List of people executed in Arkansas explained

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arkansas since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States.

31 people have been executed in Arkansas since 1976: 30 males and 1 female (Christina Marie Riggs). All but John Swindler (who was executed by electric chair) were executed by lethal injection. All were executed for the crime of murder.^[1]

List of people executed in Arkansas since 1976

	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1		White	46	M	June 18, 1990	Sebastian	Electrocution	Fort Smith police officer Randy Basnett	Bill Clinton
2		White	49	M	June 25, 1990	Pope	Lethal injection	16 murder victims
3		Black	42	M	January 24, 1992	Faulkner		Conway police officer Robert Martin
4		White	25	M	May 7, 1992	Pulaski		Arkansas State police officer Robert Klein
5		Black	39	M	May 11, 1994	Prairie		Wesley Noble	Jim Guy Tucker
6		White	50	M		Montgomery		Essie Mae Black
7		White	37	M	August 3, 1994	Benton		Donald Lehman
8		White	43	M
9		White	37	M
10		White	64	M	April 19, 1995	Miller		William Stumpp
11		Black	41	M	August 31, 1995	Pulaski		Marjorie Mason
12		White	41	M	August 8, 1996	Benton		James Warren and Sandra Warren	Mike Huckabee
13		Hispanic	49	M	January 8, 1997	Logan		Magazine Town Marshall Marvin Richie and Opal James^[2]
14		White	47	M
15		Black	30	M		Nevada		Barbara Smith
16		White	53	M	August 6, 1997	Crawford		Kenneth Staton and Suzanne Staton-Ware
17		White	56	M	July 8, 1998	Sebastian		Willa Dean O'Neal
18		White	42	M	February 16, 1999	White		Marie Sullens, Margaret Brown, and Billy Brown
19		White	49	M	April 12, 1999	Sebastian		Bobbie Jean Robertson
20		White	43	M	September 8, 1999			Joe Joyce, Martha Joyce, and Sara McCurdy
21		White	52	M		Johnson		Eric Willett and Roger Willett
22		White	28	F	May 2, 2000	Pulaski		Justin Riggs and Shelby Alexis Riggs
23		Black	37	M	December 19, 2000			Leon Brown
24		White	30	M	May 8, 2001	Jefferson		5 murder victims
25		Black	31	M	July 9, 2003	Pulaski		Marcell Young, Malak Hussian, and Mustafa Hussian
26		Black	44	M	January 6, 2004	Ashley		Mary Lou York
27		White	45	M	November 28, 2005	Hot Spring		Julie Heath
28		Black	51	M	April 20, 2017	Pulaski		Debra Reese	Asa Hutchinson
29		White	52	M	April 24, 2017	White		Mary Phillips
30		Black	46	M		Pulaski		Stacy Rae Errickson
31		Black	38	M	April 27, 2017	Lincoln		Cecil Boren

Demographics

Race
White	20	66%
Black	10	32%
Hispanic	1	3%
Age
20–29	2	6%
30–39	8	26%
40–49	14	45%
50–59	6	19%
60–69	1	3%
Sex
Male	30	97%
Female	1	3%
Date of execution
1976–1979	0	0%
1980–1989	0	0%
1990–1999	21	68%
2000–2009	6	19%
2010–2019	4	13%
2020–2029	0	0%
Method
Lethal injection	30	97%
Electrocution	1	3%
Governor (Party)
David Pryor (D)	0	0%
	0	0%
	4	13%
	0	0%
	7	23%
	16	52%
	0	0%
	4	13%
	0	0%
Total	31	100%

See also

• Capital punishment in Arkansas
• Capital punishment in the United States

Notes and References

1. Web site: Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center. Death Penalty Information Center. January 25, 2020.
2. News: Murders Still Fresh, Four Decades Later. Parrish. Glenn. Southwest Times Record.