List of Individuals Executed After 1976
A total of 12 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Nevada since 1976. All were by lethal injection except those indicated by a * which were performed by using a gas chamber. All but one waived their appeals and asked that the execution be carried out.
| Executed person | Date of execution | Victims | Governor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Bishop* | October 22, 1979 | David Ballard | Robert List |
| 2 | Carroll Cole | December 6, 1985 | Marie Cushman | Richard Bryan |
| 3 | William Paul Thompson | June 19, 1989 | Randy Waldron | Bob Miller |
| 4 | Sean Patrick Flannagan | June 23, 1989 | Albert Duggens and James Lewandowski | Bob Miller |
| 5 | Thomas E. Baal | June 3, 1990 | Frances Maves | Bob Miller |
| 6 | Richard Allen Moran | March 30, 1996 | Sandra Devere, Russell Rhodes, and Linda VanderVoort | Bob Miller |
| 7 | Roderick Abetya | October 5, 1998 | Donna Martin | Bob Miller |
| 8 | Alvaro Calambro | April 5, 1999 | Peggy Crawford and Keith Christopher | Kenny Guinn |
| 9 | Sebastian Stephanous Bridges | April 21, 2001 | Hunter Blatchford | Kenny Guinn |
| 10 | Lawrence Colwell, Jr. | March 26, 2004 | Frank Rosenstock | Kenny Guinn |
| 11 | Terry Jess Dennis | August 12, 2004 | Ilona Straumanis | Kenny Guinn |
| 12 | Daryl Linnie Mack | April 26, 2006 | Betty Jane May | Kenny Guinn |
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