There have been 43 executions in North Carolina, under the current statute, since it was adopted in 1977. All were for murder and were performed using lethal injection, except those indicated with a * which were performed using the gas chamber.
Executed person | Date of execution | Victims | Under Governor | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | James W. Hutchins | 16 March 1984 | Roy Huskey, Owen Messersmith, and Pete Peterson | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
2 | Margie Velma Barfield | 2 November 1984 | Stuart Taylor | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
3 | John William Rook | 19 September 1986 | Ann Marie Roche | James G. Martin |
4 | Michael Van McDougall | 18 October 1991 | Dianne Parker | James G. Martin |
5 | John Sterling Gardner, Jr. | 23 October 1992 | Richard Adams and Kim Miller | James G. Martin |
6 | David Lawson* | 16 June 1994 | Wayne Shinn | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
7 | Kermit Smith, Jr. | 24 January 1995 | Whelette Collins | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
8 | Phillip Lee Ingle | 22 September 1995 | William Fred Davis | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
9 | Ricky Lee Sanderson* | 30 January 1998 | Sue Ellen Holliman | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
10 | Zane Brown Hill | 14 August 1998 | Randall Hill | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
11 | John Thomas Noland, Jr. | 20 November 1998 | Cindy Milton | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
12 | James David Rich | 26 March 1999 | Paul Gwyn | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
13 | Harvey Lee Green | 24 September 1999 | Sheila Bland | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
14 | Arthur Martin Boyd, Jr. | 21 October 1999 | Wanda Hartman | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
15 | David Junior Brown | 19 November 1999 | Shelly Chalflinch and Christina Chalflinch | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
16 | Michael Earl Sexton | 9 November 2000 | Kimberly Crews | James B. Hunt, Jr. |
17 | Willie Ervin Fisher | 9 March 2001 | Angela Johnson | Mike Easley |
18 | Clifton Allen White | 24 August 2001 | Kimberly Ewing | Mike Easley |
19 | Ronald Wayne Frye | 31 August 2001 | Ralph Childress | Mike Easley |
20 | David Junior Ward | 12 October 2001 | Dorothy Mae Smith | Mike Easley |
21 | John Hardy Rose | 30 November 2001 | Patricia Stewart | Mike Easley |
22 | Ernest West Basden | 6 December 2002 | Billy White | Mike Easley |
23 | Desmond Keith Carter | 10 December 2002 | Helen Purdy | Mike Easley |
24 | William Quentin Jones | 22 August 2003 | Edward Peebles | Mike Easley |
25 | Henry Lee Hunt | 12 September 2003 | Larry Jones and Jackie Ransom | Mike Easley |
26 | Joseph Earl Bates | 26 September 2003 | Charles Jenkins | Mike Easley |
27 | Edward Ernest Hartman | 3 October 2003 | Herman Larry Smith, Sr. | Mike Easley |
28 | Joseph Timothy Keel | 7 November 2003 | John Simmons | Mike Easley |
29 | John Dennis Daniels | 14 November 2003 | Isabelle Daniels Crawford | Mike Easley |
30 | Robbie James Lyons | 5 December 2003 | Stephen Stafford | Mike Easley |
31 | Raymond Dale Rowsey | 9 January 2004 | Howard Sikorski | Mike Easley |
32 | Sammy Crystal Perkins | 8 October 2004 | Lashenna Moore | Mike Easley |
33 | Charles Wesley Roache | 22 October 2004 | Chad McKinley Watt, Earl Phillips, Cora Phillips, Eddie Phillips, Mitzi Phillips, and Katie Phillips | Mike Easley |
34 | Frank Ray Chandler | 12 November 2004 | Doris Poore | Mike Easley |
35 | William Dillard Powell | 11 March 2005 | Mary Gladden | Mike Easley |
36 | Earl J. Richmond, Jr. | 6 May 2005 | Helisa S. Hayes, Phillip Hayes, and Darien Hayes | Mike Easley |
37 | Steven Van McHone | 11 November 2005 | Mildred Adams and Wesley Adams, Sr. | Mike Easley |
38 | Elias Hanna Syriani | 18 November 2005 | Teresa Yousef Syriani | Mike Easley |
39 | Kenneth Lee Boyd | 2 December 2005 | Julie Curry Boyd and Thomas Dillard Curry | Mike Easley |
40 | Perrie Dyon Simpson | 20 January 2006 | Jean Ernest Darter | Mike Easley |
41 | Patrick Lane Moody | 17 March 2006 | Donnie Robbins | Mike Easley |
42 | Willie Brown, Jr. | 21 April 2006 | Valerie Ann Roberson Dixon | Mike Easley |
43 | Samuel Russell Flippen | 18 August 2006 | Britnie Nichole Hutton | Mike Easley |
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