# List of people executed in the United States in 2003

Sixty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2003, sixty-four by lethal injection and one by electrocution.

## List of people executed in the United States in 2003

| 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 14, 2003 | Samuel Clark Gallamore | 31 | 21 | 10 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 2 | January 15, 2003 | John Richard Baltazar | 30 | 25 | 5 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 3 | January 16, 2003 | Daniel Juan Revilla | 34 | 18 | 16 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 4 | January 22, 2003 | Robert Andrew Lookingbill | 37 | 24 | 13 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 5 | January 28, 2003 | Alva Eziel Curry | 33 | 22 | 11 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 6 | January 29, 2003 | Richard Eugene Dinkins | 40 | 27 | 13 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 7 | January 30, 2003 | Granville Riddle | 33 | 19 | 14 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 8 | February 4, 2003 | John William Elliot | 42 | 26 | 16 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 9 | February 5, 2003 | Kenneth Kenley | 42 | 23 | 19 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 10 | February 6, 2003 | Henry Earl Dunn Jr. | 28 | 19 | 9 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 11 | February 12, 2003 | Richard Edwin Fox | 47 | 33 | 14 | Male | White | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 12 | February 13, 2003 | Bobby Joe Fields | 39 | 29 | 10 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 13 | February 25, 2003 | Richard Head Williams | 33 | 27 | 6 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 14 | February 26, 2003 | Amos Lee King Jr. | 48 | 22 | 26 | Male | Black | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 15 | March 11, 2003 | Bobby Glen Cook | 41 | 31 | 10 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 16 | March 13, 2003 | Michael Eugene Thompson | 43 | 25 | 18 | Male | White | Alabama | Lethal injection | |
| 17 | March 18, 2003 | Louis Jones Jr. | 53 | 44 | 9 | Male | Black | Federal government | Lethal injection | |
| 18 | March 18, 2003 | Walanzo Deon Robinson | 31 | 18 | 13 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 19 | March 20, 2003 | Keith Bernard Clay | 35 | 25 | 10 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 20 | March 25, 2003 | John Michael Hooker | 49 | 34 | 15 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 21 | March 25, 2003 | Larry Eugene Moon | 55 | 37 | 18 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 22 | March 26, 2003 | James Blake Colburn | 43 | 34 | 9 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 23 | April 3, 2003 | Scott Allen Hain | 32 | 17 | 15 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 24 | April 8, 2003 | Don Wilson Hawkins Jr. | 43 | 25 | 18 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 25 | April 9, 2003 | Earl Conrad Bramblett | 61 | 52 | 9 | Male | White | Virginia | Electrocution | |
| 26 | April 17, 2003 | Larry Kenneth Jackson | 40 | 31 | 9 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 27 | April 22, 2003 | Juan Rodriguez Chavez | 34 | 27 | 7 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 28 | April 24, 2003 | Gary Leon Brown | 44 | 27 | 17 | Male | White | Alabama | Lethal injection | |
| 29 | April 29, 2003 | David M. Brewer | 44 | 25 | 19 | Male | White | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 30 | May 2, 2003 | Kevin Lee Hough | 43 | 26 | 17 | Male | White | Indiana | Lethal injection | |
| 31 | May 6, 2003 | Roger Dale Vaughn | 48 | 37 | 11 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 32 | May 6, 2003 | Carl Junior Isaacs | 49 | 19 | 30 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 33 | May 15, 2003 | Bruce Charles Jacobs | 56 | 39 | 17 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 34 | May 16, 2003 | Newton Carlton Slawson | 48 | 34 | 14 | Male | White | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 35 | May 27, 2003 | Robert Wesley Knighton | 62 | 48 | 14 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 36 | June 5, 2003 | Kenneth Chad Charm | 37 | 27 | 10 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 37 | June 11, 2003 | Kia Levoy Johnson | 38 | 28 | 10 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 38 | June 13, 2003 | Joseph L. Trueblood | 46 | 31 | 15 | Male | White | Indiana | Lethal injection | |
| 39 | June 18, 2003 | Ernest Martin | 42 | 22 | 20 | Male | Black | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 40 | July 1, 2003 | Lewis Eugene Gilbert II | 31 | 22 | 9 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 41 | July 1, 2003 | Hilton Lewis Crawford | 64 | 56 | 8 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 42 | July 8, 2003 | Robert Don Duckett | 39 | 24 | 15 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 43 | July 9, 2003 | Christopher Black Sr. | 43 | 38 | 5 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 44 | July 9, 2003 | Riley Dobi Noel | 31 | 23 | 8 | Male | Black | Arkansas | Lethal injection | |
| 45 | July 22, 2003 | Bryan Anthony Toles | 31 | 21 | 10 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 46 | July 22, 2003 | Bobby Wayne Swisher | 27 | 20 | 7 | Male | White | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 47 | July 23, 2003 | Cedric Lamont Ransom | 29 | 18 | 11 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 48 | July 24, 2003 | Jackie Lee Willingham | 33 | 25 | 8 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 49 | July 24, 2003 | Allen Wayne Janecka | 53 | 29 | 24 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 50 | July 29, 2003 | Harold Loyd McElmurry III | 33 | 29 | 4 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 51 | August 7, 2003 | Tommy Jerry Fortenberry | 39 | 20 | 19 | Male | White | Alabama | Lethal injection | |
| 52 | August 22, 2003 | William Quentin Jones | 34 | 18 | 16 | Male | Black | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 53 | September 3, 2003 | Paul Jennings Hill | 49 | 40 | 9 | Male | White | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 54 | September 10, 2003 | Larry Allen Hayes | 54 | 50 | 4 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 55 | September 12, 2003 | Henry Lee Hunt | 58 | 39 | 19 | Male | Native American | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 56 | September 26, 2003 | Joseph Earl Bates | 35 | 22 | 13 | Male | White | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 57 | October 3, 2003 | Edward Ernest Hartman | 39 | 28 | 11 | Male | White | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 58 | October 29, 2003 | John Clayton Smith | 41 | 35 | 6 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 59 | November 4, 2003 | James Willie Brown | 55 | 26 | 29 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 60 | November 7, 2003 | Joseph Timothy Keel | 39 | 26 | 13 | Male | White | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 61 | November 14, 2003 | John Dennis Daniels | 46 | 32 | 14 | Male | Black | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 62 | November 20, 2003 | Robert Lloyd Henry | 41 | 30 | 11 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 63 | December 3, 2003 | Richard Charles Duncan | 61 | 45 | 16 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 64 | December 4, 2003 | Ivan Ray Murphy Jr. | 38 | 23 | 15 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 65 | December 5, 2003 | Robbie James Lyons | 31 | 21 | 10 | Male | Black | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| | | Average: | 42 years | 29 years | 13 years | | | | | |

## Demographics

Gender :
| Male | 65 | 100% |
| Female | 0 | 0% |
| Ethnicity |||
| White | 41 | 63% |
| Black | 20 | 31% |
| Hispanic | 3 | 5% |
| Native American | 1 | 1% |
| State |||
| Texas | 24 | 37% |
| Oklahoma | 14 | 21% |
| North Carolina | 7 | 11% |
| Alabama | 3 | 5% |
| Florida | 3 | 5% |
| Georgia | 3 | 5% |
| Ohio | 3 | 5% |
| Indiana | 2 | 3% |
| Missouri | 2 | 3% |
| Virginia | 2 | 3% |
| Arkansas | 1 | 1% |
| Federal Government | 1 | 1% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 64 | 99% |
| Electrocution | 1 | 1% |
| Month |||
| January | 7 | 11% |
| February | 7 | 11% |
| March | 8 | 12% |
| April | 7 | 11% |
| May | 6 | 9% |
| June | 4 | 6% |
| July | 11 | 17% |
| August | 2 | 3% |
| September | 4 | 6% |
| October | 2 | 3% |
| November | 4 | 6% |
| December | 3 | 5% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 3 | 5% |
| 30–39 | 27 | 41% |
| 40–49 | 24 | 37% |
| 50–59 | 7 | 11% |
| 60–69 | 4 | 6% |
| Total | 65 | 100% |

## Executions in recent years

Number of executions :
| 2004 | 59 |
| 2003 | 65 |
| 2002 | 71 |
| Total | 195 |