# List of people executed in Georgia (U.S. state)

This is a list of people executed in Georgia. Since 1976, a total of 77 people have been executed by the state of Georgia in the United States.

## List of people executed in Georgia since 1976

| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 1 | John Eldon Smith | White | 53 | M | December 15, 1983 | Bibb | Electrocution | Ronald Akins and Juanita Akins | Joe Frank Harris |
| 2 | Ivon Ray Stanley | Black | 28 | M | July 12, 1984 | Decatur | Electrocution | Clifford Floyd | Joe Frank Harris |
| 3 | Alpha Otis O'Daniel Stephens | Black | 39 | M | December 12, 1984 | Bleckley | Electrocution | Roy Asbell | Joe Frank Harris |
| 4 | Roosevelt Green Jr. | Black | 28 | M | January 9, 1985 | Monroe | Electrocution | Teresa Carol Allen | Joe Frank Harris |
| 5 | Van Roosevelt Solomon | Black | 41 | M | February 20, 1985 | Cobb | Electrocution | Roger Dennis Tackett | Joe Frank Harris |
| 6 | John C. Young | Black | 28 | M | March 20, 1985 | Bibb | Electrocution | Coleman Brice, Gladys Brice, and Katie Davis | Joe Frank Harris |
| 7 | Jerome Bowden | Black | 34 | M | June 24, 1986 | Muscogee | Electrocution | Kathryn Stryker | Joe Frank Harris |
| 8 | Joseph Holcombe Mulligan | Black | 35 | M | May 15, 1987 | Muscogee | Electrocution | Marion Jones Miller | Joe Frank Harris |
| 9 | Richard Tucker Jr. | Black | 44 | M | May 22, 1987 | Bibb | Electrocution | Edna Sandefur | Joe Frank Harris |
| 10 | William Boyd Tucker | White | 31 | M | May 29, 1987 | Muscogee | Electrocution | Kathleen Parry | Joe Frank Harris |
| 11 | William "Billy" Mitchell | Black | 35 | M | September 2, 1987 | Worth | Electrocution | Christopher Carr | Joe Frank Harris |
| 12 | Timothy Wesley McCorquodale | White | 35 | M | September 21, 1987 | Fulton | Electrocution | Donna Marie Dixon | Joe Frank Harris |
| 13 | James Norbon Messer Jr. | White | 34 | M | July 28, 1988 | Polk | Electrocution | Rhonda Tanner | Joe Frank Harris |
| 14 | Henry Willis III | Black | 36 | M | May 18, 1989 | Berrien | Electrocution | Police chief of Ray City James Edward Giddens | Joe Frank Harris |
| 15 | Warren McCleskey | Black | 44 | M | September 25, 1991 | Fulton | Electrocution | Atlanta Police Officer Frank Schlatt | Zell Miller |
| 16 | Thomas Dean Stevens | White | 36 | M | June 28, 1993 | Wayne | Electrocution | Roger Honeycutt | Zell Miller |
| 17 | Christopher Allen Burger | White | 33 | M | December 7, 1993 | Wayne | Electrocution | Roger Honeycutt | Zell Miller |
| 18 | William Henry Hance | Black | 42 | M | March 31, 1994 | Muscogee | Electrocution | Gail Jackson, a/k/a Gail Faison and Irene Thirkield | Zell Miller |
| 19 | Nicholas Lee Ingram | White | 31 | M | April 7, 1995 | Cobb | Electrocution | J. C. Sawyer | Zell Miller |
| 20 | Darrell Gene Devier | White | 39 | M | May 17, 1995 | Floyd | Electrocution | Mary Frances Stoner | Zell Miller |
| 21 | Larry Grant Lonchar | White | 45 | M | November 14, 1996 | DeKalb | Electrocution | Charles Smith, Steven Smith and Margaret Sweat | Zell Miller |
| 22 | Ellis Wayne Felker | White | 48 | M | November 15, 1996 | Houston | Electrocution | Evelyn Joy Ludlam | Zell Miller |
| 23 | David Loomus Cargill | White | 39 | M | June 10, 1998 | Muscogee | Electrocution | Cheryl Williams and Danny Williams | Zell Miller |
| 24 | Terry Michael Mincey | White | 40 | M | October 25, 2001 | Bibb | Lethal injection | Paulette Riggs | Roy Barnes |
| 25 | Jose Martinez High | Black | 45 | M | November 6, 2001 | Taliaferro | Lethal injection | Bonnie Bulloch | Roy Barnes |
| 26 | Fred Marion Gilreath Jr. | White | 63 | M | November 15, 2001 | Cobb | Lethal injection | Linda Gilreath and Gerrit Van Leeuwen | Roy Barnes |
| 27 | Byron Ashley Parker | White | 41 | M | December 11, 2001 | Douglas | Lethal injection | Christy Ann Griffith | Roy Barnes |
| 28 | Ronald Keith Spivey | White | 62 | M | January 24, 2002 | Muscogee | Lethal injection | Charles McCook and Bill Watson | Roy Barnes |
| 29 | Tracy Lee Housel | White | 43 | M | March 12, 2002 | Gwinnett | Lethal injection | Carolyn Jean Dellinger Drew | Roy Barnes |
| 30 | Wallace Marvin Fugate III | White | 52 | M | August 16, 2002 | Putnam | Lethal injection | Pattie Dianne Fugate | Roy Barnes |
| 31 | William Howard Putman | White | 59 | M | November 13, 2002 | Cook | Lethal injection | David Hardin, Katie Back, and William Gerald Hodges | Roy Barnes |
| 32 | Larry Eugene Moon | White | 57 | M | March 25, 2003 | Catoosa | Lethal injection | Ricky Callahan | Sonny Perdue |
| 33 | Carl Junior Isaacs | White | 49 | M | May 6, 2003 | Seminole | Lethal injection | 6 murder victims | Sonny Perdue |
| 34 | James Willie Brown | White | 55 | M | November 4, 2003 | Gwinnett | Lethal injection | Brenda Sue Watson | Sonny Perdue |
| 35 | Robert Karl Hicks | White | 47 | M | July 1, 2004 | Spalding | Lethal injection | Toni Strickland Rivers | Sonny Perdue |
| 36 | Eddie Albert Crawford | White | 47 | M | July 19, 2004 | Spalding | Lethal injection | Leslie Michelle English | Sonny Perdue |
| 37 | Timothy Don Carr | White | 34 | M | January 25, 2005 | Monroe | Lethal injection | Keith Patrick Young | Sonny Perdue |
| 38 | Stephen Anthony Mobley | White | 39 | M | March 1, 2005 | Hall | Lethal injection | John C. Collins | Sonny Perdue |
| 39 | Robert Dale Conklin | White | 44 | M | July 12, 2005 | Fulton | Lethal injection | George Grant Crooks | Sonny Perdue |
| 40 | John Washington Hightower | Black | 63 | M | June 26, 2007 | Morgan | Lethal injection | Dorothy Hightower, Evelyn Reaves, and Sandra Reaves | Sonny Perdue |
| 41 | William Earl Lynd | White | 53 | M | May 6, 2008 | Berrien | Lethal injection | Ginger Moore | Sonny Perdue |
| 42 | Curtis Osborne | Black | 38 | M | June 4, 2008 | Spalding | Lethal injection | Arthur Jones and Linda Lisa Seaborne | Sonny Perdue |
| 43 | Jack Edward Alderman | White | 57 | M | September 16, 2008 | Chatham | Lethal injection | Barbara Jean Alderman | Sonny Perdue |
| 44 | Robert L. Newland | White | 65 | M | March 10, 2009 | Glynn | Lethal injection | Carol Sanders Beatty | Sonny Perdue |
| 45 | William Mark Mize | White | 52 | M | April 29, 2009 | Oconee | Lethal injection | Eddie Tucker | Sonny Perdue |
| 46 | Mark Howard McClain | White | 42 | M | October 20, 2009 | Richmond | Lethal injection | Kevin Brown | Sonny Perdue |
| 47 | Melbert Ray Ford Jr. | White | 49 | M | June 9, 2010 | Newton | Lethal injection | Martha Chapman Matich and Lisa Chapman | Sonny Perdue |
| 48 | Brandon Joseph Rhode | White | 31 | M | September 27, 2010 | Jones | Lethal injection | Steven Moss, Bryan Moss, and Kristin Moss | Sonny Perdue |
| 49 | Emmanuel Fitzgerald Hammond | Black | 45 | M | January 25, 2011 | Fulton | Lethal injection | Julie Love | Nathan Deal |
| 50 | Roy Willard Blankenship | White | 55 | M | June 23, 2011 | Chatham | Lethal injection | Sarah Mims Bowen | Nathan Deal |
| 51 | Andrew Grant DeYoung | White | 37 | M | July 21, 2011 | Cobb | Lethal injection | Gary DeYoung, Kathy DeYoung, and Sarah DeYoung | Nathan Deal |
| 52 | Troy Anthony Davis | Black | 42 | M | September 21, 2011 | Chatham | Lethal injection | Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail | Nathan Deal |
| 53 | Andrew Allen Cook | White | 38 | M | February 21, 2013 | Monroe | Lethal injection | Michele Cartagena and Grant Hendrickson | Nathan Deal |
| 54 | Marcus Alfonso Wellons | Black | 58 | M | June 17, 2014 | Cobb | Lethal injection | India Roberts | Nathan Deal |
| 55 | Robert Wayne Holsey | Black | 49 | M | December 9, 2014 | Baldwin | Lethal injection | Baldwin County Sheriff's Deputy Will Robinson | Nathan Deal |
| 56 | Andrew Howard Brannan | White | 66 | M | January 13, 2015 | Laurens | Lethal injection | Laurens County Sheriff's Deputy Kyle Dinkheller | Nathan Deal |
| 57 | Warren Lee Hill Jr. | Black | 54 | M | January 27, 2015 | Lee | Lethal injection | Joseph Handspike | Nathan Deal |
| 58 | Kelly Renee Gissendaner | White | 47 | F | September 30, 2015 | Gwinnett | Lethal injection | Douglas Gissendaner | Nathan Deal |
| 59 | Marcus Ray Johnson | White | 50 | M | November 19, 2015 | Dougherty | Lethal injection | Angela Sizemore | Nathan Deal |
| 60 | Brian Keith Terrell | Black | 47 | M | December 9, 2015 | Newton | Lethal injection | John Watson | Nathan Deal |
| 61 | Brandon Astor Jones | Black | 72 | M | February 3, 2016 | Cobb | Lethal injection | Roger Dennis Tackett | Nathan Deal |
| 62 | Travis Clinton Hittson | White | 45 | M | February 17, 2016 | Houston | Lethal injection | Navy Officer Conway Utterbeck | Nathan Deal |
| 63 | Joshua Daniel Bishop | White | 41 | M | March 31, 2016 | Baldwin | Lethal injection | Leverett Lewis Morrison | Nathan Deal |
| 64 | Kenneth Earl Fults | Black | 47 | M | April 12, 2016 | Spalding | Lethal injection | Cathy Bounds | Nathan Deal |
| 65 | Daniel Anthony Lucas | White | 37 | M | April 27, 2016 | Jones | Lethal injection | Steven Moss, Bryan Moss, and Kristin Moss | Nathan Deal |
| 66 | John Wayne Conner | White | 60 | M | July 15, 2016 | Dodge | Lethal injection | J. T. White | Nathan Deal |
| 67 | Gregory Paul Lawler | White | 63 | M | October 19, 2016 | Fulton | Lethal injection | Atlanta Police Officer John Richard Sowa | Nathan Deal |
| 68 | Steven Frederick Spears | White | 54 | M | November 16, 2016 | Lumpkin | Lethal injection | Sherri Holland | Nathan Deal |
| 69 | William Cary Sallie | White | 50 | M | December 6, 2016 | Bacon | Lethal injection | John Lee Moore | Nathan Deal |
| 70 | John "J.W." Ledford Jr. | White | 46 | M | May 17, 2017 | Murray | Lethal injection | Harry Buchanan Johnston | Nathan Deal |
| 71 | Carlton Michael Gary | Black | 67 | M | March 15, 2018 | Muscogee | Lethal injection | 7 murder victims | Nathan Deal |
| 72 | Robert Earl Butts Jr. | Black | 40 | M | May 4, 2018 | Baldwin | Lethal injection | Corrections Officer Donovan Corey Parks | Nathan Deal |
| 73 | Scotty Garnell Morrow | Black | 52 | M | May 2, 2019 | Hall | Lethal injection | Barbara Ann Young and Tonya Woods | Brian Kemp |
| 74 | Marion Wilson Jr. | Black | 42 | M | June 20, 2019 | Baldwin | Lethal injection | Corrections Officer Donovan Corey Parks | Brian Kemp |
| 75 | Ray Jefferson Cromartie | Black | 52 | M | November 13, 2019 | Thomas | Lethal injection | Richard Slysz | Brian Kemp |
| 76 | Donnie Cleveland Lance | White | 66 | M | January 29, 2020 | Jackson | Lethal injection | Sabrina Lance and Dwight Wood Jr. | Brian Kemp |
| 77 | Willie James Pye | Black | 59 | M | March 20, 2024 | Spalding | Lethal injection | Alicia Lynn Yarbrough | Brian Kemp |

## Demographics

Race :
| White | 48 | 62% |
| Black | 29 | 38% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 3 | 4% |
| 30–39 | 20 | 26% |
| 40–49 | 26 | 34% |
| 50–59 | 18 | 23% |
| 60–69 | 9 | 12% |
| 70–79 | 1 | 1% |
| Sex |||
| Male | 76 | 99% |
| Female | 1 | 1% |
| Date of execution |||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 14 | 18% |
| 1990–1999 | 9 | 12% |
| 2000–2009 | 23 | 30% |
| 2010–2019 | 29 | 38% |
| 2020–2029 | 2 | 3% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 54 | 70% |
| Electrocution | 23 | 30% |
| Governor (Party) |||
| George Busbee (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Joe Frank Harris (D) | 14 | 18% |
| Zell Miller (D) | 9 | 12% |
| Roy Barnes (D) | 8 | 10% |
| Sonny Perdue (R) | 17 | 22% |
| Nathan Deal (R) | 24 | 31% |
| Brian Kemp (R) | 5 | 6% |
| Total | 77 | 100% |

## Record number of executions

In 2016, the State of Georgia executed nine people. This set a record for the most executions conducted in Georgia in a calendar year. The same year, Texas only executed seven people, the first time it did not lead the nation in executions since 2001 (when it ranked behind Oklahoma). Prior to this, the most executions conducted in the state were five executions. This happened in 1987 and again in 2015.

## Prior to 1976

* Lena Baker was an African American maid who was executed on March 5, 1945, for killing her employer. In 2005, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a pardon saying a verdict of manslaughter would have been more appropriate.
* The first individual electrocuted for a crime and sentenced to death (in Georgia) was Howard Henson, a black male, for rape and robbery; by electrocution on September 13, 1924, in DeKalb County. (See http://genealogytrails.com/geo/executions3.html through http://genealogytrails.com/geo/executions5.html.)