The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Indiana since its statehood.
A total of 20 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Indiana in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977. Before 1995, electrocution was the sole method of execution. This was replaced with lethal injection in 1995. The executions on this list are of those executed by the state government of Indiana; this list does not include persons executed within Indiana by the Federal Government.[1] Two other people, Alton Coleman and Michael Lee Lockhart, were sentenced to death in Indiana, but executed in other states.
| Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | 24 | M | March 9, 1981 | Morgan | Electrocution | 4 murder victims | Robert D. Orr | |
| 2 | White | 37 | M | October 16, 1985 | Lake | Paul Komyatti | |||
| 3 | Black | 43 | M | December 8, 1994 | Marion | Indianapolis police Sergeant Jack R. Ohrberg | Evan Bayh | ||
| 4 | Black | 42 | M | July 18, 1996 | Lethal injection | ||||
| 5 | Black | 40 | M | November 20, 1997 | Kenneth Chambers | Frank O'Bannon | |||
| 6 | White | 47 | M | January 29, 1998 | Sullivan | Michael Wedmore | |||
| 7 | White | 48 | M | December 9, 1999 | Johnson | Bill Harlow and Nyla Harlow | |||
| 8 | White | 41 | M | March 14, 2001 | Boone | William H. Radcliffe | |||
| 9 | White | 54 | M | June 27, 2001 | Hendricks | Mark and Gertrude Thompson | |||
| 10 | White | 43 | M | May 2, 2003 | Allen | Ted Bosler and Gene Rubrake | |||
| 11 | White | 46 | M | June 13, 2003 | Tippecanoe | Susan Bowsher, Ashlyn Bowsher, and William Bowsher | |||
| 12 | White | 47 | M | March 10, 2005 | Vigo | 4 murder victims | Mitch Daniels | ||
| 13 | White | 48 | M | April 21, 2005 | Delores Wells | ||||
| 14 | White | 40 | M | May 25, 2005 | Madison | Ruby Hutslar | |||
| 15 | White | 40 | M | July 27, 2005 | Marion | Steven Wentland, Anthony Moore, and Bruce Voge | |||
| 16 | White | 54 | M | September 28, 2005 | Lake | Lisa Bianco | |||
| 17 | White | 58 | M | January 27, 2006 | Howard | Tommy Miller and Kimberly Jane Miller | |||
| 18 | White | 42 | M | May 4, 2007 | DeKalb | Juan Placencia | |||
| 19 | White | 36 | M | June 15, 2007 | Delaware | Muncie police officer Gregg William Winters | |||
| 20 | White | 49 | M | December 11, 2009 | Vanderburgh | Debra Jean Wrinkles, Tony Fulkerson, and Natalie Fulkerson |
| Race | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 17 | 85% | |
| Black | 3 | 15% | |
| Age | |||
| 20–29 | 1 | 5% | |
| 30–39 | 3 | 15% | |
| 40–49 | 13 | 65% | |
| 50–59 | 3 | 15% | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 20 | 100% | |
| Date of execution | |||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1980–1989 | 2 | 10% | |
| 1990–1999 | 5 | 25% | |
| 2000–2009 | 13 | 65% | |
| 2010–2019 | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020–2029 | 0 | 0% | |
| Method | |||
| Lethal injection | 17 | 85% | |
| Electrocution | 3 | 15% | |
| Governor (Party) | |||
| 0 | 0% | ||
| 2 | 10% | ||
| 2 | 10% | ||
| 7 | 35% | ||
| 0 | 0% | ||
| Mitch Daniels (R) | 9 | 45% | |
| Mike Pence (R) | 0 | 0% | |
| 0 | 0% | ||
| Total | 20 | 100% | |