# List of people executed in Indiana

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Indiana since its statehood.
A total of 21 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Indiana in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977. Before 1995, electrocution was the sole method of execution. This was replaced with lethal injection in 1995. The executions on this list are of those executed by the state government of Indiana; this list does not include persons executed within Indiana by the Federal Government. Two other people, Alton Coleman and Michael Lee Lockhart, were sentenced to death in Indiana, but executed in other states.

## List of people executed in Indiana since 1976

| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 1 | Steven Timothy Judy | White | 24 | M | March 9, 1981 | Morgan | Electrocution | 4 murder victims | Robert D. Orr |
| 2 | William Earl Vandiver | White | 37 | M | October 16, 1985 | Lake | Electrocution | Paul Komyatti | Robert D. Orr |
| 3 | Gregory D. Resnover | Black | 43 | M | December 8, 1994 | Marion | Electrocution | Indianapolis police Sergeant Jack R. Ohrberg | Evan Bayh |
| 4 | Tommie J. Smith | Black | 42 | M | July 18, 1996 | Marion | Lethal injection | Indianapolis police Sergeant Jack R. Ohrberg | Evan Bayh |
| 5 | Gary Burris | Black | 40 | M | November 20, 1997 | Marion | Lethal injection | Kenneth Chambers | Frank O'Bannon |
| 6 | Robert Allan Smith | White | 47 | M | January 29, 1998 | Sullivan | Lethal injection | Michael Wedmore | Frank O'Bannon |
| 7 | D. H. Fleenor | White | 48 | M | December 9, 1999 | Johnson | Lethal injection | Bill Harlow and Nyla Harlow | Frank O'Bannon |
| 8 | Gerald Wayne Bivins | White | 41 | M | March 14, 2001 | Boone | Lethal injection | William H. Radcliffe | Frank O'Bannon |
| 9 | James Lowery | White | 54 | M | June 27, 2001 | Hendricks | Lethal injection | Mark and Gertrude Thompson | Frank O'Bannon |
| 10 | Kevin Lee Hough | White | 43 | M | May 2, 2003 | Allen | Lethal injection | Ted Bosler and Gene Rubrake | Frank O'Bannon |
| 11 | Joseph L. Trueblood | White | 46 | M | June 13, 2003 | Tippecanoe | Lethal injection | Susan Bowsher, Ashlyn Bowsher, and William Bowsher | Frank O'Bannon |
| 12 | Donald Ray Wallace Jr. | White | 47 | M | March 10, 2005 | Vigo | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Mitch Daniels |
| 13 | William J. Benefiel Jr. | White | 48 | M | April 21, 2005 | Vigo | Lethal injection | Delores Wells | Mitch Daniels |
| 14 | Gregory Scott Johnson | White | 40 | M | May 25, 2005 | Madison | Lethal injection | Ruby Hutslar | Mitch Daniels |
| 15 | Kevin Aaron Conner | White | 40 | M | July 27, 2005 | Marion | Lethal injection | Steven Wentland, Anthony Moore, and Bruce Voge | Mitch Daniels |
| 16 | Alan Lehman Matheney | White | 54 | M | September 28, 2005 | St. Joseph | Lethal injection | Lisa Bianco | Mitch Daniels |
| 17 | Marvin Bieghler | White | 58 | M | January 27, 2006 | Howard | Lethal injection | Tommy Miller and Kimberly Jane Miller | Mitch Daniels |
| 18 | David Leon Woods | White | 42 | M | May 4, 2007 | DeKalb | Lethal injection | Juan Placencia | Mitch Daniels |
| 19 | Michael Allen Lambert | White | 36 | M | June 15, 2007 | Delaware | Lethal injection | Muncie police officer Gregg William Winters | Mitch Daniels |
| 20 | Matthew Eric Wrinkles | White | 49 | M | December 11, 2009 | Vanderburgh | Lethal injection | Debra Jean Wrinkles, Tony Fulkerson, and Natalie Fulkerson | Mitch Daniels |
| 21 | Joseph Edward Corcoran | White | 49 | M | December 18, 2024 | Allen | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Eric Holcomb |

## Demographics

Race :
| White | 18 | 86% |
| Black | 3 | 14% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 1 | 5% |
| 30–39 | 3 | 14% |
| 40–49 | 14 | 67% |
| 50–59 | 3 | 14% |
| Sex |||
| Male | 21 | 100% |
| Date of execution |||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 2 | 10% |
| 1990–1999 | 5 | 24% |
| 2000–2009 | 13 | 62% |
| 2010–2019 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020–2029 | 1 | 5% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 18 | 86% |
| Electrocution | 3 | 14% |
| Governor (Party) |||
| Otis Bowen (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Robert D. Orr (R) | 2 | 10% |
| Evan Bayh (D) | 2 | 10% |
| Frank O'Bannon (D) | 7 | 33% |
| Joe Kernan (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Mitch Daniels (R) | 9 | 43% |
| Mike Pence (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Eric Holcomb (R) | 1 | 5% |
| Mike Braun (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 21 | 100% |