 5%
30–39 23 35%
40–49 24 36%
50–59 13 20%
60–69 3 5%
Total 66 100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2002 71
2001 66
2000 85
Total 222

See also

References

  1. ^ "Execution List 2001". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  3. ^ Buncombe, Andrew (October 12, 2021). "'He died with his eyes open': Covering the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh". The Independent. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "Byrd execution delayed further by federal court". Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum. September 13, 2001. p. 8. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Graczyk, Michael (September 12, 2001). "Perry postpones execution of convicted killer". Abilene Reporter-News. p. 55. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Easley delays Robert Bacon execution". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 19, 2001. p. 8. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Murderer's execution delayed". Hood County News. September 15, 2001. p. 6. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Jack Wade Clark Executed January 9, 2001 at 6:27 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  9. ^ "Eddie Leroy Trice Executed January 9, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  10. ^ "Robert Dewey Glock II Executed January 11, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  11. ^ "Wanda Jean Allen Executed January 11, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  12. ^ "Floyd Allen Medlock Executed January 16, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  13. ^ "Alvin Urial Goodwin III Executed January 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  14. ^ "Dion Athanasius Smallwood Executed January 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  15. ^ "Mark Andrew Fowler Executed January 23, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  16. ^ "Billy Ray Fox Executed January 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  17. ^ "Caruthers "Gus" Alexander Executed January 29, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  18. ^ "Loyd Winford Lafevers Executed January 30, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  19. ^ "Dorsie Leslie "Wayne" Jones Jr. Executed February 1, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  20. ^ "Stanley D. Lingar Executed February 7, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  21. ^ "Adolph Gil Hernandez Executed February 8, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  22. ^ "Thomas Wayne Akers Executed March 1, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  23. ^ "Robert William Clayton Executed March 1, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  24. ^ "Dennis Thurl Dowthitt Executed March 7, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  25. ^ "Willie Ervin Fisher Executed March 9, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  26. ^ "Gerald W. Bivins Executed March 14, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
  27. ^ "Robert Lee Massie Executed March 27, 2001 by Lethal Injection in California".
  28. ^ "Ronald Dunaway Fluke Executed March 27, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  29. ^ "Tomas Grant Ervin Executed March 28, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  30. ^ "Jason Eric Massey Executed April 3, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  31. ^ "Sebastian Stephanous Bridges Executed April 21, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Nevada".
  32. ^ "Mose Young Jr. Executed April 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  33. ^ "David Lee Goff Executed April 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  34. ^ "David F. Dawson Executed April 26, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Delaware".
  35. ^ "Marilyn Kay Plantz Executed May 1, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  36. ^ "Clay King Smith Executed May 8, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Arkansas".
  37. ^ "Terrance Anthony James Executed May 22, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  38. ^ "Samuel D. Smith Executed May 23, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  39. ^ "Abdullah Tanzil Hameen a/k/a Cornelius Ferguson Executed May 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Delaware".
  40. ^ "Vincent Allen Johnson Executed May 29, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  41. ^ "Timothy James McVeigh Executed June 11, 2001 at 7:14 a.m. CDT by Lethal Injection by U.S. Government at Terre Haute, Indiana".
  42. ^ "John Leslie Wheat Executed June 13, 2001 6:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  43. ^ "Jay D. Scott Executed June 14, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  44. ^ "Juan Raul Garza Executed June 19, 2001 by Lethal Injection by U.S. Government at Terre Haute, Indiana".
  45. ^ "Miguel Richardson Executed June 26, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  46. ^ "James Lowery Executed June 27, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Indiana".
  47. ^ "Jerome Mallett Executed July 11, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  48. ^ "James Joseph Wilkens Jr. Executed July 11, 2001 6:23 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  49. ^ "Jerald Wayne Harjo Executed July 17, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  50. ^ "Mack Oran Hill Executed August 8, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  51. ^ "Jeffrey Carlton Doughtie Executed August 16, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  52. ^ "Clifton Allen White Executed August 24, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  53. ^ "James Homer Elledge Executed August 28, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Washington".
  54. ^ "Jack Dale Walker Executed August 28, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  55. ^ "Ronald Wayne Frye Executed August 31, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  56. ^ "James Roy Knox Executed September 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  57. ^ "Michael S. Roberts Executed October 3, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  58. ^ "David Junior Ward Executed October 12, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  59. ^ "Christopher James Beck Executed October 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  60. ^ "Alvie James Hale Jr. Executed October 18, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  61. ^ "Gerald Lee Mitchell Executed October 22, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  62. ^ "Stephen K. Johns Executed October 24, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Missouri".
  63. ^ "Terry Michael Mincey Executed October 25, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  64. ^ "Jose Martinez High Executed November 6, 2001 at 8:07 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  65. ^ "Terry Douglas Clark Executed November 6, 2001 by Lethal Injection in New Mexico".
  66. ^ "Jeffery Eugene Tucker Executed November 14, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  67. ^ "Fred Marion Gilreath Jr. Executed November 15, 2001 at 3:53 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  68. ^ "Emerson Edward Rudd Executed November 15, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  69. ^ "John Hardy Rose Executed November 30, 2001 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina".
  70. ^ "Lois Nadean Smith Executed December 4, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  71. ^ "Sahib Lateef Al-Mosawi Executed December 6, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  72. ^ "Byron Ashley Parker Executed December 11, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  73. ^ "Vincent Edward Cooks Executed December 12, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas".
Preceded by
2000 		   List of people executed   
   in the United States in   
2001 		Succeeded by
2002
Categories