List of people executed in the United States in 2005 explained

This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2005. Sixty people were executed in the United States in 2005. Nineteen of them were in the state of Texas. One (Frances Elaine Newton) was female.[1] [2] The states of Connecticut and Maryland carried out their last executions in 2005, with both states having since abolished capital punishment.[3]

List of people executed in the United States in 2005

Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethod
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1January 4, 200533 285MaleWhiteTexasLethal injection[4]
2January 19, 200561 3724California[5]
3January 25, 200538 1820Texas[6]
434 2212Georgia[7]
5February 17, 200541 3110Texas[8]
6March 1, 200539 2514Georgia[9]
7March 8, 200547 2918BlackOhio[10]
849 2722WhiteTexas[11]
9March 10, 200547 2225Indiana[12]
10March 11, 200558 4513North Carolina[13]
11March 15, 200557 44Oklahoma[14]
12March 16, 200537 2611BlackMissouri[15]
13April 5, 200547 416WhiteFlorida[16]
14April 15, 200537 2215South Carolina[17]
15April 20, 200542 339Texas[18]
16April 21, 200548 3018Indiana[19]
17April 27, 200538 2612BlackMissouri[20]
18April 28, 200539 327WhiteAlabama[21]
19May 3, 200543 <-- Date of birth: September 17, 1961 -->358Texas[22]
20May 6, 200529 14BlackNorth Carolina[23]
21May 12, 200537 2710Oklahoma[24]
22May 13, 200545 2421WhiteConnecticut[25]
23May 18, 200551 3318BlackMissouri[26]
2444 3113Texas[27]
25May 19, 200531 229White[28]
26May 25, 200540 2020Indiana[29]
27June 2, 200558 3721Alabama[30]
28June 7, 200528 253HispanicTexas[31]
29July 12, 200544 2321WhiteGeorgia[32]
30July 19, 200537 14BlackOklahoma[33]
31July 27, 200540 2218WhiteIndiana[34]
32July 28, 200529 218HispanicTexas[35]
33August 4, 200562 5111WhiteAlabama[36]
34August 10, 200538 2018BlackTexas[37]
35August 11, 200552 4111Oklahoma[38]
36August 23, 200530 19WhiteTexas[39]
37August 31, 200544 2816Missouri[40]
38September 14, 200540 2119FemaleBlackTexas[41]
39September 22, 200548 2622MaleWhiteAlabama[42]
40September 27, 200532 239Ohio[43]
41September 28, 200554 3816Indiana[44]
42October 6, 200532 1814BlackTexas[45]
43October 20, 200542 348Hispanic[46]
44October 25, 200548 14BlackOhio[47]
45October 26, 200538 2315Missouri[48]
46November 3, 200555 478WhiteTexas[49]
47November 4, 200536 2511Delaware[50]
4851 438BlackSouth Carolina[51]
49November 9, 200537 2413WhiteTexas[52]
50November 11, 200535 2015North Carolina[53]
51November 15, 200550 3812Texas[54]
52November 16, 200534 22Black[55]
53November 18, 200567 5215ArabNorth Carolina[56]
54November 28, 200545 3312WhiteArkansas[57]
55November 29, 200549 2920BlackOhio[58]
56December 2, 200557 4017WhiteNorth Carolina[59]
5734 2212South Carolina[60]
58December 5, 200547 3314BlackMaryland[61]
59December 13, 200551 2526California[62]
60December 14, 200577 5621WhiteMississippi[63]
Average:44 years30 years14 years

Demographics

Gender
Male5998%
Female12%
Ethnicity
White3762%
Black1932%
Hispanic35%
Arab12%
State
Texas1932%
Indiana58%
Missouri58%
North Carolina58%
Alabama47%
Ohio47%
Oklahoma47%
Georgia35%
South Carolina35%
California23%
Arkansas12%
Connecticut12%
Delaware12%
Florida12%
Maryland12%
Mississippi12%
Method
Lethal injection60100%
Month
January47%
February12%
March712%
April610%
May813%
June23%
July47%
August58%
September47%
October47%
November1017%
December58%
Age
20–2923%
30–392135%
40–492237%
50–591118%
60–6935%
70–7912%
Total60100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
200653
200560
200459
Total172

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Execution List 2005. Death Penalty Information Center. en-US. February 25, 2022.
  2. Web site: U.S. Executions Since 1976. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. February 25, 2022.
  3. Web site: States With No Recent Executions. November 17, 2021. Death Penalty Information Center. en-US. February 25, 2022.
  4. Web site: James Scott Porter Executed January 4, 2005 06:12 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  5. Web site: Donald Jay Beardslee Executed January 19, 2005 12:29 a.m. by Lethal Injection in California.
  6. Web site: Troy Albert Kunkle Executed January 25, 2005 08:12 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  7. Web site: Timothy Don Carr Executed January 25, 2005 08:37 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia.
  8. Web site: Dennis Wayne Bagwell Executed February 17, 2005 06:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  9. Web site: Stephen Anthony Mobley Executed March 1, 2005 08:00 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia.
  10. Web site: William Henry Smith Executed March 8, 2005 10:19 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio.
  11. Web site: George Anderson Hopper Executed March 8, 2005 06:22 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  12. Web site: Donald Ray Wallace Jr. Executed March 10, 2005 12:23 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana.
  13. Web site: William Dillard Powell Executed March 11, 2005 02:09 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina.
  14. Web site: Jimmie Ray Slaughter Executed March 15, 2005 06:19 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma.
  15. Web site: Stanley L. Hall Executed March 16, 2005 12:06 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri.
  16. Web site: Glen James Ocha Executed April 5, 2005 06:09 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Florida.
  17. Web site: Richard Longworth Executed April 15, 2005 06:14 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina.
  18. Web site: Douglas Alan Roberts Executed April 20, 2005 06:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  19. Web site: Bill J. Benefiel Executed April 21, 2005 12:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana.
  20. Web site: Donald Jones Executed April 27, 2005 12:07 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri.
  21. Web site: Mario Giovanni Centobie Executed April 28, 2005 06:22 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama.
  22. Web site: Lonnie Wayne Pursley Executed May 3, 2005 06:23 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  23. Web site: Earl J. Richmond Jr. Executed May 6, 2005 02:19 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina.
  24. Web site: George James Miller Jr. Executed May 12, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma.
  25. Web site: Michael Bruce Ross Executed May 13, 2005 2:25 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Connecticut.
  26. Web site: Vernon Brown Executed May 18, 2005 02:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri.
  27. Web site: Bryan Eric Wolfe Executed May 18, 2005 06:31 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  28. Web site: Richard Cartwright Executed May 19, 2005 06:16 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  29. Web site: Gregory Scott Johnson Executed May 25, 2005 12:28 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana.
  30. Web site: Jerry Paul Henderson Executed June 2, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama.
  31. Web site: Alexander Rey Martinez Executed June 7, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  32. Web site: Robert Dale Conklin Executed July 12, 2005 07:44 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia.
  33. Web site: Michael Lannier Pennington Executed July 19, 2005 06:10 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma.
  34. Web site: Kevin Aaron Conner Executed July 27, 2005 12:31 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana.
  35. Web site: David Aaron Martinez Executed July 28, 2005 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  36. Web site: George Everette Sibley Jr. Executed August 4, 2005 06:26 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama.
  37. Web site: Gary Lynn Sterling Executed August 10, 2005 06:16 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  38. Web site: Kenneth Eugene Turrentine Executed August 11, 2005 06:10 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma.
  39. Web site: Robert Alan Shields Jr. Executed August 23, 2005 06:15 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  40. Web site: Timothy Johnston Executed August 31, 2005 12:07 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri.
  41. Web site: Frances Elaine Newton Executed September 14, 2005 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  42. Web site: John W. Peoples Jr. Executed September 22, 2005 06:27 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama.
  43. Web site: Herman Dale Ashworth Executed September 27, 2005 10:19 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio.
  44. Web site: Alan Lehman Matheney Executed September 28, 2005 12:27 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Indiana.
  45. Web site: Ronald Ray Howard Executed October 6, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  46. Web site: Luis Ramirez Executed October 20, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  47. Web site: Willie J. "Flip" Williams, Jr. Executed October 25, 2005 10:20 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio.
  48. Web site: Marlin Gray Executed October 26, 2005 12:07 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Missouri.
  49. Web site: Melvin Wayne White Executed November 3, 2005 06:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  50. Web site: Brian D. "Red" Steckel Executed November 4, 2005 12:21 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Delaware.
  51. Web site: Hastings Arthur Wise Executed November 4, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina.
  52. Web site: Charles Daniel Thacker Executed November 9, 2005 06:32 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  53. Web site: Steven Van McHone Executed November 11, 2005 02:10 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina.
  54. Web site: Robert Dale Rowell Executed November 15, 2005 06:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  55. Web site: Shannon Charles Thomas Executed November 16, 2005 06:52 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  56. Web site: Elias Hanna Syriani Executed November 18, 2005 02:12 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina.
  57. Web site: Eric Randall Nance Executed November 28, 2005 09:30 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Arkansas.
  58. Web site: John R. Hicks Executed November 29, 2005 10:20 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio.
  59. Web site: Kenneth Lee Boyd Executed December 2, 2005 02:15 a.m. by Lethal Injection in North Carolina.
  60. Web site: Shawn Paul Humphries Executed December 2, 2005 06:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina.
  61. Web site: Wesley Eugene Baker Executed December 5, 2005 09:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Maryland.
  62. Web site: Stanley "Tookie" Williams Executed December 13, 2005 12:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in California.
  63. Web site: John B. Nixon Sr. Executed December 14, 2005 at 6:25 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi.

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