List of people executed in Alabama explained

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 75 people (74 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

	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1		White	33	M	April 22, 1983	Mobile	Electrocution	Edward Nassar	George Wallace
2	^[3]	Black	47	M	March 21, 1986			William Hosea Waymon
3	^[4]	White	33	M	August 28, 1987			Edward Nassar	H. Guy Hunt
4	^[5]	Black	28	M	May 26, 1989			Rosemary Zimlich Rutland
5	^[6]	Black	28	M	July 14, 1989	Jefferson		Lynn McCurry
6		Black	43	M	August 18, 1989	Houston		Rena Mae Callins
7	^[7]	Black	43	M	November 17, 1989	Montgomery		Susie Bell Sanders
8	^[8]	Black	35	M	July 13, 1990	Mobile		Quenette Shehane
9	^[9]	White	40	M	March 20, 1992	Russell		Rebecca Heath
10	^[10]	Black	36	M	November 20, 1992	Mobile		Ann Hogan
11		Black	47	M	April 28, 1995	Jefferson		Fletcher Handley	Fob James
12		Black	43	M	May 12, 1995	Macon		Mark Batts
13		Black	38	M	February 16, 1996	Monroe		Naomi Rolon
14		White	44	M	January 10, 1997	Talladega		Thurman Macon Donahoo
15		Black	62	M	May 2, 1997	Jefferson		Willie Mae Hammock, John Tatum Jr., and Lois Jean Tatum
16	^[11]	White	42	M	June 6, 1997	Mobile		Michael Donald
17		White	34	M	May 8, 1998	Madison		Robin Balarzs
18		Black	40	M	June 18, 1999	Monroe		Naomi Rolon	Don Siegelman
19		Black	37	M	August 6, 1999	Shelby		Annie Laura Orr
20		White	37	M	January 7, 2000	Jefferson		Kathleen Bedsole
21		Black	48	M	March 3, 2000	Mobile		Warren Green and Lois Green
22		Black	52	M	April 14, 2000	Russell		Hugh Sims Kite
23		Black	35	M	June 2, 2000	Calhoun		Willie C. Griffith and Linda Gail Griffith
24		White	54	F	May 10, 2002	Lee		Opelika police Sergeant Roger Lamar Motley
25		White	46	M	December 12, 2002	Morgan	Lethal injection	Kenneth Cantrell
26		White	43	M	March 13, 2003	Blount		Maisie Carlene Gray	Bob Riley
27		White	44	M	April 24, 2003	Jefferson		Jack David McGraw
28		White	39	M	August 7, 2003	Etowah		4 murder victims
29		White	74	M	August 5, 2004	Tuscaloosa		Lillian Montgomery
30		White	33	M	September 30, 2004	Henry		Jerry Wayne Robinson
31		White	39	M	April 28, 2005	St. Clair		Moody police officer Keith Turner
32		White	58	M	June 2, 2005	Talladega		Jerry Haney
33		White	62	M	August 4, 2005	Lee		Opelika police Sergeant Roger Lamar Motley
34		White	48	M	September 22, 2005	Talladega		Paul Franklin, Judy Franklin, and Paul Franklin Jr.
35		White	37	M	October 26, 2006	Mobile		Irma Thelma Gray
36		Black	55	M	May 3, 2007	Blount		Carl Nelson and Willene Nelson
37		Black	46	M	July 26, 2007	Shelby		Annie Laura Orr
38		Black	47	M	August 23, 2007	Tuscaloosa		John Kirk
39		White	62	M	January 15, 2009	Calhoun		Rebecca Suzanne Howell
40	^[12]	White	49	M	February 12, 2009			Rhonda Hardin
41	^[13]	Black	49	M	April 16, 2009	Jefferson		Leon Shaw
42	^[14]	Black	44	M	May 14, 2009	Montgomery		Ella Foy Riley
43		White	62	M	June 11, 2009	Jefferson		Stephanie Gach
44	^[15]	White	38	M	October 8, 2009	Cullman		Braxton Brown
45		White	63	M	May 27, 2010	Mobile		Sheryl Lynn Payton
46		White	42	M	June 10, 2010	Colbert		Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett
47		White	41	M	August 12, 2010	Jefferson		Candace Brown
48		Black	50	M	September 9, 2010	Dale		Ruby Lois Gosha
49		White	63	M	November 4, 2010	Pike		Charles Eddie Shannon
50		Black	52	M	January 13, 2011	Madison		Ruby White
51		White	45	M	March 31, 2011	Calhoun		Fred Blackmon and Evelyn Blackmon	Robert J. Bentley
52		White	43	M	May 19, 2011	Mobile		4 murder victims
53		Black	41	M	June 16, 2011	Tuscaloosa		Mattie Wesson
54		Black	37	M	September 22, 2011	Madison		Angela Cagle
55		White	38	M	October 20, 2011	Escambia		Elias Ocean Johnson
56		White	29	M	July 25, 2013	Limestone		Charlie Newman
57		White	43	M	January 21, 2016	Jefferson		Jo Deann Campbell
58		White	45	M	December 8, 2016	Madison		Casey Wilson
59		White	75	M	May 26, 2017	Colbert		Troy Wicker	Kay Ivey
60		Black	46	M	June 8, 2017	Etowah		James Nathaniel Baker, Darryl Collier, and Tamika Collins
61		Black	40	M	October 19, 2017	Montgomery		Montgomery police officer Anderson Gordon
62		White	50	M	March 15, 2018	Walker		Bennie Francis Murray
63		White	83	M	April 19, 2018	Jefferson		Robert Smith Vance
64		Black	42	M	February 7, 2019	Dallas		Tiffany Harville
65		White	41	M	May 16, 2019	Shelby		4 murder victims
66		White	46	M	May 30, 2019	Fayette		Pastor Bill Lynn
67		Black	43	M	March 5, 2020	Jefferson		Carlos Owen, Harley Chisholm III, and Charles Bennett
68		Black	52	M	October 21, 2021			Sharma Ruth Johnson
69		Black	44	M	January 27, 2022	Dallas		Willie Johnson Jr.
70		Black	50	M	July 28, 2022	Jefferson		Faith Hall
71		White	64	M	July 21, 2023	Madison		Dorothy Belle Epps
72		White	49	M	November 16, 2023	Marshall		Edward Lee Williams Sr.
73		White	58	M	January 25, 2024	Colbert	Nitrogen hypoxia	Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett
74		White	50	M	May 30, 2024	Marion	Lethal injection	Floyd Hill and Vera Hill
75		Black	64	M	July 18, 2024	Cherokee		William Clinton Clayton Jr.

Demographics

Race
White	42	56%
Black	33	44%
Age
20–29	3	4%
30–39	16	21%
40–49	34	45%
50–59	11	15%
60–69	8	11%
70–79	2	3%
80–89	1	1%
Sex
Male	74	99%
Female	1	1%
Date of execution
1976–1979	0	0%
1980–1989	7	9%
1990–1999	12	16%
2000–2009	25	33%
2010–2019	22	29%
2020–2029	9	12%
Method
Lethal injection	50	67%
Electrocution	24	32%
Nitrogen hypoxia	1	1%
Governor (Party)
	2	3%
	8	11%
	0	0%
Fob James (R)	7	9%
	8	11%
Bob Riley (R)	25	33%
Robert J. Bentley (R)	8	11%
Kay Ivey (R)	17	23%
Total	75	100%

See also

• Capital punishment in Alabama
• Capital punishment in the United States

External links

• List of Alabama's executions since 1927 (Alabama Department of Corrections)
• Alabama inmates currently on death row (Alabama Department of Corrections)

Notes and References

1. News: Chandler . Kim . Alabama says it has built 'system' for nitrogen gas executions. The Birmingham News . Associated Press . 2021-08-07 . 2021-08-21.
2. Gordon, Tom (June 12, 2009) "Alabama Death Row inmate Jack Trawick apologizes before execution." Birmingham News
3. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/22/us/inmate-executed-in-alabama-prison.html Inmate Executed In Alabama Prison
4. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6DC113FF93BA1575BC0A961948260 Alabama Executes Convict In Killing
5. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE0DB173CF934A15756C0A96F948260 Alabama Executes Man in Death of a Widow
6. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3DA1231F936A25754C0A96F948260 2 Electric Jolts in Alabama Execution
7. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6D61230F93BA25752C1A96F948260 Murderer of Woman Is Executed in Alabama
8. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5DB173BF930A25754C0A966958260 A Convicted Killer Is Executed in Alabama
9. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&friend=nytimes&court=US&case=/us/474/82.html HEATH v. ALABAMA, 474 U.S. 82 (1985)
10. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEFDA143AF931A15752C1A964958260 Execution in Alabama for the Killing of a Nun
11. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E3DD163CF935A35755C0A961958260 Klan Member Put to Death In Race Death
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