# List of people executed in Ohio

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Ohio since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.
All of the following people have been executed for murder since the Gregg v. Georgia decision. All 56 were executed by lethal injection. However, any future execution will no longer be performed using this method, due to a ruling by Governor Mike DeWine in December 2020. Notable persons executed in Ohio before the Gregg decision include Anna Marie Hahn.

## List of people executed in Ohio since 1976

| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 1 | Wilford Berry Jr. | White | 36 | M | February 19, 1999 | Cuyahoga | Lethal injection | Charles Mitroff | Bob Taft |
| 2 | Jay D. Scott | Black | 48 | M | June 14, 2001 | Cuyahoga | Lethal injection | Vinnie M. Price | Bob Taft |
| 3 | John William Byrd Jr. | White | 38 | M | February 19, 2002 | Hamilton | Lethal injection | Monte Tewksbury | Bob Taft |
| 4 | Alton Coleman | Black | 46 | M | April 26, 2002 | Hamilton | Lethal injection | Tonnie Storey and Marlene Walters | Bob Taft |
| 5 | Robert Anthony Buell | White | 62 | M | September 25, 2002 | Wayne | Lethal injection | Krista Harrison | Bob Taft |
| 6 | Richard Edwin Fox | White | 47 | M | February 12, 2003 | Wood | Lethal injection | Leslie Renae Keckler | Bob Taft |
| 7 | David M. Brewer | White | 44 | M | April 29, 2003 | Greene | Lethal injection | Sherry Byrne | Bob Taft |
| 8 | Ernest Martin | Black | 42 | M | June 18, 2003 | Cuyahoga | Lethal injection | Robert Robinson | Bob Taft |
| 9 | Lewis Williams Jr. | Black | 45 | M | January 14, 2004 | Cuyahoga | Lethal injection | Leoma Chmielewski | Bob Taft |
| 10 | John Glenn Roe | White | 41 | M | February 3, 2004 | Franklin | Lethal injection | Donette Crawford | Bob Taft |
| 11 | William Dean Wickline Jr. | White | 52 | M | March 30, 2004 | Franklin | Lethal injection | Peggy Lerch and Christopher Lerch | Bob Taft |
| 12 | William Gerald Zuern Jr. | White | 45 | M | June 8, 2004 | Hamilton | Lethal injection | Hamilton County Deputy Sheriff Phillip Pence | Bob Taft |
| 13 | Stephen Allen Vrabel | White | 47 | M | July 14, 2004 | Mahoning | Lethal injection | Susan Clemente and Lisa Clemente | Bob Taft |
| 14 | Scott Andrew Mink | White | 40 | M | July 20, 2004 | Montgomery | Lethal injection | William Mink and Sheila Mink | Bob Taft |
| 15 | Adremy Dennis | Black | 28 | M | October 13, 2004 | Summit | Lethal injection | Kurt Kyle | Bob Taft |
| 16 | William Smith | Black | 47 | M | March 8, 2005 | Hamilton | Lethal injection | Mary Bradford | Bob Taft |
| 17 | Herman Dale Ashworth | White | 32 | M | September 27, 2005 | Licking | Lethal injection | Daniel L. Baker | Bob Taft |
| 18 | William James "Flip" Williams Jr. | Black | 48 | M | October 25, 2005 | Summit | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Bob Taft |
| 19 | John R. Hicks | Black | 49 | M | November 29, 2005 | Hamilton | Lethal injection | Brandy Green and Maxine Armstrong | Bob Taft |
| 20 | Glenn Lee Benner II | White | 43 | M | February 7, 2006 | Summit | Lethal injection | Trina Bowser and Cynthia Sedgwick | Bob Taft |
| 21 | Joseph Lewis Clark | Black | 57 | M | May 2, 2006 | Lucas | Lethal injection | David A. Manning and Donald B. Harris | Bob Taft |
| 22 | Rocky Barton | White | 49 | M | July 12, 2006 | Warren | Lethal injection | Kimbirli Jo Barton | Bob Taft |
| 23 | Darrell Wayne Ferguson | White | 28 | M | August 8, 2006 | Montgomery | Lethal injection | Thomas King, Arlie Fugate, and Mae Fugate | Bob Taft |
| 24 | Jeffrey Lundgren | White | 56 | M | October 24, 2006 | Lake | Lethal injection | 5 murder victims | Bob Taft |
| 25 | James J. Filiaggi | White | 41 | M | April 24, 2007 | Lorain | Lethal injection | Lisa Huff Filiaggi | Ted Strickland |
| 26 | Christopher Newton | White | 37 | M | May 24, 2007 | Richland | Lethal injection | Jason Brewer | Ted Strickland |
| 27 | Richard Cooey | White | 41 | M | October 14, 2008 | Summit | Lethal injection | Wendy Offredo and Dawn McCreery | Ted Strickland |
| 28 | Gregory Bryant-Bey | Black | 53 | M | November 19, 2008 | Summit | Lethal injection | Dale Pinkelman and Pete Mihas | Ted Strickland |
| 29 | Daniel E. Wilson | White | 39 | M | June 3, 2009 | Lorain | Lethal injection | Carol Lutz | Ted Strickland |
| 30 | John Joseph Fautenberry | White | 46 | M | July 14, 2009 | Hamilton | Lethal injection | 5 murder victims | Ted Strickland |
| 31 | Marvallous Keene | Black | 36 | M | July 21, 2009 | Montgomery | Lethal injection | 6 murder victims | Ted Strickland |
| 32 | Jason Getsy | White | 33 | M | August 18, 2009 | Trumbull | Lethal injection | Ann Serafino | Ted Strickland |
| 33 | Kenneth Biros | White | 51 | M | December 8, 2009 | Trumbull | Lethal injection | Tami Engstrom | Ted Strickland |
| 34 | Vernon Lamont Smith | Black | 37 | M | January 7, 2010 | Lucas | Lethal injection | Sohail Darwish | Ted Strickland |
| 35 | Mark Aaron Brown | Black | 37 | M | February 4, 2010 | Mahoning | Lethal injection | Hayder Al-Turk and Isam Salman | Ted Strickland |
| 36 | Lawrence Raymond Reynolds | White | 43 | M | March 16, 2010 | Summit | Lethal injection | Loretta Foster | Ted Strickland |
| 37 | Darryl M. Durr | Black | 46 | M | April 20, 2010 | Cuyahoga | Lethal injection | Angel Vincent | Ted Strickland |
| 38 | Michael Francis Beuke | White | 48 | M | May 13, 2010 | Hamilton | Lethal injection | Robert Craig | Ted Strickland |
| 39 | William Garner | Black | 37 | M | July 13, 2010 | Hamilton | Lethal injection | 5 murder victims | Ted Strickland |
| 40 | Roderick Davie | Black | 38 | M | August 10, 2010 | Trumbull | Lethal injection | John Ira Coleman and Tracey Jeffreys | Ted Strickland |
| 41 | Michael W. Benge | White | 49 | M | October 6, 2010 | Butler | Lethal injection | Judith Gabbard | Ted Strickland |
| 42 | Frank G. Spisak Jr. | White | 59 | M | February 17, 2011 | Cuyahoga | Lethal injection | Rev. Horace Rickerson, Brian Warford, and Timothy Sheehan | John Kasich |
| 43 | Johnnie Roy Baston | Black | 37 | M | March 10, 2011 | Lucas | Lethal injection | Chong-Hoon Mah | John Kasich |
| 44 | Clarence Carter | Black | 49 | M | April 12, 2011 | Hamilton | Lethal injection | Johnny Allen | John Kasich |
| 45 | Daniel Lee Bedford | White | 63 | M | May 17, 2011 | Hamilton | Lethal injection | Gwen Toepfert and John Smith | John Kasich |
| 46 | Reginald Brooks Sr. | Black | 66 | M | November 15, 2011 | Cuyahoga | Lethal injection | Reginald Brooks Jr., Vaughn Brooks, and Niarchos Brooks | John Kasich |
| 47 | Mark Wayne Wiles | White | 49 | M | April 18, 2012 | Portage | Lethal injection | Mark Klima | John Kasich |
| 48 | Donald L. Palmer | White | 47 | M | September 20, 2012 | Belmont | Lethal injection | Charles Sponhaltz and Steven Vargo | John Kasich |
| 49 | Brett Xavier Hartman | White | 38 | M | November 13, 2012 | Summit | Lethal injection | Winda Snipes | John Kasich |
| 50 | Frederick Treesh | White | 48 | M | March 6, 2013 | Lake | Lethal injection | Henry Dupree | John Kasich |
| 51 | Steven T. Smith | White | 46 | M | May 1, 2013 | Richland | Lethal injection | Autumn Carter | John Kasich |
| 52 | Harry D. Mitts Jr. | White | 61 | M | September 25, 2013 | Cuyahoga | Lethal injection | John Bryant and Garfield Heights, Ohio police Sgt. Dennis Glivar | John Kasich |
| 53 | Dennis B. McGuire | White | 53 | M | January 16, 2014 | Preble | Lethal injection | Joy Stewart | John Kasich |
| 54 | Ronald Ray Phillips | White | 43 | M | July 26, 2017 | Summit | Lethal injection | Sheila Marie Evans | John Kasich |
| 55 | Gary Wayne Otte | White | 45 | M | September 13, 2017 | Cuyahoga | Lethal injection | Robert Wasikowski and Sharon Kostura | John Kasich |
| 56 | Robert J. Van Hook | White | 58 | M | July 18, 2018 | Hamilton | Lethal injection | David Self | John Kasich |

## Demographics

Race :
| White | 37 | 66% |
| Black | 19 | 34% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 2 | 4% |
| 30–39 | 13 | 23% |
| 40–49 | 29 | 52% |
| 50–59 | 8 | 14% |
| 60–69 | 4 | 7% |
| Sex |||
| Male | 56 | 100% |
| Date of execution |||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990–1999 | 1 | 2% |
| 2000–2009 | 32 | 57% |
| 2010–2019 | 23 | 41% |
| 2020–2029 | 0 | 0% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 56 | 100% |
| Governor (Party) |||
| Jim Rhodes (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Dick Celeste (D) | 0 | 0% |
| George Voinovich (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Nancy Hollister (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Bob Taft (R) | 24 | 43% |
| Ted Strickland (D) | 17 | 30% |
| John Kasich (R) | 15 | 27% |
| Mike DeWine (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 56 | 100% |