List of people executed in the United States in 2014
This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2014 . Thirty-five people were executed in the United States in 2014. Ten of them were in the state of Missouri , and another ten were in the state of Texas . Two (Edgar Tamayo Arias and Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas) were foreign nationals from Mexico . One (Juan Carlos Chavez ) was a foreign national from Cuba . Two (Suzanne Margaret Basso and Lisa Ann Coleman ) were female.[ 1] [ 2]
While there were a total of 35 executions in 2014, there were 39 executions in the previous year (2013 ) and 28 executions in the subsequent year (2015 ).
List of people executed in the United States in 2014
No.
Date of execution
Name
Age of person
Gender
Ethnicity
State
Method
Ref.
At execution
At offense
Age difference
1
January 7, 2014
Thomas Knight
62
23
39
Male
Black
Florida
Lethal injection
[ 3]
2
January 9, 2014
Michael Lee Wilson
38
22
16
Oklahoma
[ 4]
3
January 16, 2014
Dennis B. McGuire
53
29
24
White
Ohio
[ 5]
4
January 22, 2014
Edgar Tamayo Arias
46
26
20
Hispanic
Texas
[ 6]
5
January 23, 2014
Kenneth Eugene Hogan
52
26
White
Oklahoma
[ 7]
6
January 29, 2014
Herbert L. Smulls
56
33
23
Black
Missouri
[ 8]
7
February 5, 2014
Suzanne Margaret Basso
59
44
15
Female
White
Texas
[ 9]
8
February 12, 2014
Juan Carlos Chavez
46
28
18
Male
Hispanic
Florida
[ 10]
9
February 26, 2014
Michael Anthony Taylor
47
22
25
Black
Missouri
[ 11]
10
Paul Augustus Howell
48
26
22
Florida
[ 12]
11
March 19, 2014
Ray Jasper III
33
18
15
Texas
[ 13]
12
March 20, 2014
Robert Laverne Henry
55
29
26
Florida
[ 14]
13
March 26, 2014
Jeffrey R. Ferguson
59
34
25
White
Missouri
[ 15]
14
March 27, 2014
Anthony Dewayne Doyle
29
18
11
Black
Texas
[ 16]
15
April 3, 2014
Tommy Lynn Sells
49
35
14
White
[ 17]
16
April 9, 2014
Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas
44
28
16
Hispanic
[ 18]
17
April 16, 2014
Jose Luis Villegas Jr.
39
25
14
[ 19]
18
April 23, 2014
William Lewis Rousan
57
37
20
White
Missouri
[ 20]
19
Robert Eugene Hendrix
47
23
24
Florida
[ 21]
20
April 29, 2014
Clayton Derrell Lockett
38
15
Black
Oklahoma
[ 22]
21
June 17, 2014
Marcus Alfonso Wellons
58
34
24
Georgia
[ 23]
22
June 18, 2014
John E. Winfield
43
26
17
Missouri
[ 24]
23
John Ruthell Henry
63
34
29
Florida
[ 25]
24
July 10, 2014
Eddie Wayne Davis
45
25
20
White
[ 26]
25
July 16, 2014
John C. Middleton
54
35
19
Missouri
[ 27]
26
July 23, 2014
Joseph Rudolph Wood III
55
30
25
Arizona
[ 28]
27
August 6, 2014
Michael Shane Worthington
43
24
19
Missouri
[ 29]
28
September 10, 2014
Earl Ringo Jr.
40
16
Black
[ 30]
29
Willie Tyrone Trottie
45
23
22
Texas
[ 31]
30
September 17, 2014
Lisa Ann Coleman
38
28
10
Female
[ 32]
31
October 28, 2014
Miguel Angel Paredes
32
18
14
Male
Hispanic
[ 33]
32
November 13, 2014
Chadwick Dewellyn Banks
43
21
22
Black
Florida
[ 34]
33
November 19, 2014
Leon Vincent Taylor
56
36
20
Missouri
[ 35]
34
December 9, 2014
Robert Wayne Holsey
49
30
19
Georgia
[ 36]
35
December 10, 2014
Paul Terrence Goodwin
48
31
17
White
Missouri
[ 37]
Average:
48 years
28 years
20 years
Demographics
Gender
Male
33
94%
Female
2
6%
Ethnicity
Black
18
51%
White
12
34%
Hispanic
5
15%
State
Missouri
10
29%
Texas
10
29%
Florida
8
23%
Oklahoma
3
9%
Georgia
2
6%
Arizona
1
3%
Ohio
1
3%
Method
Lethal injection
35
100%
Month
January
6
17%
February
4
12%
March
4
12%
April
6
14%
May
0
0%
June
3
9%
July
3
9%
August
1
3%
September
3
9%
October
1
3%
November
2
6%
December
2
6%
Age
20–29
1
3%
30–39
5
14%
40–49
16
46%
50–59
11
31%
60–69
2
6%
Total
35
100%
Executions in recent years
Number of executions
2015
28
2014
35
2013
39
Total
102
Notable executions
2014 was a notable year for executions. A total of ten death row inmates were executed in Missouri throughout the year, the most carried out by Missouri in a single year since capital punishment resumed in 1976.[ 38] 2014 also marked the first time since 2002 in which two women were executed during a single year. Suzanne Margaret Basso and Lisa Ann Coleman , who were both sentenced to death in Texas , were executed just seven months apart.[ 39] One notable execution was of convicted murderer Thomas Knight , who was executed in Florida . Knight spent thirty-nine years on death row before his execution was carried out.[ 40]
There were also three botched executions in 2014:
Convicted killer Dennis McGuire , age 53, took nearly 30 minutes to die – the longest execution ever recorded of the 56 carried out in Ohio since capital punishment resumed in 1999.[ 41] [ 42] His execution led to a three year delay on executions being carried out in Ohio. The state did not execute any more inmates until July 2017 .[ 43]
Convicted rapist and murderer Clayton Lockett suffered a heart attack during his execution in Oklahoma – he was pronounced dead 43 minutes after being sedated and reportedly writhed, groaned, convulsed, and spoke during the process. He also attempted to rise from the execution table 14 minutes into the procedure.[ 44]
Convicted murderer Joseph Rudolph Wood III , who was executed in Arizona , was pronounced dead 1 hour and 57 minutes after the drugs were injected into his system – the entire procedure took almost 2 hours when it should have taken about 10 minutes.[ 45]
See also
References
^ "Execution List 2014" . Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved October 17, 2021 .
^ "U.S. Executions Since 1976" . The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney . Retrieved October 17, 2021 .
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Thomas Knight
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Michael Lee Wilson
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Dennis B. McGuire
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Edgar Arias Tamayo
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Kenneth Eugene Hogan
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Herbert L. Smulls
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Suzanne Margaret Basso
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Juan Carlos Chavez
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Michael Anthony Taylor
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Paul Augustus Howell
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Ray Jasper III
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Robert Laverne Henry
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Jeffrey R. Ferguson
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Anthony Dewayne Doyle
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Tommy Lynn Sells
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Jose Luis Villegas, Jr.
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – William L. Rousan
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Robert Eugene Hendrix
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Clayton Derrell Lockett
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Marcus A. Wellons
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – John E. Winfield
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – John Ruthell Henry
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Eddie Wayne Davis
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – John C. Middleton
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Joseph Rudolph Wood III
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Michael Shane Worthington
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Earl Ringo, Jr.
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Willie Tyrone Trottie
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lisa Ann Coleman
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Miguel Angel Paredes
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Chadwick Banks
^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Leon Vincent Taylor
^ "Georgia Executes Robert Holsey After Supreme Court Denies IQ Appeal" . NBC News . December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014 .
^ "Missouri carries out execution of Paul Goodwin, its 10th this year" . Missourinet . December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014 .
^ "Missouri executes prisoner over hammer murder" . The Guardian . December 10, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2021 .
^ "Searchable Execution Database" . Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved February 27, 2021 .
^ Ovalle, David (January 7, 2014). "Thomas Knight, who killed Miami couple and a prison guard, executed" . Miami Herald . Archived from the original on June 7, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2021 .
^ "Row over 'agonising' Ohio execution of killer Dennis McGuire" . BBC News . January 17, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2021 .
^ Ford, Dana; Fantz, Ashley (January 17, 2014). "Controversial execution in Ohio uses new drug combination" . CNN . Retrieved February 27, 2021 .
^ Smith, Mitch (July 26, 2017). "Ohio Carries Out Its First Execution Since 2014" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2021 .
^ Brewer, Graham Lee; Fernandez, Manny (February 13, 2020). "Oklahoma Botched 2 Executions. It Says It's Ready to Try Again" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2021 .
^ Dart, Tom (August 2, 2014). "Arizona inmate Joseph Wood was injected 15 times with execution drugs" . The Guardian . Retrieved February 27, 2021 .
Preceded by2013
List of people executed in the United States in 2014
Succeeded by2015