List of people executed in the United States in 2002 explained

This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2002. Seventy-one people were executed in the United States in 2002. Thirty-three of them were in the state of Texas. Two (Lynda Lyon Block and Aileen Carol Wuornos) were female. One (Lynda Lyon Block) was executed via electrocution.[1] [2]

List of people executed in the United States in 2002

Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethod
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1January 9, 200252 4210MaleWhiteMissouriLethal injection[3]
238 308Texas[4]
3January 16, 200243 2419Black[5]
4January 24, 200262 3725WhiteGeorgia[6]
5January 29, 200248 2622California[7]
643 2716Oklahoma[8]
7January 30, 200241 329BlackTexas[9]
8January 31, 200248 16White[10]
942 2517Oklahoma[11]
10February 6, 200240 319BlackMissouri[12]
11February 19, 200238 1919WhiteOhio[13]
12February 28, 200235 16Texas[14]
13March 6, 200237 2710Missouri[15]
14March 7, 200229 209BlackTexas[16]
15March 12, 200243 2617WhiteGeorgia[17]
16March 14, 200235 1916Virginia[18]
17April 2, 200233 303[19]
18April 10, 200230 2010Missouri[20]
1940 319HispanicTexas[21]
20April 11, 200243 2221Black[22]
21April 18, 200247 3413White[23]
22April 26, 200246 2818BlackOhio[24]
23April 30, 200252 3517HispanicTexas[25]
24May 3, 200239 22WhiteSouth Carolina[26]
25May 9, 200228 199BlackTexas[27]
26May 10, 200254 45FemaleWhiteAlabamaElectrocution[28]
2735 2411MaleLouisianaLethal injection[29]
28May 16, 200232 8Texas[30]
29May 22, 200229 209Hispanic[31]
30May 28, 200225 178Black[32]
31May 30, 200235 27White[33]
32June 12, 200247 3710BlackVirginia[34]
33June 13, 200227 207WhiteTexas[35]
34June 25, 200234 2410[36]
35June 26, 200230 237Black[37]
36July 17, 200239 16WhiteMississippi[38]
37July 23, 200242 2517Oklahoma[39]
38July 30, 200251 3813[40]
39August 7, 200259 536Texas[41]
40August 8, 200225 178Black[42]
41August 14, 200233 1914Hispanic[43]
4235 2510WhiteMissouri[44]
43August 16, 200252 4111Georgia[45]
44August 20, 200238 2612Texas[46]
45August 23, 200240 2515BlackSouth Carolina[47]
46August 28, 200224 177Texas[48]
47September 10, 200236 2610[49]
48September 13, 200240 364WhiteSouth Carolina[50]
49September 17, 200244 3113Texas[51]
50September 18, 200230 228[52]
51September 24, 200242 3210[53]
52September 25, 200262 4121Ohio[54]
5348 408BlackTexas[55]
54October 1, 200256 4412White[56]
55October 2, 200243 2716HispanicFlorida[57]
56October 9, 200246 33–3412–13FemaleWhite[58]
57November 13, 200259 3722MaleGeorgia[59]
58November 14, 200238 2810AsianVirginia[60]
59November 19, 200247 3413WhiteTexas[61]
60November 20, 200237 2116Missouri[62]
6166 5115Texas[63]
62December 4, 200252 448Hispanic[64]
63December 6, 200250 3911WhiteNorth Carolina[65]
64December 9, 200263 4023BlackFlorida[66]
65December 10, 200235 <-- Date of birth: October 15, 1967 -->2411North Carolina[67]
6623 12WhiteOklahoma[68]
67December 11, 200255 487Texas[69]
6851 3120Mississippi[70]
69December 12, 200237 1918Oklahoma[71]
7046 2719Alabama[72]
71December 17, 200236 2313BlackOklahoma[73]
Average:42 years29 years13 years

Demographics

Gender
Male6997%
Female23%
Ethnicity
White4665%
Black1825%
Hispanic68%
Asian11%
State
Texas3346%
Oklahoma710%
Missouri68%
Georgia46%
Virginia46%
Florida34%
Ohio34%
South Carolina34%
Alabama23%
Mississippi23%
North Carolina23%
California11%
Louisiana11%
Method
Lethal injection7099%
Electrocution11%
Month
January913%
February34%
March46%
April710%
May811%
June46%
July34%
August811%
September710%
October34%
November57%
December1014%
Age
20–29710%
30–392535%
40–492332%
50–591217%
60–6946%
Total71100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
200365
200271
200166
Total202

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Execution List 2002. Death Penalty Information Center. en-US. December 27, 2022.
  2. Web site: U.S. Executions Since 1976. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. December 27, 2022.
  3. Web site: James R. Johnson Executed January 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri.
  4. Web site: Michael Patrick Moore Executed January 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  5. Web site: Jermarr Carlos Arnold Executed January 16, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  6. Web site: Ronald Keith Spivey Executed January 24, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia.
  7. Web site: Stephen Wayne Anderson Executed January 29, 2002 by Lethal Injection in California.
  8. Web site: John Joseph Romano Executed January 29, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma.
  9. Web site: Windell Broussard Executed January 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  10. Web site: Randall Wayne Hafdahl Sr. Executed January 31, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  11. Web site: David Wayne Woodruff Executed January 31, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma.
  12. Web site: Michael Owsley Executed February 6, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri.
  13. Web site: John William Byrd Jr. Executed February 19, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Ohio.
  14. Web site: Monty Allen Delk Executed February 28, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  15. Web site: Jeffrey Lane Tokar Executed March 6, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri.
  16. Web site: Gerald Wayne Tigner Jr. Executed March 7, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  17. Web site: Tracy Lee Housel Executed March 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia.
  18. Web site: James Earl Patterson Executed March 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia.
  19. Web site: Daniel Lee Zirkle Executed April 2, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia.
  20. Web site: Paul W. Kreutzer Executed April 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri.
  21. Web site: Jose Santellan Sr. Executed April 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  22. Web site: William Kendrick Burns Executed April 11, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  23. Web site: Gerald Dwight Casey Executed April 18, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  24. Web site: Alton Coleman Executed April 26, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Ohio.
  25. Web site: Rodolpho Baiza Hernandez Executed April 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  26. Web site: Richard Charles Johnson Executed May 3, 2002 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina.
  27. Web site: Reginald Lenard Reeves Executed May 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  28. Web site: Lynda Lyon Block Executed May 10, 2002 by Electric Chair in Alabama.
  29. Web site: Leslie Dale Martin Executed May 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Louisiana.
  30. Web site: Ronford Lee Styron Jr. Executed May 16, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  31. Web site: Johnny Joe Martinez Executed May 22, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  32. Web site: Napoleon Beazley Executed May 28, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  33. Web site: Stanley Allison Baker Jr. Executed May 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  34. Web site: Walter Mickens Jr. Executed June 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia.
  35. Web site: Daniel Earl Reneau Executed June 13, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  36. Web site: Robert Otis Coulson Executed June 25, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  37. Web site: Jeffery Lynn Williams Executed June 26, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  38. Web site: Tracy Alan Hansen Executed July 17, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Mississippi.
  39. Web site: Randall Eugene Cannon Executed July 23, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma.
  40. Web site: Earl Alexander Frederick Sr. Executed July 30, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma.
  41. Web site: Richard William Kutzner Executed August 7, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  42. Web site: T. J. Jones Executed August 8, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  43. Web site: Javier Suarez Medina Executed August 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  44. Web site: Daniel Anthony Basile Executed August 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri.
  45. Web site: Wallace Marvin Fugate III Executed August 16, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia.
  46. Web site: Gary Wayne Etheridge Executed August 20, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  47. Web site: Anthony Green Executed August 23, 2002 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina.
  48. Web site: Toronto Markkey Patterson Executed August 28, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  49. Web site: Tony Lee Walker Executed September 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  50. Web site: Michael Joseph Passaro Executed September 13, 2002 by Lethal Injection in South Carolina.
  51. Web site: Jessie Joe Patrick Executed September 17, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  52. Web site: Ron Scott Shamburger Executed September 18, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  53. Web site: Rex Warren Mays Executed September 24, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  54. Web site: Robert Anthony Buell Executed September 25, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Ohio.
  55. Web site: Calvin Eugene King Executed September 25, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  56. Web site: James Rexford Powell Executed October 1, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  57. Web site: Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco Executed October 2, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida.
  58. Web site: Aileen Carol Wuornos Executed October 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida.
  59. Web site: William Howard Putman Executed November 13, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Georgia.
  60. Web site: Mir Aimal Kasi Executed November 14, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Virginia.
  61. Web site: Craig Neil Ogan Jr. Executed November 19, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  62. Web site: William Robert Jones Jr. Executed November 20, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Missouri.
  63. Web site: William Wesley Chappell Executed November 20, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  64. Web site: Leonard Uresti Rojas Executed December 4, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  65. Web site: Ernest West Basden Executed December 6, 2002 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina.
  66. Web site: Linroy Bottoson Executed December 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida.
  67. Web site: Desmond Keith Carter Executed December 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in North Carolina.
  68. Web site: Jerry Lynn McCracken Executed December 10, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma.
  69. Web site: James Paul Collier Executed December 11, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Texas.
  70. Web site: Jessie Derrell Williams Executed December 11, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Mississippi.
  71. Web site: Jay Wesley Neill Executed December 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma.
  72. Web site: Anthony Keith Johnson Executed December 12, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Alabama.
  73. Web site: Ernest Marvin Carter Jr. Executed December 17, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma.

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