This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2003. A total of sixty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2003, sixty-four by lethal injection and one by electrocution. [1] [2]
No. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | ||||||||
1 | January 14, 2003 | Samuel Clark Gallamore | 31 | 21 | 10 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | [3] |
2 | January 15, 2003 | John Richard Baltazar | 30 | 25 | 5 | Hispanic | [4] | |||
3 | January 16, 2003 | Daniel Juan Revilla | 34 | 18 | 16 | White | Oklahoma | [5] | ||
4 | January 22, 2003 | Robert Andrew Lookingbill | 37 | 24 | 13 | Texas | [6] | |||
5 | January 28, 2003 | Alva Eziel Curry | 33 | 22 | 11 | Black | [7] | |||
6 | January 29, 2003 | Richard Eugene Dinkins | 40 | 27 | 13 | White | [8] | |||
7 | January 30, 2003 | Granville Riddle | 33 | 19 | 14 | [9] | ||||
8 | February 4, 2003 | John William Elliot | 42 | 26 | 16 | Hispanic | [10] [11] | |||
9 | February 5, 2003 | Kenneth Kenley | 23 | 19 | White | Missouri | [12] | |||
10 | February 6, 2003 | Henry Earl Dunn Jr. | 28 | 19 | 9 | Black | Texas | [13] | ||
11 | February 12, 2003 | Richard Edwin Fox | 47 | 33 | 14 | White | Ohio | [14] | ||
12 | February 13, 2003 | Bobby Joe Fields | 39 | 29 | 10 | Black | Oklahoma | [15] | ||
13 | February 25, 2003 | Richard Head Williams | 33 | 27 | 6 | Texas | [16] | |||
14 | February 26, 2003 | Amos Lee King Jr. | 48 | 22 | 26 | Florida | [17] | |||
15 | March 11, 2003 | Bobby Glen Cook | 41 | 31 | 10 | White | Texas | [18] | ||
16 | March 13, 2003 | Michael Eugene Thompson | 43 | 25 | 18 | Alabama | [19] | |||
17 | March 18, 2003 | Louis Jones Jr. | 53 | 44 | 9 | Black | Federal government | [20] | ||
18 | Walanzo Deon Robinson | 31 | 18 | 13 | Oklahoma | [21] | ||||
19 | March 20, 2003 | Keith Bernard Clay | 35 | 25 | 10 | Texas | [22] | |||
20 | March 25, 2003 | John Michael Hooker | 49 | 34 | 15 | Oklahoma | [23] | |||
21 | Larry Eugene Moon | 55 | 37 | 18 | White | Georgia | [24] [25] | |||
22 | March 26, 2003 | James Blake Colburn | 43 | 34 | 9 | Texas | [26] | |||
23 | April 3, 2003 | Scott Allen Hain | 32 | 17 | 15 | Oklahoma | [27] | |||
24 | April 8, 2003 | Don Wilson Hawkins Jr. | 43 | 25 | 18 | [28] | ||||
25 | April 9, 2003 | Earl Conrad Bramblett | 61 | 52 | 9 | Virginia | Electrocution | [29] | ||
26 | April 17, 2003 | Larry Kenneth Jackson | 40 | 31 | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | [30] | ||
27 | April 22, 2003 | Juan Rodriguez Chavez | 34 | 27 | 7 | Hispanic | Texas | [31] | ||
28 | April 24, 2003 | Gary Leon Brown | 44 | 17 | White | Alabama | [32] | |||
29 | April 29, 2003 | David M. Brewer | 25 | 19 | Ohio | [33] | ||||
30 | May 2, 2003 | Kevin Lee Hough | 43 | 26 | 17 | Indiana | [34] | |||
31 | May 6, 2003 | Roger Dale Vaughn | 48 | 37 | 11 | Texas | [35] | |||
32 | Carl Junior Isaacs | 49 | 19 | 30 | Georgia | [36] | ||||
33 | May 15, 2003 | Bruce Charles Jacobs | 56 | 39 | 17 | Texas | [37] | |||
34 | May 16, 2003 | Newton Carlton Slawson | 48 | 34 | 14 | Florida | [38] | |||
35 | May 27, 2003 | Robert Wesley Knighton | 62 | 48 | Oklahoma | [39] [40] | ||||
36 | June 5, 2003 | Kenneth Chad Charm | 37 | 27 | 10 | Black | [41] | |||
37 | June 11, 2003 | Kia Levoy Johnson | 38 | 28 | Texas | [42] | ||||
38 | June 13, 2003 | Joseph L. Trueblood | 46 | 31 | 15 | White | Indiana | [43] | ||
39 | June 18, 2003 | Ernest Martin | 42 | 22 | 20 | Black | Ohio | [44] | ||
40 | July 1, 2003 | Lewis Eugene Gilbert II | 31 | 9 | White | Oklahoma | [45] | |||
41 | Hilton Lewis Crawford | 64 | 56 | 8 | Texas | [46] | ||||
42 | July 8, 2003 | Robert Don Duckett | 39 | 24 | 15 | Oklahoma | [47] | |||
43 | July 9, 2003 | Christopher Black Sr. | 43 | 38 | 5 | Black | Texas | [48] | ||
44 | Riley Dobi Noel | 31 | 23 | 8 | Arkansas | [49] | ||||
45 | July 22, 2003 | Bryan Anthony Toles | 21 | 10 | Oklahoma | [50] | ||||
46 | Bobby Wayne Swisher | 27 | 20 | 7 | White | Virginia | [51] | |||
47 | July 23, 2003 | Cedric Lamont Ransom | 29 | 18 | 11 | Black | Texas | [52] | ||
48 | July 24, 2003 | Jackie Lee Willingham | 33 | 25 | 8 | White | Oklahoma | [53] | ||
49 | Allen Wayne Janecka | 53 | 29 | 24 | Texas | [54] | ||||
50 | July 29, 2003 | Harold Loyd McElmurry III | 33 | 4 | Oklahoma | [55] | ||||
51 | August 7, 2003 | Tommy Jerry Fortenberry | 39 | 20 | 19 | Alabama | [56] | |||
52 | August 22, 2003 | William Quentin Jones | 34 | 18 | 16 | Black | North Carolina | [57] | ||
53 | September 3, 2003 | Paul Jennings Hill | 49 | 40 | 9 | White | Florida | [58] | ||
54 | September 10, 2003 | Larry Allen Hayes | 54 | 50 | 4 | Texas | [59] | |||
55 | September 12, 2003 | Henry Lee Hunt | 58 | 39 | 19 | Native American | North Carolina | [60] | ||
56 | September 26, 2003 | Joseph Earl Bates | 35 | 22 | 13 | White | [61] | |||
57 | October 3, 2003 | Edward Ernest Hartman | 39 | 28 | 11 | [62] | ||||
58 | October 29, 2003 | John Clayton Smith | 41 | 35 | 6 | Missouri | [63] | |||
59 | November 4, 2003 | James Willie Brown | 55 | 26 | 29 | Georgia | [64] | |||
60 | November 7, 2003 | Joseph Timothy Keel | 39 | 13 | North Carolina | [65] | ||||
61 | November 14, 2003 | John Dennis Daniels | 46 | 32 | 14 | Black | [66] | |||
62 | November 20, 2003 | Robert Lloyd Henry | 41 | 30 | 11 | White | Texas | [67] | ||
63 | December 3, 2003 | Richard Charles Duncan | 61 | 45 | 16 | [68] | ||||
64 | December 4, 2003 | Ivan Ray Murphy Jr. | 38 | 23 | 15 | [69] | ||||
65 | December 5, 2003 | Robbie James Lyons | 31 | 21 | 10 | Black | North Carolina | [70] | ||
Average: | 42 years | 29 years | 13 years | |||||||
Gender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 65 | 100% |
Female | 0 | 0% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 41 | 63% |
Black | 20 | 31% |
Hispanic | 3 | 5% |
Native American | 1 | 1% |
State | ||
Texas | 24 | 37% |
Oklahoma | 14 | 21% |
North Carolina | 7 | 11% |
Alabama | 3 | 5% |
Florida | 3 | 5% |
Georgia | 3 | 5% |
Ohio | 3 | 5% |
Indiana | 2 | 3% |
Missouri | 2 | 3% |
Virginia | 2 | 3% |
Arkansas | 1 | 1% |
Federal Government | 1 | 1% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 64 | 99% |
Electrocution | 1 | 1% |
Month | ||
January | 7 | 11% |
February | 7 | 11% |
March | 8 | 12% |
April | 7 | 11% |
May | 6 | 9% |
June | 4 | 6% |
July | 11 | 17% |
August | 2 | 3% |
September | 4 | 6% |
October | 2 | 3% |
November | 4 | 6% |
December | 3 | 5% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 3 | 5% |
30–39 | 27 | 41% |
40–49 | 24 | 37% |
50–59 | 7 | 11% |
60–69 | 4 | 6% |
Total | 65 | 100% |
Number of executions | |
---|---|
2004 | 59 |
2003 | 65 |
2002 | 71 |
Total | 195 |
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