List of people executed in North Carolina
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
List of people executed in North Carolina since 1976
| Template:Abbr | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Sortname | White | 54 | M | March 16, 1984 | McDowell | Lethal injection | Roy Huskey, Owen Messersmith, and Pete PetersonTemplate:Efn | Jim Hunt |
| 2 | Template:Sortname | White | 52 | F | November 2, 1984 | Bladen | Stuart Taylor | ||
| 3 | Template:Sortname | White | 27 | M | September 19, 1986 | Wake | Ann Marie Roche | James G. Martin | |
| 4 | Template:Sortname | White | 36 | M | October 18, 1991 | Mecklenburg | Dianne Parker | ||
| 5 | Template:Sortname | White | 34 | M | October 23, 1992 | Forsyth | Richard Adams and Kim Miller | ||
| 6 | Template:Sortname | White | 38 | M | June 15, 1994 | Cabarrus | Gas chamber | Wayne Shinn | Jim Hunt |
| 7 | Template:Sortname | White | 37 | M | January 24, 1995 | Halifax | Lethal injection | Whelette Collins | |
| 8 | Template:Sortname | White | 34 | M | September 22, 1995 | Rutherford | 4 murder victimsTemplate:Efn | ||
| 9 | Template:Sortname | White | 38 | M | January 30, 1998 | Iredell | Gas chamberTemplate:Efn | Sue Ellen Holliman | |
| 10 | Template:Sortname | White | 62 | M | August 14, 1998 | Buncombe | Lethal injection | Randall Hill | |
| 11 | Template:Sortname | White | 50 | M | November 20, 1998 | Mecklenburg | Cindy Milton and Troy Milton | ||
| 12 | Template:Sortname | White | 26 | M | March 26, 1999 | Greene | Paul Gwyn | ||
| 13 | Template:Sortname | Black | 38 | M | September 24, 1999 | Pitt | Sheila Bland and Michael Edmondson | ||
| 14 | Template:Sortname | White | 53 | M | October 21, 1999 | Surry | Wanda Hartman | ||
| 15 | Template:Sortname | Black | 51 | M | November 19, 1999 | Union | Shelly Chalflinch and Christina Chalflinch | ||
| 16 | Template:Sortname | Black | 34 | M | November 9, 2000 | Wake | Kimberly Crews | ||
| 17 | Template:Sortname | Black | 39 | M | March 9, 2001 | Forsyth | Angela Johnson | Mike Easley | |
| 18 | Template:Sortname | White | 43 | M | August 24, 2001 | Mecklenburg | Kimberly Ewing | ||
| 19 | Template:Sortname | White | 42 | M | August 31, 2001 | Catawba | Ralph Childress | ||
| 20 | Template:Sortname | Black | 39 | M | October 12, 2001 | Pitt | Dorothy Mae Smith | ||
| 21 | Template:Sortname | White | 43 | M | November 30, 2001 | Haywood | Patricia Stewart | ||
| 22 | Template:Sortname | White | 49 | M | December 6, 2002 | Duplin | Billy White | ||
| 23 | Template:Sortname | Black | 35 | M | December 10, 2002 | Rockingham | Helen Purdy | ||
| 24 | Template:Sortname | Black | 34 | M | August 22, 2003 | Wake | Edward Peebles | ||
| 25 | Template:Sortname | Native American | 58 | M | September 12, 2003 | Robeson | Larry Jones and Jackie Ransom | ||
| 26 | Template:Sortname | White | 35 | M | September 26, 2003 | Yadkin | Charles Jenkins | ||
| 27 | Template:Sortname | White | 39 | M | October 3, 2003 | Northampton | Herman Larry Smith Sr. | ||
| 28 | Template:Sortname | White | 39 | M | November 7, 2003 | Edgecombe | John Simmons | ||
| 29 | Template:Sortname | Black | 46 | M | November 14, 2003 | Mecklenburg | Isabelle Daniels Crawford | ||
| 30 | Template:Sortname | Black | 31 | M | December 5, 2003 | Forsyth | Stephen Stafford | ||
| 31 | Template:Sortname | White | 32 | M | January 9, 2004 | Alamance | Howard Sikorski | ||
| 32 | Template:Sortname | Black | 51 | M | October 8, 2004 | Pitt | Lashenna Moore | ||
| 33 | Template:Sortname | White | 30 | M | October 22, 2004 | Haywood | 6 murder victimsTemplate:Efn | ||
| 34 | Template:Sortname | White | 32 | M | November 12, 2004 | Surry | Doris Poore | ||
| 35 | Template:Sortname | White | 58 | M | March 11, 2005 | Cleveland | Mary Gladden | ||
| 36 | Template:Sortname | Black | 43 | M | May 6, 2005 | Cumberland | Helisa S. Hayes, Phillip Hayes, and Darien Hayes | ||
| 37 | Template:Sortname | White | 35 | M | November 11, 2005 | Surry | Mildred Adams and Wesley Adams Sr. | ||
| 38 | Template:Sortname | Arab | 67 | M | November 18, 2005 | Mecklenburg | Teresa Yousef Syriani | ||
| 39 | Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn | White | 57 | M | December 2, 2005 | Rockingham | Julie Curry Boyd and Thomas Dillard Curry | ||
| 40 | Template:Sortname | Black | 43 | M | January 20, 2006 | Jean Ernest Darter | |||
| 41 | Template:Sortname | White | 39 | M | March 17, 2006 | Davidson | Donnie Ray Robbins | ||
| 42 | Template:Sortname | Black | 61 | M | April 21, 2006 | Martin | Valerie Ann Roberson Dixon | ||
| 43 | Template:Sortname | White | 36 | M | August 18, 2006 | Forsyth | Britnie Nichole Hutton |
Demographics
| Race | ||
|---|---|---|
| White | 28 | 65% |
| Black | 13 | 30% |
| Arab | 1 | 2% |
| Native American | 1 | 2% |
| Age | ||
| 20–29 | 2 | 5% |
| 30–39 | 22 | 51% |
| 40–49 | 7 | 16% |
| 50–59 | 9 | 21% |
| 60–69 | 3 | 7% |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 42 | 98% |
| Female | 1 | 2% |
| Date of execution | ||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 3 | 7% |
| 1990–1999 | 12 | 28% |
| 2000–2009 | 28 | 65% |
| 2010–2019 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020–2029 | 0 | 0% |
| Method | ||
| Lethal injection | 41 | 95% |
| Gas chamber | 2 | 5% |
| Governor (Party) | ||
| James Holshouser (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Jim Hunt (D) | 13 | 30% |
| James G. Martin (R) | 3 | 7% |
| Mike Easley (D) | 27 | 63% |
| Bev Perdue (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Pat McCrory (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Roy Cooper (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 43 | 100% |
See also
- Capital punishment in North Carolina
- Capital punishment in the United States
- List of people executed in North Carolina (pre-1972) – executions before Furman
Notes
References
External links
- The Death Penalty. North Carolina Department of Correction.