List of people executed in Idaho
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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Idaho since capital punishment was resumed in 1976.
Three men have been executed for murder since the Gregg v. Georgia decision; all three were executed by lethal injection at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, east of Kuna.[1] Wells' execution in early 1994 was the first in the state in over 36 years, when Raymond Snowden was hanged in October 1957; the next was over 17 years later in November 2011.
List of people executed in Idaho since 1976
| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Eugene Wells | White | 31 | M | January 6, 1994 | Ada | Lethal injection | John Justad and Brandi Rains | Cecil Andrus |
| 2 | Paul Ezra Rhoades | White | 54 | M | November 18, 2011 | Bonneville | Stacy Baldwin, Nolan Haddon, and Susan Michelbacher | Butch Otter | |
| 3 | Richard Albert Leavitt | White | 53 | M | June 12, 2012 | Bingham | Danette Jean Elg |
Demographics
| Race | ||
|---|---|---|
| White | 3 | 100% |
| Age | ||
| 30–39 | 1 | 33% |
| 40–49 | 0 | 0% |
| 50–59 | 2 | 67% |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 3 | 100% |
| Date of execution | ||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990–1999 | 1 | 33% |
| 2000–2009 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010–2019 | 2 | 67% |
| 2020–2029 | 0 | 0% |
| Method | ||
| Lethal injection | 3 | 100% |
| Governor (Party) | ||
| Cecil Andrus (D) | 1 | 33% |
| John Evans (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Phil Batt (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Dirk Kempthorne (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Jim Risch (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Butch Otter (R) | 2 | 67% |
| Brad Little (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 3 | 100% |
Prior executions
Previous executions in Idaho were by hanging, first by local authorities and from 1899 onward at the Old Idaho State Penitentiary, east of downtown Boise.[2][3][4]
| Name | Race | Age | Date of execution | County | Crime | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Ellington | White | 42 | May 27, 1896 | Ada | Murder | Charles Briggs, 55, white[5] | William J. McConnell |
| Sid Larkins | White | 37 | April 30, 1897 | Bingham | Murder | Josie Hill, white[6][7] | Frank Steunenberg |
| Herman St. Clair | White | 48 | June 24, 1898 | Boise | Murder-Robbery | John Decker, white[8] | |
| Edward Rice | White | 43 | November 30, 1901 | Shoshone | Murder-Robbery | Matthew Mailley, 60, white[9][a] | Frank W. Hunt |
| James Connors | White | 40 | December 16, 1904 | Bingham | Murder | Elbert Percey Sweet, 54, white (sheriff's deputy)[10] | John T. Morrison |
| William H. Bond | White | 35 | August 10, 1906 | Ada | Murder | Charles Daly, white[11][12] | Frank R. Gooding |
| Fred M. Seward | White | 28 | May 7, 1909 | Latah | Murder | Clara O'Neill, 22, white (girlfriend)[13] | |
| Noah Arnold | Black | 28 | December 19, 1924 | Bonner | Murder-Robbery | William Crisp, white[14][b] | Charles C. Moore |
| John Jurko | White | 41 | July 9, 1926 | Twin Falls | Murder | A. B. W. Vandenmark, 70, white[15] | |
| Troy D. Powell | White | 21 | April 13, 1951 | Ada | Murder-Robbery | Newton W. Wilson, 65, white[16][17] | Len Jordan |
| Ernest Lee Walrath | White | 20 | |||||
| Raymond Allen Snowden | White | 35 | October 18, 1957 | Ada | Murder | Cora Lucyle Dean, 48, white[18] | Robert E. Smylie |