List of people executed in Utah

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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Utah.

List of people executed in Utah since 1976

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No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Method Victim(s) Governor
1 Gary Mark Gilmore[a] White 36 M January 17, 1977 Utah Firing squad Bennie Bushnell[b] Scott M. Matheson
2 Dale Selby Pierre Black 34 M August 28, 1987 Weber[c] Lethal injection Stanley Orren Walker, Michelle Ansley, and Carol Elaine Naisbitt Norman Bangerter
3 Arthur Gary Bishop White 35 M June 10, 1988 Salt Lake 5 murder victims[d]
4 William D. Andrews Black 37 M July 30, 1992 Weber[e] Stanley Orren Walker, Michelle Ansley, and Carol Elaine Naisbitt
5 John Albert Taylor White 36 M January 26, 1996 Firing squad Charla Nicole King Mike Leavitt
6 Joseph Mitchell Parsons White 35 M October 15, 1999 Iron Lethal injection Richard Lynn Ernest
7 Ronnie Lee Gardner White 49 M June 18, 2010[f] Salt Lake Firing squad Michael Burdell[g] Gary Herbert
8 Taberon Dave Honie Native American 48 M August 8, 2024[h] Iron Lethal injection Claudia Marie Benn Spencer Cox
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Demographics

More information Race, Age ...
Race
White 5 63%
Black 2 25%
Native American 1 13%
Age
30–39 6 75%
40–49 2 25%
Sex
Male 8 100%
Date of execution
1976–1979 1 13%
1980–1989 2 25%
1990–1999 3 38%
2000–2009 0 0%
2010–2019 1 13%
2020–2029 1 13%
Method
Lethal injection 5 63%
Firing squad 3 38%
Governor (Party)
Cal Rampton (D) 0 0%
Scott M. Matheson (D) 1 13%
Norman Bangerter (R) 3 38%
Mike Leavitt (R) 2 25%
Olene Walker (R) 0 0%
Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) 0 0%
Gary Herbert (R) 1 13%
Spencer Cox (R) 1 13%
Total 8 100%
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List of people executed in Utah from 1854 to 1960

More information Name, Race ...
Name Race Age Date of execution County Method Crime Victim(s) Governor
Long Hair Native American September 15, 1854 Utah Hanging Murder William F. and Warren D. Weeks, white[1][2] Brigham Young
Antelope Native American
Thomas H. Ferguson White October 28, 1859 Salt Lake Murder Alexander Carpenter, white[3][4][5] Alfred Cumming
William Cockcroft White September 21, 1861 Salt Lake Firing squad Murder Robert Brown, white[6] Vacant
Jason R. Luce White January 12, 1864 Salt Lake Murder Samuel R. Burton, white[7][8][9][10] James Duane Doty
Robert Sutton White October 10, 1866 Tooele Murder Frederick White, white[2] Charles Durkee
Chauncey W. Millard White 18 January 29, 1869 Utah Murder-Robbery Harlan P. Swett, white[i] Vacant
John Doyle Lee White 64 March 23, 1877 Salt Lake Murder 120-140 people, white[j] George W. Emery
Wallace Wilkerson White 45 May 16, 1879 Utah Murder William Baxter, white
Frederick Hopt White August 11, 1887[k] Summit Murder-Robbery John Franklin Turner, white (deputy)[11][9] Caleb Walton West
Enoch Davis White September 14, 1894 Utah Murder Female, white (wife)[12]
Charles H. Thiede White 36 August 7, 1896 Salt Lake Hanging Murder Mary Frank Thiede, white (wife)[13][14][15] Heber Manning Wells
Patrick Coughlin White 22 December 15, 1896 Rich Firing squad Murder Thomas A. Stagg and N. E. Dawes, white (sheriff and special deputy)[16]
Peter Mortensen White 39 November 20, 1903[l] Salt Lake Murder James R. Hay, white[17]
Frank Rose White 30 April 22, 1904 Salt Lake Murder Maud Eliza Rose, white (wife)[18][19]
J. J. Morris White 44 April 30, 1912 Salt Lake Hanging Murder-Robbery Joseph W. Axtell, white[20][21] William Spry
Julius C. E. Szirmay White 23 May 22, 1912 Salt Lake Firing squad Murder-Burglary Thomas Carrick, 14, white[22][23]
Harry Thorne White 24 September 26, 1912 Salt Lake Murder-Robbery George Fussell, white[24][25]
Thomas Riley White 27 October 24, 1912
Frank Romeo White 28 February 20, 1913 Carbon Murder-Robbery Albert Victor Jenkins, white[26]
Joe Hill White 33 November 19, 1915 Salt Lake Murder-Robbery John G. and Arling Morrison, white
Howard DeWeese White 33 May 24, 1918 Salt Lake Murder Fanny DeWeese, white (wife)[27] Simon Bamberger
John Borich White 33 December 19, 1919 Tooele Murder Velma Adkins, white[28][29]
Steve Maslich White 36 January 20, 1922 Salt Lake Murder Marco Laus, white[30][31] Charles R. Mabey
Nick Oblizalo White 33 June 9, 1922
George H. Gardner White 37 August 31, 1923 Salt Lake Murder Gordon Stuart, white (deputy sheriff)[32][9]
Omer R. Woods White 48 January 18, 1924 Salt Lake Murder Maretta Woods, white (wife)[33][34][9]
George Allen White 20 February 20, 1925 Salt Lake Murder Nephi P. Pierce, white (Salt Lake City police sergeant)[35][36][9] George Dern
Pedro Cano Hispanic 28 May 15, 1925 Summit Murder June St. Clair, white[37]
Ralph W. Seyboldt White 26 January 15, 1926 Salt Lake Murder David H. Crowther, white (Salt Lake City patrolman)[38][39]
Edward McGowan Black 51 February 5, 1926 Carbon Murder Bob Blevins, black[40][m]
Delbert Green White 27 July 10, 1936 Davis Murder Three people, white[41][42][n] Henry H. Blood
John W. Deering White 40 October 31, 1938 Salt Lake Murder-Robbery Oliver R. Meredith Jr., 52, white
Donald Lawton Condit White 26 July 30, 1942 Iron Murder-Robbery Harold A. Thorne, white[43][44][45] Herbert B. Maw
Robert Walter Avery White 35 February 4, 1943 Weber Murder Hoyt L. Gates, white (Ogden detective)[46][9]
Austin Cox Jr. White 39 June 19, 1944 Weber Murder Lewis V. Trueman, white (judge)[47][48][49][o]
James Joseph Roedl White 28 July 13, 1945 Uintah Murder-Robbery Abigail Agnes Williams, white[50][9]
Elisio J. Mares Jr. Hispanic 25 September 10, 1951[p] Summit Murder-Robbery Jack D. Stallings, white[51][52] J. Bracken Lee
Ray Dempsey Gardner White 29 September 29, 1951 Weber Murder-Rape Shirley Jean Gretzinger, 17, white[q]
Don Jesse Neal White 36 July 1, 1955 Salt Lake Murder Owen T. Farley, white (police sergeant)[53][54][55]
Melvin Leroy Sullivan White 26 May 11, 1956 Iron Murder-Robbery Howard Manzione, 21, white[56][57]
Vernon Alfred Braasch White 28
Barton Kay Kirkham White 22 June 7, 1958 Salt Lake Hanging Murder-Robbery David Avon Frame, 50, white[r] George Dewey Clyde
James W. Rodgers White 49 March 30, 1960 San Juan Firing squad Murder Charles Merrifield, white
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Gilmore was the first criminal to be executed in both Utah and the United States since the 1976 resumption of capital punishment in the nation.
  2. [b]
    Also killed Max David Jensen, but was executed for murdering Bushnell.
  3. [c]
    Was tried and convicted in Davis County, on a change of venue.
  4. [d]
    The five murder victims were: Alonzo Daniels, Claude Kimley Peterson, Danny Davis, Troy Ward, and Graeme Cunningham.
  5. [e]
    William D. Andrews was tried and convicted in Davis County, on a change of venue.
  6. [f]
    This was the last execution held at the Utah State Prison in Draper.
  7. [g]
    Also killed Melvyn John Otterstrom, but was executed for murdering Burdell.
  8. [h]
    This was the first execution held at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City.
  9. [i]
    Possible serial killer, claimed to have committed five previous murders.
  10. [j]
    Mountain Meadows Massacre.
  11. [k]
    First execution at Sugar House Prison.
  12. [l]
    Second execution at Sugar House Prison. No further local executions took place after this.
  13. [m]
    Also raped his wife and their 16- and 12-year-old adopted daughters.
  14. [n]
    His 18-year-old wife Anna, his 38-year-old foster father/uncle James Green, and his mother-in-law/aunt.
  15. [o]
    Also murdered Sam Nelson, Bessie Hooks, Jane Stauffer, and Mrs. T. Burton earlier that same day.
  16. [p]
    First execution at Utah State Prison.
  17. [q]
    Serial killer, also murdered two others in North Dakota and Montana.
  18. [r]
    Also murdered 37-year-old Ruth Holmes Webster during the same crime.

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