# List of people executed in North Carolina

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of North Carolina since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.
There have been a total of 43 executions in North Carolina, under the current statute, since it was adopted in 1977. All of the people executed were convicted of murder. Of the 43 people executed, 42 were male and 1 was female. 41 were executed via lethal injection and 2 via gas chamber.

## List of people executed in North Carolina since 1976

| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 1 | James William Hutchins | White | 54 | M | March 16, 1984 | McDowell | Lethal injection | Roy Huskey, Owen Messersmith, and Pete Peterson | Jim Hunt |
| 2 | Margie Velma Barfield | White | 52 | F | November 2, 1984 | Bladen | Lethal injection | Stuart Taylor | Jim Hunt |
| 3 | John William Rook | White | 27 | M | September 19, 1986 | Wake | Lethal injection | Ann Marie Roche | James G. Martin |
| 4 | Michael Van McDougall | White | 36 | M | October 18, 1991 | Mecklenburg | Lethal injection | Dianne Parker | James G. Martin |
| 5 | John Sterling Gardner Jr. | White | 34 | M | October 23, 1992 | Forsyth | Lethal injection | Richard Adams and Kim Miller | James G. Martin |
| 6 | David Scarborough Lawson | White | 38 | M | June 15, 1994 | Cabarrus | Gas chamber | Wayne Shinn | Jim Hunt |
| 7 | Kermit Smith Jr. | White | 37 | M | January 24, 1995 | Halifax | Lethal injection | Whelette Collins | Jim Hunt |
| 8 | Phillip Lee Ingle | White | 34 | M | September 22, 1995 | Rutherford | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Jim Hunt |
| 9 | Ricky Lee Sanderson | White | 38 | M | January 30, 1998 | Iredell | Gas chamber | Sue Ellen Holliman | Jim Hunt |
| 10 | Zane Brown Hill | White | 62 | M | August 14, 1998 | Buncombe | Lethal injection | Randall Hill | Jim Hunt |
| 11 | John Thomas Noland Jr. | White | 50 | M | November 20, 1998 | Mecklenburg | Lethal injection | Cindy Milton and Troy Milton | Jim Hunt |
| 12 | James David Rich | White | 26 | M | March 26, 1999 | Greene | Lethal injection | Paul Gwyn | Jim Hunt |
| 13 | Harvey Lee Green | Black | 38 | M | September 24, 1999 | Pitt | Lethal injection | Sheila Bland and Michael Edmondson | Jim Hunt |
| 14 | Arthur Martin Boyd Jr. | White | 53 | M | October 21, 1999 | Surry | Lethal injection | Wanda Hartman | Jim Hunt |
| 15 | David Junior Brown | Black | 51 | M | November 19, 1999 | Union | Lethal injection | Shelly Chalflinch and Christina Chalflinch | Jim Hunt |
| 16 | Michael Earl Sexton | Black | 34 | M | November 9, 2000 | Wake | Lethal injection | Kimberly Crews | Jim Hunt |
| 17 | Willie Ervin Fisher | Black | 39 | M | March 9, 2001 | Forsyth | Lethal injection | Angela Johnson | Mike Easley |
| 18 | Clifton Allen White | White | 43 | M | August 24, 2001 | Mecklenburg | Lethal injection | Kimberly Ewing | Mike Easley |
| 19 | Ronald Wayne Frye | White | 42 | M | August 31, 2001 | Catawba | Lethal injection | Ralph Childress | Mike Easley |
| 20 | David Junior Ward | Black | 39 | M | October 12, 2001 | Pitt | Lethal injection | Dorothy Mae Smith | Mike Easley |
| 21 | John Hardy Rose | White | 43 | M | November 30, 2001 | Haywood | Lethal injection | Patricia Stewart | Mike Easley |
| 22 | Ernest West Basden | White | 49 | M | December 6, 2002 | Duplin | Lethal injection | Billy White | Mike Easley |
| 23 | Desmond Keith Carter | Black | 35 | M | December 10, 2002 | Rockingham | Lethal injection | Helen Purdy | Mike Easley |
| 24 | William Quentin Jones | Black | 34 | M | August 22, 2003 | Wake | Lethal injection | Edward Peebles | Mike Easley |
| 25 | Henry Lee Hunt | Native American | 58 | M | September 12, 2003 | Robeson | Lethal injection | Larry Jones and Jackie Ransom | Mike Easley |
| 26 | Joseph Earl Bates | White | 35 | M | September 26, 2003 | Yadkin | Lethal injection | Charles Jenkins | Mike Easley |
| 27 | Edward Ernest Hartman | White | 39 | M | October 3, 2003 | Northampton | Lethal injection | Herman Larry Smith Sr. | Mike Easley |
| 28 | Joseph Timothy Keel | White | 39 | M | November 7, 2003 | Edgecombe | Lethal injection | John Simmons | Mike Easley |
| 29 | John Dennis Daniels | Black | 46 | M | November 14, 2003 | Mecklenburg | Lethal injection | Isabelle Daniels Crawford | Mike Easley |
| 30 | Robbie James Lyons | Black | 31 | M | December 5, 2003 | Forsyth | Lethal injection | Stephen Stafford | Mike Easley |
| 31 | Raymond Dayle Rowsey | White | 32 | M | January 9, 2004 | Alamance | Lethal injection | Howard Sikorski | Mike Easley |
| 32 | Sammy Crystal Perkins | Black | 51 | M | October 8, 2004 | Pitt | Lethal injection | Lashenna Moore | Mike Easley |
| 33 | Charles Wesley Roache | White | 30 | M | October 22, 2004 | Haywood | Lethal injection | 6 murder victims | Mike Easley |
| 34 | Frank Ray Chandler | White | 32 | M | November 12, 2004 | Surry | Lethal injection | Doris Poore | Mike Easley |
| 35 | William Dillard Powell | White | 58 | M | March 11, 2005 | Cleveland | Lethal injection | Mary Gladden | Mike Easley |
| 36 | Earl J. Richmond Jr. | Black | 43 | M | May 6, 2005 | Cumberland | Lethal injection | Helisa S. Hayes, Phillip Hayes, and Darien Hayes | Mike Easley |
| 37 | Steven Van McHone | White | 35 | M | November 11, 2005 | Surry | Lethal injection | Mildred Adams and Wesley Adams Sr. | Mike Easley |
| 38 | Elias Hanna Syriani | Arab | 67 | M | November 18, 2005 | Mecklenburg | Lethal injection | Teresa Yousef Syriani | Mike Easley |
| 39 | Kenneth Lee Boyd | White | 57 | M | December 2, 2005 | Rockingham | Lethal injection | Julie Curry Boyd and Thomas Dillard Curry | Mike Easley |
| 40 | Perrie Dyon Simpson | Black | 43 | M | January 20, 2006 | Rockingham | Lethal injection | Jean Ernest Darter | Mike Easley |
| 41 | Patrick Lane Moody | White | 39 | M | March 17, 2006 | Davidson | Lethal injection | Donnie Ray Robbins | Mike Easley |
| 42 | Willie Brown Jr. | Black | 61 | M | April 21, 2006 | Martin | Lethal injection | Valerie Ann Roberson Dixon | Mike Easley |
| 43 | Samuel Russell Flippen | White | 36 | M | August 18, 2006 | Forsyth | Lethal injection | Britnie Nichole Hutton | Mike Easley |

## Demographics

Race :
| White | 28 | 65% |
| Black | 13 | 30% |
| Arab | 1 | 2% |
| Native American | 1 | 2% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 2 | 5% |
| 30–39 | 22 | 51% |
| 40–49 | 7 | 16% |
| 50–59 | 9 | 21% |
| 60–69 | 3 | 7% |
| Sex |||
| Male | 42 | 98% |
| Female | 1 | 2% |
| Date of execution |||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 3 | 7% |
| 1990–1999 | 12 | 28% |
| 2000–2009 | 28 | 65% |
| 2010–2019 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020–2029 | 0 | 0% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 41 | 95% |
| Gas chamber | 2 | 5% |
| Governor (Party) |||
| James Holshouser (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Jim Hunt (D) | 13 | 30% |
| James G. Martin (R) | 3 | 7% |
| Mike Easley (D) | 27 | 63% |
| Bev Perdue (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Pat McCrory (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Roy Cooper (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 43 | 100% |