# List of people executed in Virginia

This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021.

## List of people executed in Virginia

Between 1982 and 2017, a total of 113 people were executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia. All were convicted of capital murder; all but one were male. Between 1982 and 1990, all executions were carried out at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. After the prison closed in 1991, all subsequent executions were carried out at Greensville Correctional Center.
| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County or Independent City | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 1 | Frank Joseph Coppola | White | 38 | M | August 10, 1982 | Newport News | Electrocution | Muriel Hatchell | Chuck Robb |
| 2 | Linwood Earl Briley | Black | 30 | M | October 12, 1984 | Richmond City | Electrocution | John Gallaher | Chuck Robb |
| 3 | James Dyral Briley Jr. | Black | 28 | M | April 18, 1985 | Richmond City | Electrocution | Judy Barton, Harvey Barton, and Harvey Wilkerson | Chuck Robb |
| 4 | Morris Odell Mason | Black | 31 | M | June 25, 1985 | Northampton | Electrocution | Margaret Hand | Chuck Robb |
| 5 | Michael Marnell Smith | Black | 40 | M | July 31, 1986 | James City | Electrocution | Audrey Jean Weiler | Gerald Baliles |
| 6 | Richard Lee Whitley | White | 41 | M | July 6, 1987 | Fairfax | Electrocution | Phoebe Parsons | Gerald Baliles |
| 7 | Earl Clanton Jr. | Black | 33 | M | April 14, 1988 | Petersburg | Electrocution | Wilhemina Smith | Gerald Baliles |
| 8 | Alton Waye | Black | 34 | M | August 30, 1989 | Lunenburg | Electrocution | Laverne Marshall | Gerald Baliles |
| 9 | Richard Thomas Boggs | White | 27 | M | July 19, 1990 | Portsmouth | Electrocution | Treeby Shaw | Douglas Wilder |
| 10 | Wilbert Lee Evans | Black | 44 | M | October 17, 1990 | Alexandria City | Electrocution | Sheriff Deputy William Truesdale | Douglas Wilder |
| 11 | Buddy Earl Justus | White | 37 | M | December 13, 1990 | Montgomery | Electrocution | Ida Mae Moses | Douglas Wilder |
| 12 | Albert Jay Clozza | White | 31 | M | July 24, 1991 | Virginia Beach | Electrocution | Patricia Ann Bolton | Douglas Wilder |
| 13 | Derrick Lynn Peterson | Black | 30 | M | August 22, 1991 | Hampton | Electrocution | Howard Kauffman | Douglas Wilder |
| 14 | Roger Keith Coleman | White | 33 | M | May 20, 1992 | Buchanan | Electrocution | Wanda Fay McCoy | Douglas Wilder |
| 15 | Edward B. Fitzgerald Sr. | White | 34 | M | July 23, 1992 | Chesterfield | Electrocution | Patricia Cubbage | Douglas Wilder |
| 16 | Willie Leroy Jones | Black | 34 | M | September 15, 1992 | James City | Electrocution | Graham Adkins and Myra Adkins | Douglas Wilder |
| 17 | Timothy Dale Bunch | White | 33 | M | December 10, 1992 | Prince William | Electrocution | Su Cha Thomas | Douglas Wilder |
| 18 | Charles Sylvester Stamper | Black | 39 | M | January 19, 1993 | Henrico | Electrocution | Franklin Cooley, Agnes Hicks, and Stephen Staples | Douglas Wilder |
| 19 | Syvasky Lafayette Poyner | Black | 36 | M | March 18, 1993 | Williamsburg | Electrocution | 5 murder victims | Douglas Wilder |
| 20 | Andrew J. Chabrol | White | 36 | M | June 17, 1993 | Chesapeake | Electrocution | Lisa Harrington | Douglas Wilder |
| 21 | Joe Louis Wise Sr. | Black | 31 | M | September 14, 1993 | Mecklenburg | Electrocution | William Ricketson | Douglas Wilder |
| 22 | David Mark Pruett | White | 44 | M | December 16, 1993 | Virginia Beach | Electrocution | Wilma Harvey and Debra McInnis | Douglas Wilder |
| 23 | Johnny Watkins Jr. | Black | 32 | M | March 3, 1994 | Pittsylvania and Danville | Electrocution | Betty Barker and Carl Buchanan | George Allen |
| 24 | Timothy Wilson Spencer | Black | 32 | M | April 27, 1994 | Arlington and Richmond City | Electrocution | Susan Tucker, Debbie Davis, Susan Hellams, and Diane Cho | George Allen |
| 25 | Dana Ray Edmonds | Black | 32 | M | January 24, 1995 | Danville | Lethal injection | John Elliot | George Allen |
| 26 | Willie Lloyd Turner | Black | 49 | M | May 26, 1995 | Southampton | Lethal injection | W. Jack Smith Jr. | George Allen |
| 27 | Dennis Waldon Stockton | White | 54 | M | September 27, 1995 | Patrick | Lethal injection | Kenneth Wayne Arnder | George Allen |
| 28 | Mickey Wayne Davidson | White | 38 | M | October 19, 1995 | Smyth | Lethal injection | Doris Davidson, Mamie Clatterbuck, and Tammy Clatterbuck | George Allen |
| 29 | Herman Charles Barnes | Black | 31 | M | November 13, 1995 | Hampton | Lethal injection | Clyde Jenkins and Mohammed Afifi | George Allen |
| 30 | Walter Milton Correll Jr. | White | 34 | M | January 4, 1996 | Franklin | Lethal injection | Charles W. Bousman Jr. | George Allen |
| 31 | Richard Townes Jr. | Black | 45 | M | January 23, 1996 | Virginia Beach | Lethal injection | Virginia Goebel | George Allen |
| 32 | Joseph John Savino III | White | 37 | M | July 17, 1996 | Bedford | Lethal injection | Thomas McWaters | George Allen |
| 33 | Ronald B. Bennett | Black | 42 | M | November 21, 1996 | Chesterfield | Lethal injection | Anne Keller Vaden | George Allen |
| 34 | Gregory Warren Beaver | White | 30 | M | December 4, 1996 | Prince George | Lethal injection | State Trooper Leo Whitt | George Allen |
| 35 | Larry Allen Stout | Black | 33 | M | December 10, 1996 | Staunton | Lethal injection | Jacqueline Kooshian | George Allen |
| 36 | Lem Davis Tuggle Jr. | White | 44 | M | December 12, 1996 | Smyth | Lethal injection | Jessie Geneva Havens | George Allen |
| 37 | Ronald Lee Hoke | White | 39 | M | December 16, 1996 | Petersburg | Lethal injection | Virginia Stell | George Allen |
| 38 | Michael Carl George | White | 39 | M | February 6, 1997 | Prince William | Lethal injection | Alexander Sztanko | George Allen |
| 39 | Coleman Wayne Gray | Black | 39 | M | February 26, 1997 | Suffolk | Lethal injection | Richard McClelland | George Allen |
| 40 | Roy Bruce Smith | White | 50 | M | July 17, 1997 | Prince William | Lethal injection | Manassas Police Officer John Conner | George Allen |
| 41 | Joseph Roger O'Dell III | White | 55 | M | July 23, 1997 | Virginia Beach | Lethal injection | Helen Schartner | George Allen |
| 42 | Carlton Jerome Pope | Black | 35 | M | August 19, 1997 | Portsmouth | Lethal injection | Cynthia Gray | George Allen |
| 43 | Mario Benjamin Murphy | Hispanic | 25 | M | September 17, 1997 | Virginia Beach | Lethal injection | James Radcliff | George Allen |
| 44 | Dawud Majid Mu'Min | Black | 44 | M | November 13, 1997 | Prince William | Lethal injection | Gladys Nopwasky | George Allen |
| 45 | Michael Charles Satcher | Black | 29 | M | December 9, 1997 | Arlington | Lethal injection | Anne Borghesani | George Allen |
| 46 | Thomas H. Beavers Jr. | White | 26 | M | December 11, 1997 | Hampton | Lethal injection | Marguerite Lowery | George Allen |
| 47 | Tony Albert Mackall | Black | 33 | M | February 10, 1998 | Prince William | Lethal injection | Mary Elizabeth Dahn | Jim Gilmore |
| 48 | Douglas McArthur Buchanan Jr. | White | 29 | M | March 18, 1998 | Amherst | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Jim Gilmore |
| 49 | Ronald L. Watkins | Black | 35 | M | March 25, 1998 | Danville | Lethal injection | William McCauley | Jim Gilmore |
| 50 | Ángel Francisco Breard | Hispanic | 32 | M | April 14, 1998 | Arlington | Lethal injection | Ruth Dickie | Jim Gilmore |
| 51 | Dennis Wayne Eaton | White | 41 | M | June 18, 1998 | Rockbridge | Lethal injection | Virginia State Trooper Jerry Hines | Jim Gilmore |
| 52 | Danny Lee King | White | 47 | M | July 23, 1998 | Roanoke | Lethal injection | Carolyn Horton Rogers | Jim Gilmore |
| 53 | Lance Antonio Chandler Jr. | Black | 25 | M | August 20, 1998 | Halifax | Lethal injection | Billy Dix | Jim Gilmore |
| 54 | Johnile L. DuBois | Black | 31 | M | August 31, 1998 | Portsmouth | Lethal injection | Philip Council | Jim Gilmore |
| 55 | Kenneth Manuel Stewart Jr. | White | 44 | M | September 23, 1998 | Bedford | Electrocution | Cynthia Stewart and Jonathan Stewart | Jim Gilmore |
| 56 | Dwayne Allen Wright | Black | 26 | M | October 14, 1998 | Fairfax | Lethal injection | Saba Tekle | Jim Gilmore |
| 57 | Ronald Lee Fitzgerald | Black | 29 | M | October 21, 1998 | Pittsylvania | Lethal injection | Coy H. White and Hugh Morrison | Jim Gilmore |
| 58 | Kenneth Wilson | Black | 34 | M | November 17, 1998 | Newport News | Lethal injection | Jacqueline Stephens | Jim Gilmore |
| 59 | Kevin Wayne Cardwell | Black | 29 | M | December 3, 1998 | Henrico | Lethal injection | Anthony Brown | Jim Gilmore |
| 60 | Mark Arlo Sheppard | Black | 27 | M | January 20, 1999 | Chesterfield | Lethal injection | Richard Rosenbluth and Rebecca Rosenbluth | Jim Gilmore |
| 61 | Tony Leslie Fry | White | 23 | M | February 4, 1999 | Chesterfield | Lethal injection | Leland A. Jacobs | Jim Gilmore |
| 62 | George Adrian Quesinberry Jr. | White | 37 | M | March 9, 1999 | Chesterfield | Lethal injection | Thomas L. Haynes | Jim Gilmore |
| 63 | David Lee Fisher | White | 57 | M | March 25, 1999 | Bedford | Lethal injection | David William Wilkey | Jim Gilmore |
| 64 | Carl Hamilton Chichester | Black | 36 | M | April 13, 1999 | Prince William | Lethal injection | Timothy Rigney | Jim Gilmore |
| 65 | Arthur Ray Jenkins III | White | 29 | M | April 20, 1999 | Warren | Lethal injection | Floyd Jenkins and Lee H. Brinklow | Jim Gilmore |
| 66 | Eric Christopher Payne | White | 26 | M | April 28, 1999 | Hanover and Richmond City | Lethal injection | Ruth Parham and Sally Marie Fazio | Jim Gilmore |
| 67 | Ronald Dale Yeatts | White | 38 | M | April 29, 1999 | Pittsylvania | Lethal injection | Ruby Meeks Dodson | Jim Gilmore |
| 68 | Tommy David Strickler | White | 33 | M | July 21, 1999 | Augusta | Lethal injection | Leann Whitlock | Jim Gilmore |
| 69 | Marlon DeWayne Williams | Black | 26 | M | August 17, 1999 | Chesapeake | Lethal injection | Helen Bedsole | Jim Gilmore |
| 70 | Everett Lee Mueller | White | 51 | M | September 16, 1999 | Chesterfield | Lethal injection | Charity Powers | Jim Gilmore |
| 71 | Jason Matthew Joseph | Black | 27 | M | October 19, 1999 | Portsmouth | Lethal injection | Jeffrey Anderson | Jim Gilmore |
| 72 | Thomas Lee Royal Jr. | Black | 32 | M | November 9, 1999 | Hampton | Lethal injection | Hampton Police Officer Kenny Wallace | Jim Gilmore |
| 73 | Andre L. Graham | Black | 29 | M | December 9, 1999 | Richmond City | Lethal injection | Sheryl Stack | Jim Gilmore |
| 74 | Douglas Christopher Thomas | White | 26 | M | January 10, 2000 | Middlesex | Lethal injection | James B. Wiseman and Kathy J. Wiseman | Jim Gilmore |
| 75 | Steve Edward Roach | White | 23 | M | January 13, 2000 | Greene | Lethal injection | Mary Ann Hughes | Jim Gilmore |
| 76 | Lonnie Weeks Jr. | Black | 27 | M | March 16, 2000 | Hampton | Lethal injection | Virginia State Trooper Jose M. Cavazos | Jim Gilmore |
| 77 | Michael David Clagett | White | 39 | M | July 6, 2000 | Virginia Beach | Electrocution | 4 murder victims | Jim Gilmore |
| 78 | Russel William Burket | White | 32 | M | August 30, 2000 | Virginia Beach | Lethal injection | Katherine Tafelski and Ashley Tafelski | Jim Gilmore |
| 79 | Derek Rocco Barnabei | White | 33 | M | September 14, 2000 | Norfolk | Lethal injection | Sarah Wisnosky | Jim Gilmore |
| 80 | Bobby Lee Ramdass | Black | 29 | M | October 10, 2000 | Fairfax | Lethal injection | Mohammed Kayani | Jim Gilmore |
| 81 | Christopher Cornelius Goins | Black | 27 | M | December 6, 2000 | Richmond City | Lethal injection | 5 murder victims | Jim Gilmore |
| 82 | Thomas Wayne Akers | White | 31 | M | March 1, 2001 | Franklin | Lethal injection | Wesley Brant Smith | Jim Gilmore |
| 83 | Christopher James Beck | White | 26 | M | October 18, 2001 | Arlington | Lethal injection | Florence Marie Marks, David Kaplan, and William Miller | Jim Gilmore |
| 84 | James Earl Patterson | White | 35 | M | March 13, 2002 | Prince George | Lethal injection | Joyce Snead Aldridge | Mark Warner |
| 85 | Daniel Lee Zirkle | White | 33 | M | April 2, 2002 | Page | Lethal injection | Christina Zirkle and Jessica Shiflett | Mark Warner |
| 86 | Walter Mickens Jr. | Black | 47 | M | June 12, 2002 | Newport News | Lethal injection | Timothy Jason Hall | Mark Warner |
| 87 | Mir Aimal Kasi | Asian | 38 | M | November 14, 2002 | Fairfax | Lethal injection | Frank Darling and Lansing Bennett | Mark Warner |
| 88 | Earl Conrad Bramblett | White | 61 | M | April 9, 2003 | Roanoke | Electrocution | 4 murder victims | Mark Warner |
| 89 | Bobby Wayne Swisher | White | 27 | M | July 22, 2003 | Augusta | Lethal injection | Dawn McNees Snyder | Mark Warner |
| 90 | Brian Lee Cherrix | White | 30 | M | March 18, 2004 | Accomack | Lethal injection | Tessa Van Hart | Mark Warner |
| 91 | Dennis Mitchell Orbe | White | 39 | M | March 31, 2004 | York | Lethal injection | Richard Burnett | Mark Warner |
| 92 | Mark Wesley Bailey | White | 34 | M | July 22, 2004 | Hampton | Lethal injection | Katherine Bailey and Nathan Bailey | Mark Warner |
| 93 | James Bryant Hudson | White | 56 | M | August 18, 2004 | Halifax | Lethal injection | Stanley Cole, Walter Cole, and Patsy Cole | Mark Warner |
| 94 | James Edward Reid | Black | 58 | M | September 9, 2004 | Montgomery | Lethal injection | Annie Mae Lester | Mark Warner |
| 95 | Dexter Lee Vinson | Black | 43 | M | April 27, 2006 | Halifax | Lethal injection | Angela Felton | Tim Kaine |
| 96 | Brandon Wayne Hedrick | White | 27 | M | July 20, 2006 | Appomattox | Electrocution | Lisa Yvonne Crider | Tim Kaine |
| 97 | Michael William Lenz | White | 42 | M | July 27, 2006 | Augusta | Lethal injection | Inmate Brent H. Parker | Tim Kaine |
| 98 | John Yancey Schmitt | White | 33 | M | November 9, 2006 | Chesterfield | Lethal injection | Earl Shelton Dunning | Tim Kaine |
| 99 | Kevin Green | Black | 31 | M | May 27, 2008 | Brunswick | Lethal injection | Patricia L. Vaughan | Tim Kaine |
| 100 | Robert Stacy Yarbrough | Black | 30 | M | June 25, 2008 | Mecklenburg | Lethal injection | Cyril Hugh Hamby | Tim Kaine |
| 101 | Kent Jermaine Jackson | Black | 26 | M | July 10, 2008 | Newport News | Lethal injection | Beulah Mae Kaiser | Tim Kaine |
| 102 | Christopher Scott Emmett | White | 36 | M | July 24, 2008 | Danville | Lethal injection | John Fenton Langley | Tim Kaine |
| 103 | Edward Nathaniel Bell | Black | 44 | M | February 19, 2009 | Winchester | Lethal injection | Winchester Police Officer Ricky Timbrook | Tim Kaine |
| 104 | John Allen Muhammad | Black | 48 | M | November 10, 2009 | Prince William | Lethal injection | Dean Harold Meyers | Tim Kaine |
| 105 | Larry Bill Elliott | White | 60 | M | November 17, 2009 | Prince William | Electrocution | Dana Thrall and Robert Finch | Tim Kaine |
| 106 | Paul Warner Powell | White | 31 | M | March 18, 2010 | Prince William | Electrocution | Stacie Reed | Bob McDonnell |
| 107 | Darick Demorris Walker | Black | 37 | M | May 20, 2010 | Henrico | Lethal injection | Stanley Beale and Clarence Elwood Threat | Bob McDonnell |
| 108 | Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis | White | 41 | F | September 23, 2010 | Pittsylvania | Lethal injection | Julian C. Lewis and Charles J. Lewis | Bob McDonnell |
| 109 | Jerry Terrell Jackson | Black | 30 | M | August 18, 2011 | Williamsburg | Lethal injection | Ruth Phillips | Bob McDonnell |
| 110 | Robert Charles Gleason Jr. | White | 42 | M | January 16, 2013 | Wise | Electrocution | Harvey Gray Watson Jr. and Aaron Alexander Cooper | Bob McDonnell |
| 111 | Alfredo Rolando Prieto | Hispanic | 49 | M | October 1, 2015 | Fairfax | Lethal injection | Rachael A. Raver and Warren H. Fulton III | Terry McAuliffe |
| 112 | Ricky Javon Gray | Black | 39 | M | January 18, 2017 | Richmond City | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Terry McAuliffe |
| 113 | William Charles Morva | White | 35 | M | July 6, 2017 | Montgomery | Lethal injection | Sheriff Deputy Eric Sutphin and Derrick McFarland | Terry McAuliffe |

## Demographics

Race :
| White | 57 | 50% |
| Black | 52 | 46% |
| Hispanic | 3 | 3% |
| Asian | 1 | 1% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 26 | 23% |
| 30–39 | 58 | 51% |
| 40–49 | 20 | 18% |
| 50–59 | 7 | 6% |
| 60–69 | 2 | 2% |
| Sex |||
| Male | 112 | 99% |
| Female | 1 | 1% |
| Date of execution |||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 8 | 7% |
| 1990–1999 | 65 | 58% |
| 2000–2009 | 32 | 28% |
| 2010–2019 | 8 | 7% |
| 2020–2021 | 0 | 0% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 82 | 73% |
| Electrocution | 31 | 27% |
| Governor (Party) |||
| Mills Godwin (R) | 0 | 0% |
| John N. Dalton (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Chuck Robb (D) | 4 | 4% |
| Gerald Baliles (D) | 4 | 4% |
| Douglas Wilder (D) | 14 | 12% |
| George Allen (R) | 24 | 21% |
| Jim Gilmore (R) | 37 | 33% |
| Mark Warner (D) | 11 | 10% |
| Tim Kaine (D) | 11 | 10% |
| Bob McDonnell (R) | 5 | 4% |
| Terry McAuliffe (D) | 3 | 3% |
| Ralph Northam (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 113 | 100% |