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List of people executed in the United States in 2002

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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.

List of people executed in the United States in 2002

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 9, 2002 James R. Johnson 52 42 10 Male White Missouri Lethal injection
2 Michael Patrick Moore 38 30 8 Texas
3 January 16, 2002 Jermarr Carlos Arnold 43 24 19 Black
4 January 24, 2002 Ronald Keith Spivey 62 37 25 White Georgia
5 January 29, 2002 Stephen Wayne Anderson 48 26 22 California
6 John Joseph Romano 43 27 16 Oklahoma
7 January 30, 2002 Windell Broussard 41 32 9 Black Texas
8 January 31, 2002 Randall Wayne Hafdahl Sr. 48 16 White
9 David Wayne Woodruff 42 25 17 Oklahoma
10 February 6, 2002 Michael Owsley 40 31 9 Black Missouri
11 February 19, 2002 John William Byrd Jr. 38 19 19 White Ohio
12 February 28, 2002 Monty Allen Delk 35 16 Texas
13 March 6, 2002 Jeffrey Lane Tokar 37 27 10 Missouri
14 March 7, 2002 Gerald Wayne Tigner Jr. 29 20 9 Black Texas
15 March 12, 2002 Tracy Lee Housel 43 26 17 White Georgia
16 March 14, 2002 James Earl Patterson 35 19 16 Virginia
17 April 2, 2002 Daniel Lee Zirkle 33 30 3
18 April 10, 2002 Paul W. Kreutzer 30 20 10 Missouri
19 Jose Santellan Sr. 40 31 9 Hispanic Texas
20 April 11, 2002 William Kendrick Burns 43 22 21 Black
21 April 18, 2002 Gerald Dwight Casey 47 34 13 White
22 April 26, 2002 Alton Coleman 46 28 18 Black Ohio
23 April 30, 2002 Rodolpho Baiza Hernandez 52 35 17 Hispanic Texas
24 May 3, 2002 Richard Charles Johnson 39 22 White South Carolina
25 May 9, 2002 Reginald Lenard Reeves 28 19 9 Black Texas
26 May 10, 2002 Lynda Lyon Block 54 45 Female White Alabama Electrocution
27 Leslie Dale Martin 35 24 11 Male Louisiana Lethal injection
28 May 16, 2002 Ronford Lee Styron Jr. 32 8 Texas
29 May 22, 2002 Johnny Joe Martinez 29 20 9 Hispanic
30 May 28, 2002 Napoleon Beazley 25 17 8 Black
31 May 30, 2002 Stanley Allison Baker Jr. 35 27 White
32 June 12, 2002 Walter Mickens Jr. 47 37 10 Black Virginia
33 June 13, 2002 Daniel Earl Reneau 27 20 7 White Texas
34 June 25, 2002 Robert Otis Coulson 34 24 10
35 June 26, 2002 Jeffery Lynn Williams 30 23 7 Black
36 July 17, 2002 Tracy Alan Hansen 39 16 White Mississippi
37 July 23, 2002 Randall Eugene Cannon 42 25 17 Oklahoma
38 July 30, 2002 Earl Alexander Frederick Sr. 51 38 13
39 August 7, 2002 Richard William Kutzner 59 53 6 Texas
40 August 8, 2002 T. J. Jones 25 17 8 Black
41 August 14, 2002 Javier Suarez Medina 33 19 14 Hispanic
42 Daniel Anthony Basile 35 25 10 White Missouri
43 August 16, 2002 Wallace Marvin Fugate III 52 41 11 Georgia
44 August 20, 2002 Gary Wayne Etheridge 38 26 12 Texas
45 August 23, 2002 Anthony Green 40 25 15 Black South Carolina
46 August 28, 2002 Toronto Markkey Patterson 24 17 7 Texas
47 September 10, 2002 Tony Lee Walker 36 26 10
48 September 13, 2002 Michael Joseph Passaro 40 36 4 White South Carolina
49 September 17, 2002 Jessie Joe Patrick 44 31 13 Texas
50 September 18, 2002 Ron Scott Shamburger 30 22 8
51 September 24, 2002 Rex Warren Mays 42 32 10
52 September 25, 2002 Robert Anthony Buell 62 41 21 Ohio
53 Calvin Eugene King 48 40 8 Black Texas
54 October 1, 2002 James Rexford Powell 56 44 12 White
55 October 2, 2002 Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco 43 27 16 Hispanic Florida
56 October 9, 2002 Aileen Carol Wuornos 46 33–34 12–13 Female White
57 November 13, 2002 William Howard Putman 59 37 22 Male Georgia
58 November 14, 2002 Mir Aimal Kasi 38 28 10 Asian Virginia
59 November 19, 2002 Craig Neil Ogan Jr. 47 34 13 White Texas
60 November 20, 2002 William Robert Jones Jr. 37 21 16 Missouri
61 William Wesley Chappell 66 51 15 Texas
62 December 4, 2002 Leonard Uresti Rojas 52 44 8 Hispanic
63 December 6, 2002 Ernest West Basden 50 39 11 White North Carolina
64 December 9, 2002 Linroy Bottoson 63 40 23 Black Florida
65 December 10, 2002 Desmond Keith Carter 35 24 11 North Carolina
66 Jerry Lynn McCracken 23 12 White Oklahoma
67 December 11, 2002 James Paul Collier 55 48 7 Texas
68 Jessie Derrell Williams 51 31 20 Mississippi
69 December 12, 2002 Jay Wesley Neill 37 19 18 Oklahoma
70 Anthony Keith Johnson 46 27 19 Alabama
71 December 17, 2002 Ernest Marvin Carter Jr. 36 23 13 Black Oklahoma
Average: 42 years 29 years 13 years

Demographics

Gender
Male 69 97%
Female 2 3%
Ethnicity
White 46 65%
Black 18 25%
Hispanic 6 8%
Asian 1 1%
State
Texas 33 46%
Oklahoma 7 10%
Missouri 6 8%
Georgia 4 6%
Virginia 4 6%
Florida 3 4%
Ohio 3 4%
South Carolina 3 4%
Alabama 2 3%
Mississippi 2 3%
North Carolina 2 3%
California 1 1%
Louisiana 1 1%
Method
Lethal injection 70 99%
Electrocution 1 1%
Month
January 9 13%
February 3 4%
March 4 6%
April 7 10%
May 8 11%
June 4 6%
July 3 4%
August 8 11%
September 7 10%
October 3 4%
November 5 7%
December 10 14%
Age
20–29 7 10%
30–39 25 35%
40–49 23 32%
50–59 12 17%
60–69 4 6%
Total 71 100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2003 65
2002 71
2001 66
Total 202

See also

References

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