# List of people executed in the United States in 2005

Sixty people were executed in the United States in 2005. Nineteen of them were in the state of Texas. One (Frances Elaine Newton) was female. The states of Connecticut and Maryland carried out their last executions in 2005, with both states having since abolished capital punishment.

## List of people executed in the United States in 2005

| 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 4, 2005 | James Scott Porter | 33 | 28 | 5 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 2 | January 19, 2005 | Donald Jay Beardslee | 61 | 37 | 24 | Male | White | California | Lethal injection | |
| 3 | January 25, 2005 | Troy Albert Kunkle | 38 | 18 | 20 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 4 | January 25, 2005 | Timothy Don Carr | 34 | 22 | 12 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 5 | February 17, 2005 | Dennis Wayne Bagwell | 41 | 31 | 10 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 6 | March 1, 2005 | Stephen Anthony Mobley | 39 | 25 | 14 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 7 | March 8, 2005 | William Henry Smith | 47 | 29 | 18 | Male | Black | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 8 | March 8, 2005 | George Anderson Hopper | 49 | 27 | 22 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 9 | March 10, 2005 | Donald Ray Wallace Jr. | 47 | 22 | 25 | Male | White | Indiana | Lethal injection | |
| 10 | March 11, 2005 | William Dillard Powell | 58 | 45 | 13 | Male | White | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 11 | March 15, 2005 | Jimmie Ray Slaughter | 57 | 44 | 13 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 12 | March 16, 2005 | Stanley L. Hall | 37 | 26 | 11 | Male | Black | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 13 | April 5, 2005 | Glen James Ocha | 47 | 41 | 6 | Male | White | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 14 | April 15, 2005 | Richard Longworth | 37 | 22 | 15 | Male | White | South Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 15 | April 20, 2005 | Douglas Alan Roberts | 42 | 33 | 9 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 16 | April 21, 2005 | Bill J. Benefiel | 48 | 30 | 18 | Male | White | Indiana | Lethal injection | |
| 17 | April 27, 2005 | Donald Jones | 38 | 26 | 12 | Male | Black | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 18 | April 28, 2005 | Mario Giovanni Centobie | 39 | 32 | 7 | Male | White | Alabama | Lethal injection | |
| 19 | May 3, 2005 | Lonnie Wayne Pursley | 43 | 35 | 8 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 20 | May 6, 2005 | Earl J. Richmond Jr. | 43 | 29 | 14 | Male | Black | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 21 | May 12, 2005 | George James Miller Jr. | 37 | 27 | 10 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 22 | May 13, 2005 | Michael Bruce Ross | 45 | 24 | 21 | Male | White | Connecticut | Lethal injection | |
| 23 | May 18, 2005 | Vernon Brown | 51 | 33 | 18 | Male | Black | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 24 | May 18, 2005 | Bryan Eric Wolfe | 44 | 31 | 13 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 25 | May 19, 2005 | Richard Michael Cartwright | 31 | 22 | 9 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 26 | May 25, 2005 | Gregory Scott Johnson | 40 | 20 | 20 | Male | White | Indiana | Lethal injection | |
| 27 | June 2, 2005 | Jerry Paul Henderson | 58 | 37 | 21 | Male | White | Alabama | Lethal injection | |
| 28 | June 7, 2005 | Alexander Rey Martinez | 28 | 25 | 3 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 29 | July 12, 2005 | Robert Dale Conklin | 44 | 23 | 21 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 30 | July 19, 2005 | Michael Lannier Pennington | 37 | 23 | 14 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 31 | July 27, 2005 | Kevin Aaron Conner | 40 | 22 | 18 | Male | White | Indiana | Lethal injection | |
| 32 | July 28, 2005 | David Aaron Martinez | 29 | 21 | 8 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 33 | August 4, 2005 | George Everette Sibley Jr. | 62 | 51 | 11 | Male | White | Alabama | Lethal injection | |
| 34 | August 10, 2005 | Gary Lynn Sterling | 38 | 20 | 18 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 35 | August 11, 2005 | Kenneth Eugene Turrentine | 52 | 41 | 11 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 36 | August 23, 2005 | Robert Alan Shields Jr. | 30 | 19 | 11 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 37 | August 31, 2005 | Timothy Johnston | 44 | 28 | 16 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 38 | September 14, 2005 | Frances Elaine Newton | 40 | 21 | 19 | Female | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 39 | September 22, 2005 | John W. Peoples Jr. | 48 | 26 | 22 | Male | White | Alabama | Lethal injection | |
| 40 | September 27, 2005 | Herman Dale Ashworth | 32 | 23 | 9 | Male | White | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 41 | September 28, 2005 | Alan Lehman Matheney | 54 | 38 | 16 | Male | White | Indiana | Lethal injection | |
| 42 | October 6, 2005 | Ronald Ray Howard | 32 | 18 | 14 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 43 | October 20, 2005 | Luis L. Ramirez | 42 | 34 | 8 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 44 | October 25, 2005 | Willie J. "Flip" Williams Jr. | 48 | 34 | 14 | Male | Black | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 45 | October 26, 2005 | Marlin Gray | 38 | 23 | 15 | Male | Black | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 46 | November 3, 2005 | Melvin Wayne White | 55 | 47 | 8 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 47 | November 4, 2005 | Brian David Steckel | 36 | 25 | 11 | Male | White | Delaware | Lethal injection | |
| 48 | November 4, 2005 | Hastings Arthur Wise | 51 | 43 | 8 | Male | Black | South Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 49 | November 9, 2005 | Charles Daniel Thacker | 37 | 24 | 13 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 50 | November 11, 2005 | Steven Van McHone | 35 | 20 | 15 | Male | White | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 51 | November 15, 2005 | Robert Dale Rowell | 50 | 38 | 12 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 52 | November 16, 2005 | Shannon Charles Thomas | 34 | 22 | 12 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 53 | November 18, 2005 | Elias Hanna Syriani | 67 | 52 | 15 | Male | Arab | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 54 | November 28, 2005 | Eric Randall Nance | 45 | 33 | 12 | Male | White | Arkansas | Lethal injection | |
| 55 | November 29, 2005 | John R. Hicks | 49 | 29 | 20 | Male | Black | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 56 | December 2, 2005 | Kenneth Lee Boyd | 57 | 40 | 17 | Male | White | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 57 | December 2, 2005 | Shawn Paul Humphries | 34 | 22 | 12 | Male | White | South Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 58 | December 5, 2005 | Wesley Eugene Baker | 47 | 33 | 14 | Male | Black | Maryland | Lethal injection | |
| 59 | December 13, 2005 | Stanley Tookie Williams III | 51 | 25 | 26 | Male | Black | California | Lethal injection | |
| 60 | December 14, 2005 | John B. Nixon Sr. | 77 | 56 | 21 | Male | White | Mississippi | Lethal injection | |
| | | Average: | 44 years | 30 years | 14 years | | | | | |

## Demographics

Gender :
| Male | 59 | 98% |
| Female | 1 | 2% |
| Ethnicity |||
| White | 37 | 62% |
| Black | 19 | 32% |
| Hispanic | 3 | 5% |
| Arab | 1 | 2% |
| State |||
| Texas | 19 | 32% |
| Indiana | 5 | 8% |
| Missouri | 5 | 8% |
| North Carolina | 5 | 8% |
| Alabama | 4 | 7% |
| Ohio | 4 | 7% |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 7% |
| Georgia | 3 | 5% |
| South Carolina | 3 | 5% |
| California | 2 | 3% |
| Arkansas | 1 | 2% |
| Connecticut | 1 | 2% |
| Delaware | 1 | 2% |
| Florida | 1 | 2% |
| Maryland | 1 | 2% |
| Mississippi | 1 | 2% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 60 | 100% |
| Month |||
| January | 4 | 7% |
| February | 1 | 2% |
| March | 7 | 12% |
| April | 6 | 10% |
| May | 8 | 13% |
| June | 2 | 3% |
| July | 4 | 7% |
| August | 5 | 8% |
| September | 4 | 7% |
| October | 4 | 7% |
| November | 10 | 17% |
| December | 5 | 8% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 2 | 3% |
| 30–39 | 21 | 35% |
| 40–49 | 22 | 37% |
| 50–59 | 11 | 18% |
| 60–69 | 3 | 5% |
| 70–79 | 1 | 2% |
| Total | 60 | 100% |

## Executions in recent years

Number of executions :
| 2006 | 53 |
| 2005 | 60 |
| 2004 | 59 |
| Total | 172 |