# List of people executed in the United States in 2000

Eighty-five people were executed in the United States in 2000. Forty of them were in the state of Texas; the most carried out within a single year in Texas state history. Two (Betty Lou Beets and Christina Marie Riggs) were female. Five (four in Alabama and one in Virginia) were executed via electrocution.

## List of people executed in the United States in 2000

| No. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Age of person | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. |
| No. | Date of execution | Name | At execution | At offense | Age difference | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. |
| 1 | January 6, 2000 | Malcolm Rent Johnson | 41 | 23 | 18 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 2 | January 7, 2000 | David Ray Duren | 37 | 21 | 16 | Male | White | Alabama | Electrocution | |
| 3 | January 10, 2000 | Douglas Christopher Thomas | 26 | 17 | 9 | Male | White | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 4 | January 12, 2000 | Earl Carl Heiselbetz Jr. | 48 | 40 | 8 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 5 | January 13, 2000 | Gary Alan Walker | 46 | 30 | 16 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 6 | January 13, 2000 | Steve Edward Roach | 23 | 17 | 6 | Male | White | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 7 | January 18, 2000 | Spencer Corey Goodman | 31 | 22 | 9 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 8 | January 20, 2000 | David Hicks | 38 | 26 | 12 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 9 | January 21, 2000 | Larry Keith Robison | 42 | 24 | 18 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 10 | January 24, 2000 | Billy George Hughes Jr. | 47 | 24 | 23 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 11 | January 25, 2000 | Glen Charles McGinnis | 27 | 17 | 10 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 12 | January 27, 2000 | James Walter Moreland | 39 | 22 | 17 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 13 | February 10, 2000 | Michael Donald Roberts | 42 | 30 | 12 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 14 | February 16, 2000 | Anthony Lee Chaney | 45 | 28 | 17 | Male | White | Arizona | Lethal injection | |
| 15 | February 23, 2000 | Cornelius Alan Goss | 38 | 25 | 13 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 16 | February 23, 2000 | Terry Melvin Sims | 58 | 35 | 23 | Male | White | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 17 | February 24, 2000 | Anthony Braden Bryan | 40 | 24 | 16 | Male | White | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 18 | February 24, 2000 | Betty Lou Beets | 62 | 46 | 16 | Female | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 19 | March 1, 2000 | Odell Barnes Jr. | 31 | 21 | 10 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 20 | March 3, 2000 | Freddie Lee Wright | 48 | 26 | 22 | Male | Black | Alabama | Electrocution | |
| 21 | March 14, 2000 | Ponchai Kamau Wilkerson | 28 | 19 | 9 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 22 | March 15, 2000 | Darrell Keith Rich | 45 | 23 | 22 | Male | Native American | California | Lethal injection | |
| 23 | March 15, 2000 | Patrick Gene Poland | 50 | 27 | 23 | Male | White | Arizona | Lethal injection | |
| 24 | March 15, 2000 | Timothy Lane Gribble | 36 | 24 | 12 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 25 | March 16, 2000 | Lonnie Weeks Jr. | 27 | 20 | 7 | Male | Black | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 26 | March 22, 2000 | James Henry Hampton | 62 | 54 | 8 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 27 | March 23, 2000 | Kelly Lamont Rogers | 31 | 22 | 9 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 28 | April 14, 2000 | Robert Lee Tarver Jr. | 52 | 37 | 15 | Male | Black | Alabama | Electrocution | |
| 29 | April 19, 2000 | Robert Glen Coe | 44 | 23 | 21 | Male | White | Tennessee | Lethal injection | |
| 30 | April 27, 2000 | Ronald Keith Boyd | 43 | 28 | 15 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 31 | May 2, 2000 | Christina Marie Riggs | 28 | 26 | 2 | Female | White | Arkansas | Lethal injection | |
| 32 | May 4, 2000 | Tommy Ray Jackson | 43 | 27 | 16 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 33 | May 9, 2000 | William Joseph Kitchens | 37 | 23 | 14 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 34 | May 11, 2000 | Michael Lee McBride | 38 | 23 | 15 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 35 | May 23, 2000 | James Davis Richardson | 32 | 19 | 13 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 36 | May 24, 2000 | Richard Donald Foster | 47 | 31 | 16 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 37 | May 25, 2000 | Charles Adrian Foster | 51 | 34 | 17 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 38 | May 25, 2000 | James Edward Clayton | 33 | 20 | 13 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 39 | May 31, 2000 | Robert Earl Carter | 34 | 26 | 8 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 40 | June 1, 2000 | James Glenn Robedeaux | 51 | 36 | 15 | Male | Native American | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 41 | June 2, 2000 | Pernell Ford | 35 | 18 | 17 | Male | Black | Alabama | Electrocution | |
| 42 | June 6, 2000 | Feltus Taylor Jr. | 38 | 29 | 9 | Male | Black | Louisiana | Lethal injection | |
| 43 | June 7, 2000 | Bennie Eddie Demps | 49 | 26 | 23 | Male | Black | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 44 | June 8, 2000 | Roger James Berget | 39 | 24 | 15 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 45 | June 12, 2000 | Thomas Wayne Mason | 48 | 39 | 9 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 46 | June 14, 2000 | John Albert Burks | 44 | 33 | 11 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 47 | June 15, 2000 | William Clifford Bryson | 29 | 18 | 11 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 48 | June 15, 2000 | Paul Selso Nuncio | 31 | 25 | 6 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 49 | June 21, 2000 | Thomas Harrison Provenzano | 51 | 34 | 17 | Male | White | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 50 | June 22, 2000 | Shaka Sankofa | 36 | 17 | 19 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 51 | June 28, 2000 | Bert Leroy Hunter | 47 | 39 | 8 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 52 | June 29, 2000 | Jessy Carlos San Miguel | 28 | 19 | 9 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 53 | July 6, 2000 | Michael David Clagett | 39 | 33 | 6 | Male | White | Virginia | Electrocution | |
| 54 | July 12, 2000 | Orien Cecil Joiner | 50 | 37 | 13 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 55 | July 20, 2000 | Gregg Francis Braun | 39 | 28 | 11 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 56 | July 26, 2000 | Juan Salvez Soria | 33 | 18 | 15 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 57 | August 9, 2000 | Brian Keith Roberson | 36 | 22 | 14 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 58 | August 9, 2000 | David Oliver Cruz | 33 | 21 | 12 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 59 | August 10, 2000 | George Kent Wallace | 59 | 46 | 13 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 60 | August 16, 2000 | John Thomas Satterwhite | 53 | 32 | 21 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 61 | August 22, 2000 | Richard Wayne Jones | 40 | 25 | 15 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 62 | August 23, 2000 | David Earl Gibbs | 39 | 24 | 15 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 63 | August 25, 2000 | Daniel Patrick Hauser | 30 | 25 | 5 | Male | White | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 64 | August 30, 2000 | Gary Lee Roll | 47 | 39 | 8 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 65 | August 30, 2000 | Jeffery Henry Caldwell | 37 | 25 | 12 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 66 | August 30, 2000 | Russel William Burket | 32 | 25 | 7 | Male | White | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 67 | September 13, 2000 | George Bernard Harris | 41 | 30 | 11 | Male | Black | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 68 | September 14, 2000 | Derek Rocco Barnabei | 33 | 26 | 7 | Male | White | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 69 | September 27, 2000 | Rickey Nolen McGinn | 43 | 36 | 7 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 70 | October 10, 2000 | Bobby Lee Ramdass | 29 | 21 | 8 | Male | Black | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 71 | November 1, 2000 | Jeffrey Dillingham | 27 | 19 | 8 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 72 | November 3, 2000 | Kevin Dean Young | 32 | 20 | 12 | Male | Black | South Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 73 | November 8, 2000 | Donald Jay Miller | 36 | 27 | 9 | Male | White | Arizona | Lethal injection | |
| 74 | November 9, 2000 | Michael Earl Sexton | 34 | 23 | 11 | Male | Black | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 75 | November 9, 2000 | Miguel Angel Flores | 31 | 20 | 11 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 76 | November 14, 2000 | Stacey Lamont Lawton | 31 | 23 | 8 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 77 | November 15, 2000 | James Wilson Chambers | 48 | 30 | 18 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 78 | November 15, 2000 | Tony Neyshea Chambers | 32 | 22 | 10 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 79 | November 17, 2000 | Dwayne L. Weeks | 37 | 28 | 9 | Male | Black | Delaware | Lethal injection | |
| 80 | December 5, 2000 | Garry Dean Miller | 32 | 21 | 11 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 81 | December 6, 2000 | Daniel Joe Hittle | 50 | 39 | 11 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 82 | December 6, 2000 | Christopher Cornelius Goins | 27 | 20 | 7 | Male | Black | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 83 | December 7, 2000 | Edward Castro | 50 | 36 | 14 | Male | Hispanic | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 84 | December 7, 2000 | Claude Howard Jones | 60 | 49 | 11 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 85 | December 19, 2000 | David Dewayne Johnson | 37 | 27 | 10 | Male | Black | Arkansas | Lethal injection | |
| | | Average: | 40 years | 27 years | 13 years | | | | | |

## Demographics

Gender :
| Male | 83 | 98% |
| Female | 2 | 2% |
| Ethnicity |||
| White | 42 | 49% |
| Black | 35 | 41% |
| Hispanic | 6 | 7% |
| Native American | 2 | 2% |
| State |||
| Texas | 40 | 47% |
| Oklahoma | 11 | 13% |
| Virginia | 8 | 9% |
| Florida | 6 | 7% |
| Missouri | 5 | 6% |
| Alabama | 4 | 5% |
| Arizona | 3 | 4% |
| Arkansas | 2 | 2% |
| California | 1 | 1% |
| Delaware | 1 | 1% |
| Louisiana | 1 | 1% |
| North Carolina | 1 | 1% |
| South Carolina | 1 | 1% |
| Tennessee | 1 | 1% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 80 | 94% |
| Electrocution | 5 | 6% |
| Month |||
| January | 12 | 14% |
| February | 6 | 7% |
| March | 9 | 11% |
| April | 3 | 4% |
| May | 9 | 11% |
| June | 13 | 15% |
| July | 4 | 5% |
| August | 10 | 12% |
| September | 3 | 4% |
| October | 1 | 1% |
| November | 9 | 11% |
| December | 6 | 7% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 11 | 13% |
| 30–39 | 37 | 44% |
| 40–49 | 23 | 27% |
| 50–59 | 11 | 13% |
| 60–69 | 3 | 4% |
| Total | 85 | 100% |

## Executions in recent years

Number of executions :
| 2001 | 66 |
| 2000 | 85 |
| 1999 | 98 |
| Total | 249 |