# 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.

## List of people executed in the United States in 2014

| 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 7, 2014 | Thomas Knight | 62 | 23 | 39 | Male | Black | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 2 | January 9, 2014 | Michael Lee Wilson | 38 | 22 | 16 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 3 | January 16, 2014 | Dennis B. McGuire | 53 | 29 | 24 | Male | White | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 4 | January 22, 2014 | Edgar Tamayo Arias | 46 | 26 | 20 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 5 | January 23, 2014 | Kenneth Eugene Hogan | 52 | 26 | 26 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 6 | January 29, 2014 | Herbert L. Smulls | 56 | 33 | 23 | Male | Black | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 7 | February 5, 2014 | Suzanne Margaret Basso | 59 | 44 | 15 | Female | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 8 | February 12, 2014 | Juan Carlos Chavez | 46 | 28 | 18 | Male | Hispanic | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 9 | February 26, 2014 | Michael Anthony Taylor | 47 | 22 | 25 | Male | Black | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 10 | February 26, 2014 | Paul Augustus Howell | 48 | 26 | 22 | Male | Black | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 11 | March 19, 2014 | Ray Jasper III | 33 | 18 | 15 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 12 | March 20, 2014 | Robert Laverne Henry | 55 | 29 | 26 | Male | Black | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 13 | March 26, 2014 | Jeffrey R. Ferguson | 59 | 34 | 25 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 14 | March 27, 2014 | Anthony Dewayne Doyle | 29 | 18 | 11 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 15 | April 3, 2014 | Tommy Lynn Sells | 49 | 35 | 14 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 16 | April 9, 2014 | Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas | 44 | 28 | 16 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 17 | April 16, 2014 | Jose Luis Villegas Jr. | 39 | 25 | 14 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 18 | April 23, 2014 | William Lewis Rousan | 57 | 37 | 20 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 19 | April 23, 2014 | Robert Eugene Hendrix | 47 | 23 | 24 | Male | White | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 20 | April 29, 2014 | Clayton Derrell Lockett | 38 | 23 | 15 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 21 | June 17, 2014 | Marcus Alfonso Wellons | 58 | 34 | 24 | Male | Black | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 22 | June 18, 2014 | John E. Winfield | 43 | 26 | 17 | Male | Black | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 23 | June 18, 2014 | John Ruthell Henry | 63 | 34 | 29 | Male | Black | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 24 | July 10, 2014 | Eddie Wayne Davis | 45 | 25 | 20 | Male | White | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 25 | July 16, 2014 | John C. Middleton | 54 | 35 | 19 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 26 | July 23, 2014 | Joseph Rudolph Wood III | 55 | 30 | 25 | Male | White | Arizona | Lethal injection | |
| 27 | August 6, 2014 | Michael Shane Worthington | 43 | 24 | 19 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 28 | September 10, 2014 | Earl Ringo Jr. | 40 | 24 | 16 | Male | Black | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 29 | September 10, 2014 | Willie Tyrone Trottie | 45 | 23 | 22 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 30 | September 17, 2014 | Lisa Ann Coleman | 38 | 28 | 10 | Female | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 31 | October 28, 2014 | Miguel Angel Paredes | 32 | 18 | 14 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 32 | November 13, 2014 | Chadwick Dewellyn Banks | 43 | 21 | 22 | Male | Black | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 33 | November 19, 2014 | Leon Vincent Taylor | 56 | 36 | 20 | Male | Black | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 34 | December 9, 2014 | Robert Wayne Holsey | 49 | 30 | 19 | Male | Black | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 35 | December 10, 2014 | Paul Terrence Goodwin | 48 | 31 | 17 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| | | 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. 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. 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.
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. 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.
* 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.
* 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.