List of people executed in Alabama

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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Alabama since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. All of the 81 people (80 men and 1 woman) have been executed at the Holman Correctional Facility, near Atmore, Alabama. All executions between December 2002 and 2023 were conducted by lethal injection. In January 2024, the Alabama Department of Corrections conducted the first ever execution via nitrogen hypoxia.[1]

Prior to 1983, an 18-year moratorium on executions was observed under the direction of the Supreme Court of the United States. Alabama previously executed 153 people between 1927 and 1965.[2]

List of people executed in Alabama since 1976

No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Method Victim(s) Governor
1 Template:Sortname White 33 M April 22, 1983 Mobile Electrocution Edward Nassar George Wallace
2 Template:Sortname[3] Black 47 M March 21, 1986 William Hosea Waymon
3 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn[4] White 33 M August 28, 1987 Edward Nassar H. Guy Hunt
4 Template:Sortname[5] Black 28 M May 26, 1989 Rosemary Zimlich Rutland
5 Template:Sortname[6] Black 28 M July 14, 1989 Jefferson Lynn McCurry
6 Template:Sortname Black 43 M August 18, 1989 Houston Rena Mae Callins
7 Template:Sortname[7] Black 43 M November 17, 1989 Montgomery Susie Bell Sanders
8 Template:Sortname[8] Black 35 M July 13, 1990 Mobile Quenette Shehane
9 Template:Sortname[9] White 40 M March 20, 1992 Russell Rebecca Heath
10 Template:Sortname[10] Black 36 M November 20, 1992 Mobile Ann Hogan
11 Template:Sortname Black 47 M April 28, 1995 Jefferson Fletcher Handley Fob James
12 Template:Sortname Black 43 M May 12, 1995 Macon Mark Batts
13 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn Black 38 M February 16, 1996 Monroe Naomi Rolon
14 Template:Sortname White 44 M January 10, 1997 Talladega Thurman Macon Donahoo
15 Template:Sortname Black 62 M May 2, 1997 Jefferson Willie Mae Hammock, John Tatum Jr., and Lois Jean Tatum
16 Template:Sortname[11] White 42 M June 6, 1997 Mobile Michael Donald
17 Template:Sortname White 34 M May 8, 1998 Madison Robin Balarzs
18 Template:Sortname Black 40 M June 18, 1999 Monroe Naomi Rolon Don Siegelman
19 Template:Sortname Black 37 M August 6, 1999 Shelby Annie Laura Orr
20 Template:Sortname White 37 M January 7, 2000 Jefferson Kathleen Bedsole
21 Template:Sortname Black 48 M March 3, 2000 Mobile Warren Green and Lois Green
22 Template:Sortname Black 52 M April 14, 2000 Russell Hugh Sims Kite
23 Template:Sortname Black 35 M June 2, 2000 Calhoun Willie C. Griffith and Linda Gail Griffith
24 Template:Sortname White 54 F May 10, 2002 Lee Opelika police Sergeant Roger Lamar Motley
25 Template:Sortname White 46 M December 12, 2002 Morgan Lethal injection Kenneth Cantrell
26 Template:Sortname White 43 M March 13, 2003 Blount Maisie Carlene Gray Bob Riley
27 Template:Sortname White 44 M April 24, 2003 Jefferson Jack David McGraw
28 Template:Sortname White 39 M August 7, 2003 Etowah 4 murder victimsTemplate:Efn
29 Template:Sortname White 74 M August 5, 2004 Tuscaloosa Lillian Montgomery
30 Template:Sortname White 33 M September 30, 2004 Henry Jerry Wayne Robinson
31 Template:Sortname White 39 M April 28, 2005 St. Clair Moody police officer Keith Turner
32 Template:Sortname White 58 M June 2, 2005 Talladega Jerry Haney
33 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn White 62 M August 4, 2005 Lee Opelika police Sergeant Roger Lamar Motley
34 Template:Sortname White 48 M September 22, 2005 Talladega Paul Franklin, Judy Franklin, and Paul Franklin Jr.
35 Template:Sortname White 37 M October 26, 2006 Mobile Irma Thelma Gray
36 Template:Sortname Black 55 M May 3, 2007 Blount Carl Nelson and Willene Nelson
37 Template:Sortname Black 46 M July 26, 2007 Shelby Annie Laura Orr
38 Template:Sortname Black 47 M August 23, 2007 Tuscaloosa John Kirk
39 Template:Sortname White 62 M January 15, 2009 Calhoun Rebecca Suzanne Howell
40 Template:Sortname[12] White 49 M February 12, 2009 Rhonda Hardin
41 Template:Sortname[13] Black 49 M April 16, 2009 Jefferson Leon Shaw
42 Template:Sortname[14] Black 44 M May 14, 2009 Montgomery Ella Foy Riley
43 Template:Sortname[2] White 62 M June 11, 2009 Jefferson Stephanie Gach
44 Template:Sortname[15] White 38 M October 8, 2009 Cullman Braxton Brown
45 Template:Sortname White 63 M May 27, 2010 Mobile Sheryl Lynn PaytonTemplate:Efn
46 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn White 42 M June 10, 2010 Colbert Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett
47 Template:Sortname White 41 M August 12, 2010 Jefferson Candace Brown
48 Template:Sortname Black 50 M September 9, 2010 Dale Ruby Lois Gosha
49 Template:Sortname White 63 M November 4, 2010 Pike Charles Eddie Shannon
50 Template:Sortname Black 52 M January 13, 2011 Madison Ruby White
51 Template:Sortname White 45 M March 31, 2011 Calhoun Fred Blackmon and Evelyn Blackmon Robert J. Bentley
52 Template:Sortname White 43 M May 19, 2011 Mobile 4 murder victimsTemplate:Efn
53 Template:Sortname Black 41 M June 16, 2011 Tuscaloosa Mattie Wesson
54 Template:Sortname Black 37 M September 22, 2011 Madison Angela Cagle
55 Template:Sortname White 38 M October 20, 2011 Escambia Elias Ocean Johnson
56 Template:Sortname White 29 M July 25, 2013 Limestone Charlie Newman
57 Template:Sortname White 43 M January 21, 2016 Jefferson Jo Deann Campbell
58 Template:Sortname White 45 M December 8, 2016 Madison Casey Wilson
59 Template:Sortname White 75 M May 26, 2017 Colbert Troy Wicker Kay Ivey
60 Template:Sortname Black 46 M June 8, 2017 Etowah James Nathaniel Baker, Darryl Collier, and Tamika Collins
61 Template:Sortname Black 40 M October 19, 2017 Montgomery Montgomery police officer Anderson Gordon
62 Template:Sortname White 50 M March 15, 2018 Walker Bennie Francis Murray
63 Template:Sortname White 83 M April 19, 2018 Jefferson Robert Smith VanceTemplate:Efn
64 Template:Sortname Black 42 M February 7, 2019 Dallas Tiffany Harville
65 Template:Sortname White 41 M May 16, 2019 Shelby 4 murder victimsTemplate:Efn
66 Template:Sortname White 46 M May 30, 2019 Fayette Pastor Bill Lynn
67 Template:Sortname Black 43 M March 5, 2020 Jefferson Carlos Owen, Harley Chisholm III, and Charles BennettTemplate:Efn
68 Template:Sortname Black 52 M October 21, 2021 Sharma Ruth Johnson
69 Template:Sortname Black 44 M January 27, 2022 Dallas Willie Johnson Jr.
70 Template:Sortname Black 50 M July 28, 2022 Jefferson Faith Hall
71 Template:Sortname White 64 M July 21, 2023 Madison Dorothy Belle Epps
72 Template:Sortname White 49 M November 16, 2023 Marshall Edward Lee Williams Sr.
73 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn White 58 M January 25, 2024 Colbert Nitrogen hypoxia Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett
74 Template:Sortname White 50 M May 30, 2024 Marion Lethal injection Floyd Hill and Vera Hill
75 Template:Sortname Black 64 M July 18, 2024 Cherokee William Clinton Clayton Jr.
76 Template:Sortname White 59 M September 26, 2024 Shelby Nitrogen hypoxia Lee Holdbrooks, Christopher Yancy, and Terry Jarvis
77 Template:Sortname White 36 M October 17, 2024 Mobile Lethal injection 5 murder victimsTemplate:Efn
78 Template:Sortname White 50 M November 21, 2024 Jefferson Nitrogen hypoxia Vickie Lynn Deblieux
79 Template:Sortname Black 52 M February 6, 2025 Pauline Starks Brown
80 Template:Sortname White 55 M April 24, 2025 Chilton Lethal injection Tracy Lynn Brown
81 Template:Sortname White 65 M June 10, 2025 Walker Nitrogen hypoxia Karen Sanders Lane

Demographics

Race
White 47 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Black 34 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Age
20–29 3 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
30–39 17 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
40–49 34 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
50–59 15 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
60–69 9 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
70–79 2 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
80–89 1 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Sex
Male 80 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Female 1 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Date of execution
1976–1979 0 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
1980–1989 7 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
1990–1999 12 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
2000–2009 25 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
2010–2019 22 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
2020–2029 15 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Method
Lethal injection 52 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Electrocution 24 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Nitrogen hypoxia 5 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Governor (Party)
George Wallace (D) 2 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
H. Guy Hunt (R) 8 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Jim Folsom Jr. (D) 0 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Fob James (R) 7 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Don Siegelman (D) 8 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Bob Riley (R) 25 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Robert J. Bentley (R) 8 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Kay Ivey (R) 23 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Total 81 100%

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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  2. a b Gordon, Tom (June 12, 2009) "Alabama Death Row inmate Jack Trawick apologizes before execution." Birmingham News
  3. Inmate Executed In Alabama Prison. The New York Times.
  4. Alabama Executes Convict In Killing. The New York Times.
  5. Alabama Executes Man in Death of a Widow. The New York Times.
  6. 2 Electric Jolts in Alabama Execution. The New York Times.
  7. Murderer of Woman Is Executed in Alabama. The New York Times.
  8. A Convicted Killer Is Executed in Alabama. The New York Times.
  9. HEATH v. ALABAMA, 474 U.S. 82 (1985). The New York Times.
  10. Execution in Alabama for the Killing of a Nun. The New York Times.
  11. Klan Member Put to Death In Race Death. The New York Times.
  12. Gordon, Tom (February 12, 2009) "Danny Joe Bradley ends 26 years on Alabama's Death Row in execution chamber." Birmingham News
  13. Gordon, Tom (April 16, 2009) "Updated: Alabama executes Jimmy Lee Dill for 1989 slaying of Leon Shaw of Birmingham." Birmingham News
  14. Gordon, Tom (May 14, 2009) "Alabama executes Willie McNair for 1990 slaying of Ella Foy Riley in Abbeville." Birmingham News
  15. Gordon, Tom (October 8, 2009) "Alabama executes Max Landon Payne for 1992 slaying of Cullman County store owner Braxton Brown." Birmingham News