Post-Gregg Executions
A total of 5 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Maryland since 1976. All were executed by lethal injection.
Executed person | Date of execution | Victim(s) | Under Governor | |
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1 | John Frederick Thanos | May 16, 1994 | Billy Winebrenner, Gregory Allen Taylor, and Melody Pistorio | William Donald Schaefer |
2 | Flint Gregory Hunt | July 2, 1997 | Vincent Adolfo | Parris Glendening |
3 | Tyrone Delano Gilliam, Jr. | November 16, 1998 | Christine Doerfler | |
4 | Steven Howard Oken | June 17, 2004 | Dawn Marie Garvin, Patricia Hirt, Lori Ward | Robert Ehrlich |
5 | Wesley Eugene Baker | December 5, 2005 | Jane Tyson |
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