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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

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 4, 2005 James Scott Porter 33 28 5 Male White Texas Lethal injection [4]
2 January 19, 2005 Donald Jay Beardslee 61 37 24 California [5]
3 January 25, 2005 Troy Albert Kunkle 38 18 20 Texas [6]
4 Timothy Don Carr 34 22 12 Georgia [7]
5 February 17, 2005 Dennis Wayne Bagwell 41 31 10 Texas [8]
6 March 1, 2005 Stephen Anthony Mobley 39 25 14 Georgia [9]
7 March 8, 2005 William Henry Smith 47 29 18 Black Ohio [10]
8 George Anderson Hopper 49 27 22 White Texas [11]
9 March 10, 2005 Donald Ray Wallace Jr. 47 22 25 Indiana [12]
10 March 11, 2005 William Dillard Powell 58 45 13 North Carolina [13]
11 March 15, 2005 Jimmie Ray Slaughter 57 44 Oklahoma [14]
12 March 16, 2005 Stanley L. Hall 37 26 11 Black Missouri [15]
13 April 5, 2005 Glen James Ocha 47 41 6 White Florida [16]
14 April 15, 2005 Richard Longworth 37 22 15 South Carolina [17]
15 April 20, 2005 Douglas Alan Roberts 42 33 9 Texas [18]
16 April 21, 2005 Bill J. Benefiel 48 30 18 Indiana [19]
17 April 27, 2005 Donald Jones 38 26 12 Black Missouri [20]
18 April 28, 2005 Mario Giovanni Centobie 39 32 7 White Alabama [21]
19 May 3, 2005 Lonnie Wayne Pursley 43 35 8 Texas [22]
20 May 6, 2005 Earl J. Richmond Jr. 29 14 Black North Carolina [23]
21 May 12, 2005 George James Miller Jr. 37 27 10 Oklahoma [24]
22 May 13, 2005 Michael Bruce Ross 45 24 21 White Connecticut [25]
23 May 18, 2005 Vernon Brown 51 33 18 Black Missouri [26]
24 Bryan Eric Wolfe 44 31 13 Texas [27]
25 May 19, 2005 Richard Michael Cartwright 31 22 9 White [28]
26 May 25, 2005 Gregory Scott Johnson 40 20 20 Indiana [29]
27 June 2, 2005 Jerry Paul Henderson 58 37 21 Alabama [30]
28 June 7, 2005 Alexander Rey Martinez 28 25 3 Hispanic Texas [31]
29 July 12, 2005 Robert Dale Conklin 44 23 21 White Georgia [32]
30 July 19, 2005 Michael Lannier Pennington 37 14 Black Oklahoma [33]
31 July 27, 2005 Kevin Aaron Conner 40 22 18 White Indiana [34]
32 July 28, 2005 David Aaron Martinez 29 21 8 Hispanic Texas [35]
33 August 4, 2005 George Everette Sibley Jr. 62 51 11 White Alabama [36]
34 August 10, 2005 Gary Lynn Sterling 38 20 18 Black Texas [37]
35 August 11, 2005 Kenneth Eugene Turrentine 52 41 11 Oklahoma [38]
36 August 23, 2005 Robert Alan Shields Jr. 30 19 White Texas [39]
37 August 31, 2005 Timothy Johnston 44 28 16 Missouri [40]
38 September 14, 2005 Frances Elaine Newton 40 21 19 Female Black Texas [41]
39 September 22, 2005 John W. Peoples Jr. 48 26 22 Male White Alabama [42]
40 September 27, 2005 Herman Dale Ashworth 32 23 9 Ohio [43]
41 September 28, 2005 Alan Lehman Matheney 54 38 16 Indiana [44]
42 October 6, 2005 Ronald Ray Howard 32 18 14 Black Texas [45]
43 October 20, 2005 Luis L. Ramirez 42 34 8 Hispanic [46]
44 October 25, 2005 Willie J. "Flip" Williams Jr. 48 14 Black Ohio [47]
45 October 26, 2005 Marlin Gray 38 23 15 Missouri [48]
46 November 3, 2005 Melvin Wayne White 55 47 8 White Texas [49]
47 November 4, 2005 Brian David Steckel 36 25 11 Delaware [50]
48 Hastings Arthur Wise 51 43 8 Black South Carolina [51]
49 November 9, 2005 Charles Daniel Thacker 37 24 13 White Texas [52]
50 November 11, 2005 Steven Van McHone 35 20 15 North Carolina [53]
51 November 15, 2005 Robert Dale Rowell 50 38 12 Texas [54]
52 November 16, 2005 Shannon Charles Thomas 34 22 Black [55]
53 November 18, 2005 Elias Hanna Syriani 67 52 15 Arab North Carolina [56]
54 November 28, 2005 Eric Randall Nance 45 33 12 White Arkansas [57]
55 November 29, 2005 John R. Hicks 49 29 20 Black Ohio [58]
56 December 2, 2005 Kenneth Lee Boyd 57 40 17 White North Carolina [59]
57 Shawn Paul Humphries 34 22 12 South Carolina [60]
58 December 5, 2005 Wesley Eugene Baker 47 33 14 Black Maryland [61]
59 December 13, 2005 Stanley Tookie Williams III 51 25 26 California [62]
60 December 14, 2005 John B. Nixon Sr. 77 56 21 White Mississippi [63]
Average: 44 years 30 years 14 years

Demographics

Gender
Male 59 98%
Female 1 2%
Ethnicity
White 37 62%
Black 19 32%
Hispanic 3 5%
Arab 1 2%
State
Texas 19 32%
Indiana 5 8%
Missouri 5 8%
North Carolina 5 8%
Alabama 4 7%
Ohio 4 7%
Oklahoma 4 7%
Georgia 3 5%
South Carolina 3 5%
California 2 3%
Arkansas 1 2%
Connecticut 1 2%
Delaware 1 2%
Florida 1 2%
Maryland 1 2%
Mississippi 1 2%
Method
Lethal injection 60 100%
Month
January 4 7%
February 1 2%
March 7 12%
April 6 10%
May 8 13%
June 2 3%
July 4 7%
August 5 8%
September 4 7%
October 4 7%
November 10 17%
December 5 8%
Age
20–29 2 3%
30–39 21 35%
40–49 22 37%
50–59 11 18%
60–69 3 5%
70–79 1 2%
Total 60 100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2006 53
2005 60
2004 59
Total 172

See also

References

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