List of people executed in the United States in 2000

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Eighty-five people, eighty-three male and two female, Betty Lou Beets and Christina Marie Riggs, were executed in the United States in 2000, eighty by lethal injection and five, four in Alabama and one in Virginia, were carried out by electrocution. Forty of them were in the state of Texas; the most carried out within a single year in Texas state history.[1][2] The state of Tennessee carried out its first execution since 1960, that of Robert Glen Coe.

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 6, 2000 Malcolm Rent Johnson 41 23 18 Male Black Oklahoma Lethal injection [3]
2 January 7, 2000 David Ray Duren 37 21 16 White Alabama Electrocution [4]
3 January 10, 2000 Douglas Christopher Thomas 26 17 9 Virginia Lethal injection [5][6]
4 January 12, 2000 Earl Carl Heiselbetz Jr. 48 40 8 Texas [7]
5 January 13, 2000 Gary Alan Walker 46 30 16 Oklahoma [8]
6 Steve Edward Roach 23 17 6 Virginia [6][9]
7 January 18, 2000 Spencer Corey Goodman 31 22 9 Texas [10]
8 January 20, 2000 David Hicks 38 26 12 Black [11]
9 January 21, 2000 Larry Keith Robison 42 24 18 White [12]
10 January 24, 2000 Billy George Hughes Jr. 47 23 [13]
11 January 25, 2000 Glen Charles McGinnis 27 17 10 Black [14]
12 January 27, 2000 James Walter Moreland 39 22 17 White [15]
13 February 10, 2000 Michael Donald Roberts 42 30 12 Black Oklahoma [16]
14 February 16, 2000 Anthony Lee Chaney 45 28 17 White Arizona [17]
15 February 23, 2000 Cornelius Alan Goss 38 25 13 Black Texas [18]
16 Terry Melvin Sims 58 35 23 White Florida [19]
17 February 24, 2000 Anthony Braden Bryan 40 24 16 [20]
18 Betty Lou Beets 62 46 Female Texas [21]
19 March 1, 2000 Odell Barnes Jr. 31 21 10 Male Black [22]
20 March 3, 2000 Freddie Lee Wright 48 26 22 Alabama Electrocution [23]
21 March 14, 2000 Ponchai Kamau Wilkerson 28 19 9 Texas Lethal injection [24]
22 March 15, 2000 Darrell Keith Rich 45 23 22 Native American California [25]
23 Patrick Gene Poland 50 27 23 White Arizona [26]
24 Timothy Lane Gribble 36 24 12 Texas [27]
25 March 16, 2000 Lonnie Weeks Jr. 27 20 7 Black Virginia [6][28][29]
26 March 22, 2000 James Henry Hampton 62 54 8 White Missouri [30]
27 March 23, 2000 Kelly Lamont Rogers 31 22 9 Black Oklahoma [31]
28 April 14, 2000 Robert Lee Tarver Jr. 52 37 15 Alabama Electrocution [32][33]
29 April 19, 2000 Robert Glen Coe 44 23 21 White Tennessee Lethal injection [34]
30 April 27, 2000 Ronald Keith Boyd 43 28 15 Black Oklahoma [35]
31 May 2, 2000 Christina Marie Riggs 28 26 2 Female White Arkansas [36]
32 May 4, 2000 Tommy Ray Jackson 43 27 16 Male Black Texas [37]
33 May 9, 2000 William Joseph Kitchens 37 23 14 White [38]
34 May 11, 2000 Michael Lee McBride 38 15 [39]
35 May 23, 2000 James Davis Richardson 32 19 13 Black [40]
36 May 24, 2000 Richard Donald Foster 47 31 16 White [41]
37 May 25, 2000 Charles Adrian Foster 51 34 17 Black Oklahoma [42]
38 James Edward Clayton 33 20 13 Texas [43]
39 May 31, 2000 Robert Earl Carter 34 26 8 [44]
40 June 1, 2000 James Glenn Robedeaux 51 36 15 Native American Oklahoma [45]
41 June 2, 2000 Pernell La'sha Ford 35 18 17 Black Alabama Electrocution [33][46]
42 June 6, 2000 Feltus Taylor Jr. 39 30 9 Louisiana Lethal injection [47]
43 June 7, 2000 Bennie Eddie Demps 49 26 23 Florida [48]
44 June 8, 2000 Roger James Berget 39 24 15 White Oklahoma [49]
45 June 12, 2000 Thomas Wayne Mason 48 39 9 Texas [50]
46 June 14, 2000 John Albert Burks 44 33 11 Black [51]
47 June 15, 2000 William Clifford Bryson 29 18 Oklahoma [52]
48 Paul Selso Nuncio 31 25 6 Hispanic Texas [53]
49 June 21, 2000 Thomas Harrison Provenzano 51 34 17 White Florida [54]
50 June 22, 2000 Shaka Sankofa 36 17 19 Black Texas [55]
51 June 28, 2000 Bert Leroy Hunter 47 39 8 White Missouri [56]
52 June 29, 2000 Jessy Carlos San Miguel 28 19 9 Hispanic Texas [57]
53 July 6, 2000 Michael David Clagett 39 33 6 White Virginia Electrocution [6][58]
54 July 12, 2000 Orien Cecil Joiner 50 37 13 Texas Lethal injection [59]
55 July 20, 2000 Gregg Francis Braun 39 28 11 Oklahoma [60]
56 July 26, 2000 Juan Salvez Soria 33 18 15 Hispanic Texas [61]
57 August 9, 2000 Brian Keith Roberson 36 22 14 Black [62]
58 David Oliver Cruz 33 21 12 Hispanic [63]
59 August 10, 2000 George Kent Wallace 59 46 13 White Oklahoma [64]
60 August 16, 2000 John Thomas Satterwhite 53 32 21 Black Texas [65]
61 August 22, 2000 Richard Wayne Jones 40 25 15 White [66]
62 August 23, 2000 David Earl Gibbs 39 24 [67]
63 August 25, 2000 Daniel Patrick Hauser 30 25 5 Florida [68]
64 August 30, 2000 Gary Lee Roll 47 39 8 Missouri [69]
65 Jeffery Henry Caldwell 37 25 12 Black Texas [70]
66 Russel William Burket 32 7 White Virginia [6][71]
67 September 13, 2000 George Bernard Harris 41 30 11 Black Missouri [72]
68 September 14, 2000 Derek Rocco Barnabei 33 26 7 White Virginia [6][73]
69 September 27, 2000 Rickey Nolen McGinn 43 36 Texas [74]
70 October 10, 2000 Bobby Lee Ramdass 29 21 8 Black Virginia [6][75]
71 November 1, 2000 Jeffrey Dillingham 27 19 White Texas [76]
72 November 3, 2000 Kevin Dean Young 32 20 12 Black South Carolina [77]
73 November 8, 2000 Donald Jay Miller 36 27 9 White Arizona [78][79]
74 November 9, 2000 Michael Earl Sexton 34 23 11 Black North Carolina [80]
75 Miguel Angel Flores 31 20 Hispanic Texas [81]
76 November 14, 2000 Stacey Lamont Lawton 23 8 Black [82]
77 November 15, 2000 James Wilson Chambers 48 30 18 White Missouri [83]
78 Tony Neyshea Chambers 32 22 10 Black Texas [84]
79 November 17, 2000 Dwayne L. Weeks 37 28 9 Delaware [85]
80 December 5, 2000 Garry Dean Miller 32 21 11 White Texas [86]
81 December 6, 2000 Daniel Joe Hittle 50 39 [87]
82 Christopher Cornelius Goins 27 20 7 Black Virginia [6][88]
83 December 7, 2000 Edward Castro 50 36 14 Hispanic Florida [89]
84 Claude Howard Jones 60 49 11 White Texas [90]
85 December 19, 2000 David Dewayne Johnson 37 27 10 Black Arkansas [91]
Average: 40 years 27 years 13 years

Demographics

Gender
Male 83 98%
Female 2 2%
Ethnicity
White 42 49%
Black 35 41%
Hispanic 6 7%
Native American 2 2%
State
Texas 40 47%
Oklahoma 11 13%
Virginia 8 9%
Florida 6 7%
Missouri 5 6%
Alabama 4 5%
Arizona 3 4%
Arkansas 2 2%
California 1 1%
Delaware 1 1%
Louisiana 1 1%
North Carolina 1 1%
South Carolina 1 1%
Tennessee 1 1%
Method
Lethal injection 80 94%
Electrocution 5 6%
Month
January 12 14%
February 6 7%
March 9 11%
April 3 4%
May 9 11%
June 13 15%
July 4 5%
August 10 12%
September 3 4%
October 1 1%
November 9 11%
December 6 7%
Age
20–29 11 13%
30–39 37 44%
40–49 23 27%
50–59 11 13%
60–69 3 4%
Total 85 100%

Executions in recent years

See also

References

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