# List of people executed in Alabama

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Alabama since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. All of the 79 people (78 men and 1 woman) have been executed at the Holman Correctional Facility, near Atmore, Alabama. All executions between December 2002 and 2023 were conducted by lethal injection. In January 2024, the Alabama Department of Corrections conducted the first ever execution via nitrogen hypoxia.
Prior to 1983, an 18-year moratorium on executions was observed under the direction of the Supreme Court of the United States. Alabama previously executed 153 people between 1927 and 1965.

## List of people executed in Alabama since 1976

| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 1 | John Louis Evans III | White | 33 | M | April 22, 1983 | Mobile | Electrocution | Edward Nassar | George Wallace |
| 2 | Arthur Lee Jones | Black | 47 | M | March 21, 1986 | Mobile | Electrocution | William Hosea Waymon | George Wallace |
| 3 | Wayne Eugene Ritter | White | 33 | M | August 28, 1987 | Mobile | Electrocution | Edward Nassar | H. Guy Hunt |
| 4 | Michael Lindsey | Black | 28 | M | May 26, 1989 | Mobile | Electrocution | Rosemary Zimlich Rutland | H. Guy Hunt |
| 5 | Horace Franklin Dunkins Jr. | Black | 28 | M | July 14, 1989 | Jefferson | Electrocution | Lynn McCurry | H. Guy Hunt |
| 6 | Herbert Lee Richardson | Black | 43 | M | August 18, 1989 | Houston | Electrocution | Rena Mae Callins | H. Guy Hunt |
| 7 | Arthur James Julius | Black | 43 | M | November 17, 1989 | Montgomery | Electrocution | Susie Bell Sanders | H. Guy Hunt |
| 8 | Wallace Norrell Thomas | Black | 35 | M | July 13, 1990 | Mobile | Electrocution | Quenette Shehane | H. Guy Hunt |
| 9 | Larry Gene Heath | White | 40 | M | March 20, 1992 | Russell | Electrocution | Rebecca Heath | H. Guy Hunt |
| 10 | Cornelius Singleton | Black | 36 | M | November 20, 1992 | Mobile | Electrocution | Ann Hogan | H. Guy Hunt |
| 11 | Willie Clisby Jr. | Black | 47 | M | April 28, 1995 | Jefferson | Electrocution | Fletcher Handley | Fob James |
| 12 | Varnell Weeks | Black | 43 | M | May 12, 1995 | Macon | Electrocution | Mark Batts | Fob James |
| 13 | Edward Dean Horsley Jr. | Black | 38 | M | February 16, 1996 | Monroe | Electrocution | Naomi Rolon | Fob James |
| 14 | Billy Wayne Waldrop | White | 44 | M | January 10, 1997 | Talladega | Electrocution | Thurman Macon Donahoo | Fob James |
| 15 | Walter Hill | Black | 62 | M | May 2, 1997 | Jefferson | Electrocution | Willie Mae Hammock, John Tatum Jr., and Lois Jean Tatum | Fob James |
| 16 | Henry Francis Hays | White | 42 | M | June 6, 1997 | Mobile | Electrocution | Michael Donald | Fob James |
| 17 | Steven Allen Thompson | White | 34 | M | May 8, 1998 | Madison | Electrocution | Robin Balarzs | Fob James |
| 18 | Brian Keith Baldwin | Black | 40 | M | June 18, 1999 | Monroe | Electrocution | Naomi Rolon | Don Siegelman |
| 19 | Victor Kennedy | Black | 37 | M | August 6, 1999 | Shelby | Electrocution | Annie Laura Orr | Don Siegelman |
| 20 | David Ray Duren | White | 37 | M | January 7, 2000 | Jefferson | Electrocution | Kathleen Bedsole | Don Siegelman |
| 21 | Freddie Lee Wright | Black | 48 | M | March 3, 2000 | Mobile | Electrocution | Warren Green and Lois Green | Don Siegelman |
| 22 | Robert Lee Tarver Jr. | Black | 52 | M | April 14, 2000 | Russell | Electrocution | Hugh Sims Kite | Don Siegelman |
| 23 | Pernell La'sha Ford | Black | 35 | M | June 2, 2000 | Calhoun | Electrocution | Willie C. Griffith and Linda Gail Griffith | Don Siegelman |
| 24 | Lynda Lyon Block | White | 54 | F | May 10, 2002 | Lee | Electrocution | Opelika police Sergeant Roger Lamar Motley | Don Siegelman |
| 25 | Anthony Keith Johnson | White | 46 | M | December 12, 2002 | Morgan | Lethal injection | Kenneth Cantrell | Don Siegelman |
| 26 | Michael Eugene Thompson | White | 43 | M | March 13, 2003 | Blount | Lethal injection | Maisie Carlene Gray | Bob Riley |
| 27 | Gary Leon Brown | White | 44 | M | April 24, 2003 | Jefferson | Lethal injection | Jack David McGraw | Bob Riley |
| 28 | Thomas Jerry Fortenberry | White | 39 | M | August 7, 2003 | Etowah | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Bob Riley |
| 29 | James Barney Hubbard | White | 74 | M | August 5, 2004 | Tuscaloosa | Lethal injection | Lillian Montgomery | Bob Riley |
| 30 | David Kevin Hocker | White | 33 | M | September 30, 2004 | Henry | Lethal injection | Jerry Wayne Robinson | Bob Riley |
| 31 | Mario Giovanni Centobie | White | 39 | M | April 28, 2005 | St. Clair | Lethal injection | Moody police officer Keith Turner | Bob Riley |
| 32 | Jerry Paul Henderson | White | 58 | M | June 2, 2005 | Talladega | Lethal injection | Jerry Haney | Bob Riley |
| 33 | George Everette Sibley Jr. | White | 62 | M | August 4, 2005 | Lee | Lethal injection | Opelika police Sergeant Roger Lamar Motley | Bob Riley |
| 34 | John W. Peoples Jr. | White | 48 | M | September 22, 2005 | Talladega | Lethal injection | Paul Franklin, Judy Franklin, and Paul Franklin Jr. | Bob Riley |
| 35 | Larry Eugene A. Hutcherson | White | 37 | M | October 26, 2006 | Mobile | Lethal injection | Irma Thelma Gray | Bob Riley |
| 36 | Aaron Lee Jones | Black | 55 | M | May 3, 2007 | Blount | Lethal injection | Carl Nelson and Willene Nelson | Bob Riley |
| 37 | Darrell B. Grayson | Black | 46 | M | July 26, 2007 | Shelby | Lethal injection | Annie Laura Orr | Bob Riley |
| 38 | Luther Jerome Williams | Black | 47 | M | August 23, 2007 | Tuscaloosa | Lethal injection | John Kirk | Bob Riley |
| 39 | James Harvey Callahan | White | 62 | M | January 15, 2009 | Calhoun | Lethal injection | Rebecca Suzanne Howell | Bob Riley |
| 40 | Danny Joe Bradley | White | 49 | M | February 12, 2009 | Calhoun | Lethal injection | Rhonda Hardin | Bob Riley |
| 41 | Jimmy Lee Dill | Black | 49 | M | April 16, 2009 | Jefferson | Lethal injection | Leon Shaw | Bob Riley |
| 42 | Willie McNair | Black | 44 | M | May 14, 2009 | Montgomery | Lethal injection | Ella Foy Riley | Bob Riley |
| 43 | Jack Harrison Trawick | White | 62 | M | June 11, 2009 | Jefferson | Lethal injection | Stephanie Gach | Bob Riley |
| 44 | Max Landon Payne | White | 38 | M | October 8, 2009 | Cullman | Lethal injection | Braxton Brown | Bob Riley |
| 45 | Thomas Warren Whisenhant | White | 63 | M | May 27, 2010 | Mobile | Lethal injection | Sheryl Lynn Payton | Bob Riley |
| 46 | John Forrest Parker | White | 42 | M | June 10, 2010 | Colbert | Lethal injection | Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett | Bob Riley |
| 47 | Michael Jeffrey Land | White | 41 | M | August 12, 2010 | Jefferson | Lethal injection | Candace Brown | Bob Riley |
| 48 | Holly Wood | Black | 50 | M | September 9, 2010 | Dale | Lethal injection | Ruby Lois Gosha | Bob Riley |
| 49 | Phillip D. Hallford | White | 63 | M | November 4, 2010 | Pike | Lethal injection | Charles Eddie Shannon | Bob Riley |
| 50 | Leroy B. White | Black | 52 | M | January 13, 2011 | Madison | Lethal injection | Ruby White | Bob Riley |
| 51 | William Glenn Boyd | White | 45 | M | March 31, 2011 | Calhoun | Lethal injection | Fred Blackmon and Evelyn Blackmon | Robert J. Bentley |
| 52 | Jason Oric Williams | White | 43 | M | May 19, 2011 | Mobile | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Robert J. Bentley |
| 53 | Eddie Duval Powell III | Black | 41 | M | June 16, 2011 | Tuscaloosa | Lethal injection | Mattie Wesson | Robert J. Bentley |
| 54 | Derrick O'Neal Mason | Black | 37 | M | September 22, 2011 | Madison | Lethal injection | Angela Cagle | Robert J. Bentley |
| 55 | Christopher Thomas Johnson | White | 38 | M | October 20, 2011 | Escambia | Lethal injection | Elias Ocean Johnson | Robert J. Bentley |
| 56 | Andrew Reid Lackey | White | 29 | M | July 25, 2013 | Limestone | Lethal injection | Charlie Newman | Robert J. Bentley |
| 57 | Christopher Eugene Brooks | White | 43 | M | January 21, 2016 | Jefferson | Lethal injection | Jo Deann Campbell | Robert J. Bentley |
| 58 | Ronald Bert Smith Jr. | White | 45 | M | December 8, 2016 | Madison | Lethal injection | Casey Wilson | Robert J. Bentley |
| 59 | Thomas Douglas Arthur | White | 75 | M | May 26, 2017 | Colbert | Lethal injection | Troy Wicker | Kay Ivey |
| 60 | Robert Bryant Melson | Black | 46 | M | June 8, 2017 | Etowah | Lethal injection | James Nathaniel Baker, Darryl Collier, and Tamika Collins | Kay Ivey |
| 61 | Torrey Twane McNabb | Black | 40 | M | October 19, 2017 | Montgomery | Lethal injection | Montgomery police officer Anderson Gordon | Kay Ivey |
| 62 | Michael Wayne Eggers | White | 50 | M | March 15, 2018 | Walker | Lethal injection | Bennie Francis Murray | Kay Ivey |
| 63 | Walter Leroy Moody Jr. | White | 83 | M | April 19, 2018 | Jefferson | Lethal injection | Robert Smith Vance | Kay Ivey |
| 64 | Domineque Hakim Marcelle Ray | Black | 42 | M | February 7, 2019 | Dallas | Lethal injection | Tiffany Harville | Kay Ivey |
| 65 | Michael Brandon Samra | White | 41 | M | May 16, 2019 | Shelby | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Kay Ivey |
| 66 | Christopher Lee Price | White | 46 | M | May 30, 2019 | Fayette | Lethal injection | Pastor Bill Lynn | Kay Ivey |
| 67 | Nathaniel Woods | Black | 43 | M | March 5, 2020 | Jefferson | Lethal injection | Carlos Owen, Harley Chisholm III, and Charles Bennett | Kay Ivey |
| 68 | Willie B. Smith III | Black | 52 | M | October 21, 2021 | Jefferson | Lethal injection | Sharma Ruth Johnson | Kay Ivey |
| 69 | Matthew Reeves | Black | 44 | M | January 27, 2022 | Dallas | Lethal injection | Willie Johnson Jr. | Kay Ivey |
| 70 | Joe Nathan James Jr. | Black | 50 | M | July 28, 2022 | Jefferson | Lethal injection | Faith Hall | Kay Ivey |
| 71 | James Edward Barber | White | 64 | M | July 21, 2023 | Madison | Lethal injection | Dorothy Belle Epps | Kay Ivey |
| 72 | Casey Allen McWhorter | White | 49 | M | November 16, 2023 | Marshall | Lethal injection | Edward Lee Williams Sr. | Kay Ivey |
| 73 | Kenneth Eugene Smith | White | 58 | M | January 25, 2024 | Colbert | Nitrogen hypoxia | Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett | Kay Ivey |
| 74 | Jamie Ray Mills | White | 50 | M | May 30, 2024 | Marion | Lethal injection | Floyd Hill and Vera Hill | Kay Ivey |
| 75 | Keith Edmund Gavin | Black | 64 | M | July 18, 2024 | Cherokee | Lethal injection | William Clinton Clayton Jr. | Kay Ivey |
| 76 | Alan Eugene Miller | White | 59 | M | September 26, 2024 | Shelby | Nitrogen hypoxia | Lee Holdbrooks, Christopher Yancy, and Terry Jarvis | Kay Ivey |
| 77 | Derrick Ryan Dearman | White | 36 | M | October 17, 2024 | Mobile | Lethal injection | 5 murder victims | Kay Ivey |
| 78 | Carey Dale Grayson | White | 50 | M | November 21, 2024 | Jefferson | Nitrogen hypoxia | Vickie Lynn Deblieux | Kay Ivey |
| 79 | Demetrius Terrence Frazier | Black | 52 | M | February 6, 2025 | Jefferson | Nitrogen hypoxia | Pauline Starks Brown | Kay Ivey |

## Demographics

Race :
| White | 45 | 57% |
| Black | 34 | 43% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 3 | 4% |
| 30–39 | 17 | 22% |
| 40–49 | 34 | 43% |
| 50–59 | 14 | 18% |
| 60–69 | 8 | 13% |
| 70–79 | 2 | 4% |
| 80–89 | 1 | 1% |
| Sex |||
| Male | 78 | 99% |
| Female | 1 | 1% |
| Date of execution |||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 7 | 11% |
| 1990–1999 | 12 | 15% |
| 2000–2009 | 25 | 32% |
| 2010–2019 | 22 | 28% |
| 2020–2029 | 13 | 16% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 51 | 65% |
| Electrocution | 24 | 30% |
| Nitrogen hypoxia | 4 | 5% |
| Governor (Party) |||
| George Wallace (D) | 2 | 3% |
| H. Guy Hunt (R) | 8 | 10% |
| Jim Folsom Jr. (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Fob James (R) | 7 | 9% |
| Don Siegelman (D) | 8 | 10% |
| Bob Riley (R) | 25 | 32% |
| Robert J. Bentley (R) | 8 | 10% |
| Kay Ivey (R) | 21 | 27% |
| Total | 79 | 100% |