This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2008. Thirty-seven people were executed in the United States in 2008. Eighteen of them were in the state of Texas. One (James Earl Reed) was executed via electrocution. Executions were not carried out in the United States between September 2007 and April 2008, due to certiorari in Baze v. Rees, which questioned the constitutionality of lethal injection. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed all executions for seven months until a decision was made, meaning executions did not begin until May, with none having taken place since that of Michael Wayne Richard the previous September.[1][2]
List of people executed in the United States in 2008
[edit]No. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | ||||||||
1 | May 6, 2008 | William Earl Lynd | 53 | 33 | 20 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | [3] |
2 | May 21, 2008 | Earl Wesley Berry | 49 | 28 | 21 | Mississippi | [4] | |||
3 | May 27, 2008 | Kevin Green | 31 | 21 | 10 | Black | Virginia | [5] | ||
4 | June 4, 2008 | Curtis Osborne | 38 | 20 | 18 | Georgia | [6] | |||
5 | June 6, 2008 | David Mark Hill | 48 | 36 | 12 | White | South Carolina | [7] | ||
6 | June 11, 2008 | Karl Eugene Chamberlain | 37 | 21 | 16 | Texas | [8] | |||
7 | June 17, 2008 | Terry Lyn Short | 47 | 34 | 13 | Oklahoma | [9] | |||
8 | June 20, 2008 | James Earl Reed | 49 | 35 | 14 | Black | South Carolina | Electrocution | [10] | |
9 | June 25, 2008 | Robert Stacy Yarbrough | 30 | 18 | 12 | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | [11] | ||
10 | July 1, 2008 | Mark Dean Schwab | 39 | 22 | 17 | White | Florida | [12] | ||
11 | July 10, 2008 | Carlton Akee Turner | 29 | 19 | 10 | Black | Texas | [13] | ||
12 | Kent Jermaine Jackson | 26 | 18 | 8 | Virginia | [14] | ||||
13 | July 23, 2008 | Dale Leo Bishop | 34 | 25 | 9 | White | Mississippi | [15] | ||
14 | Derrick J. Sonnier | 40 | 23 | 17 | Black | Texas | [16] | |||
15 | July 24, 2008 | Christopher Scott Emmett | 36 | 29 | 7 | White | Virginia | [17] | ||
16 | July 31, 2008 | Larry Donnell Davis | 40 | 27 | 13 | Black | Texas | [18] | ||
17 | August 5, 2008 | José Ernesto Medellín Rojas | 33 | 18 | 15 | Hispanic | [19] | |||
18 | August 7, 2008 | Heliberto Chi | 29 | 22 | 7 | [20] | ||||
19 | August 12, 2008 | Leon David Dorsey IV | 32 | 18 | 14 | Black | [21] | |||
20 | August 14, 2008 | Michael Anthony Rodriguez | 45 | 38 | 7 | Hispanic | [22] | |||
21 | September 16, 2008 | Jack Edward Alderman | 57 | 23 | 34 | White | Georgia | [23] | ||
22 | September 17, 2008 | William Alfred Murray | 39 | 28 | 11 | Texas | [24] | |||
23 | September 23, 2008 | Richard Henyard | 34 | 18 | 16 | Black | Florida | [25] | ||
24 | September 25, 2008 | Jesse James Cummings Jr. | 52 | 35 | 17 | White | Oklahoma | [26] | ||
25 | October 14, 2008 | Richard Wade Cooey II | 41 | 19 | 22 | Ohio | [27] | |||
26 | Alvin Andrew Kelly | 57 | 33 | 24 | Texas | [28] | ||||
27 | October 16, 2008 | Kevin Michael Watts | 27 | 21 | 6 | Black | [29] | |||
28 | October 21, 2008 | Joseph Ray Ries | 29 | 19 | 10 | White | [30] | |||
29 | October 28, 2008 | Eric Charles Nenno | 47 | 33 | 14 | [31] | ||||
30 | October 30, 2008 | Gregory Edward Wright | 42 | 31 | 11 | [32] | ||||
31 | November 6, 2008 | Elkie Lee Taylor | 46 | 15 | Black | [33] | ||||
32 | November 12, 2008 | George H. Whitaker III | 37 | 23 | 14 | [34] | ||||
33 | November 13, 2008 | Denard Sha Manns | 42 | 32 | 10 | [35] | ||||
34 | November 19, 2008 | Gregory L. Bryant-Bey | 53 | 37 | 16 | Ohio | [36] | |||
35 | November 20, 2008 | Robert Jean Hudson | 45 | 36 | 9 | Texas | [37] | |||
36 | November 21, 2008 | Marco Allen Chapman | 37 | 30 | 7 | White | Kentucky | [38] | ||
37 | December 5, 2008 | Joseph Martin Luther Gardner | 38 | 22 | 16 | Black | South Carolina | [39] | ||
Average: | 40 years | 26 years | 14 years |
Demographics
[edit]Gender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 37 | 100% |
Female | 0 | 0% |
Ethnicity | ||
Black | 17 | 46% |
White | 17 | 46% |
Hispanic | 3 | 8% |
State | ||
Texas | 18 | 49% |
Georgia | 3 | 8% |
Oklahoma | 3 | 8% |
South Carolina | 3 | 8% |
Virginia | 3 | 8% |
Florida | 2 | 5% |
Mississippi | 2 | 5% |
Ohio | 2 | 5% |
Kentucky | 1 | 3% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 36 | 97% |
Electrocution | 1 | 3% |
Month | ||
January | 0 | 0% |
February | 0 | 0% |
March | 0 | 0% |
April | 0 | 0% |
May | 3 | 8% |
June | 6 | 16% |
July | 7 | 19% |
August | 4 | 11% |
September | 4 | 11% |
October | 6 | 16% |
November | 6 | 16% |
December | 1 | 3% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 5 | 14% |
30–39 | 14 | 38% |
40–49 | 13 | 35% |
50–59 | 5 | 14% |
Total | 37 | 100% |
Executions in recent years
[edit]Number of executions | |
---|---|
2009 | 52 |
2008 | 37 |
2007 | 42 |
Total | 131 |
See also
[edit]- List of death row inmates in the United States
- List of most recent executions by jurisdiction
- List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States
- List of women executed in the United States since 1976
References
[edit]- ^ "Execution List 2008". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ "William Earl Lynd Executed May 6, 2008 07:51 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "Earl Wesley Berry Executed May 21, 2008 at 6:15 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".
- ^ "Kevin Green Executed May 27, 2008 at 10:05 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Curtis Osborne Executed June 4, 2008 09:05 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "David Mark Hill Executed June 6, 2008 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
- ^ "Karl Eugene Chamberlain Executed June 11, 2008 at 06:30 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Terry Lyn Short Executed June 17, 2008 06:08 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "James Earl Reed Executed June 20, 2008 11:27 p.m. by Electric Chair in South Carolina".
- ^ "Robert Stacy Yarbrough Executed June 25, 2008 at 9:28 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Mark Dean Schwab Executed July 1, 2008 06:15 p.m. EST by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "Carlton Akee Turner Executed July 10, 2008 06:16 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Kent Jermaine Jackson Executed July 10, 2008 at 9:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Dale Leo Bishop Executed July 23, 2008 at 6:14 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".
- ^ "Derrick J. Sonnier Executed July 23, 2008 06:18 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Christopher Scott Emmett Executed July 24, 2008 9:07 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
- ^ "Larry Donnell Davis Executed July 31, 2008 06:19 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Jose Ernesto Medellin Executed August 5, 2008 09:57 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Heliberto Chi Executed August 7, 2008 06:25 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Leon David Dorsey IV Executed August 12, 2008 06:27 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Michael Anthony Rodriguez Executed August 14, 2008 06:30 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Jack Edward Alderman Executed September 16, 2008 07:25 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
- ^ "William Alfred Murray Executed September 17, 2008 06:20 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Richard Henyard Executed September 23, 2008 08:16 p.m. EST by Lethal Injection in Florida".
- ^ "Jesse James Cummings Jr. Executed September 25, 2008 06:11 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Richard Wade Cooey II Executed October 14, 2008 10:28 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
- ^ "Alvin Andrew Kelly Executed October 14, 2008 06:30 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Kevin Michael Watts Executed October 16, 2008 06:17 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Joseph Ray Ries Executed October 21, 2008 06:17 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Eric Charles Nenno Executed October 28, 2008 06:20 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Gregory Edward Wright Executed October 30, 2008 06:20 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Elkie Lee Taylor Executed November 6, 2008 06:30 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "George H. Whitaker III Executed November 12, 2008 06:15 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Denard Sha Manns Executed November 13, 2008 06:30 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Gregory L. Bryant-Bey Executed November 19, 2008 10:41 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
- ^ "Robert Jean Hudson Executed November 20, 2008 06:24 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
- ^ "Marco Allen Chapman Executed November 21, 2008 07:34 p.m. CST by Lethal Injection in Kentucky".
- ^ "Joseph M.L. Gardner Executed December 5, 2008 6:15 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
Preceded by 2007 |
List of people executed in the United States in 2008 |
Succeeded by 2009 |