# List of people executed in the United States in 2002

Seventy-one people were executed in the United States in 2002. Thirty-three of them were in the state of Texas. Two (Lynda Lyon Block and Aileen Carol Wuornos) were female. One (Lynda Lyon Block) was executed via electrocution.

## List of people executed in the United States in 2002

| 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 9, 2002 | James R. Johnson | 52 | 42 | 10 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 2 | January 9, 2002 | Michael Patrick Moore | 38 | 30 | 8 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 3 | January 16, 2002 | Jermarr Carlos Arnold | 43 | 24 | 19 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 4 | January 24, 2002 | Ronald Keith Spivey | 62 | 37 | 25 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 5 | January 29, 2002 | Stephen Wayne Anderson | 48 | 26 | 22 | Male | White | California | Lethal injection | |
| 6 | January 29, 2002 | John Joseph Romano | 43 | 27 | 16 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 7 | January 30, 2002 | Windell Broussard | 41 | 32 | 9 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 8 | January 31, 2002 | Randall Wayne Hafdahl Sr. | 48 | 32 | 16 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 9 | January 31, 2002 | David Wayne Woodruff | 42 | 25 | 17 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 10 | February 6, 2002 | Michael Owsley | 40 | 31 | 9 | Male | Black | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 11 | February 19, 2002 | John William Byrd Jr. | 38 | 19 | 19 | Male | White | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 12 | February 28, 2002 | Monty Allen Delk | 35 | 19 | 16 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 13 | March 6, 2002 | Jeffrey Lane Tokar | 37 | 27 | 10 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 14 | March 7, 2002 | Gerald Wayne Tigner Jr. | 29 | 20 | 9 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 15 | March 12, 2002 | Tracy Lee Housel | 43 | 26 | 17 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 16 | March 14, 2002 | James Earl Patterson | 35 | 19 | 16 | Male | White | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 17 | April 2, 2002 | Daniel Lee Zirkle | 33 | 30 | 3 | Male | White | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 18 | April 10, 2002 | Paul W. Kreutzer | 30 | 20 | 10 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 19 | April 10, 2002 | Jose Santellan Sr. | 40 | 31 | 9 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 20 | April 11, 2002 | William Kendrick Burns | 43 | 22 | 21 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 21 | April 18, 2002 | Gerald Dwight Casey | 47 | 34 | 13 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 22 | April 26, 2002 | Alton Coleman | 46 | 28 | 18 | Male | Black | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 23 | April 30, 2002 | Rodolpho Baiza Hernandez | 52 | 35 | 17 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 24 | May 3, 2002 | Richard Charles Johnson | 39 | 22 | 17 | Male | White | South Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 25 | May 9, 2002 | Reginald Lenard Reeves | 28 | 19 | 9 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 26 | May 10, 2002 | Lynda Lyon Block | 54 | 45 | 9 | Female | White | Alabama | Electrocution | |
| 27 | May 10, 2002 | Leslie Dale Martin | 35 | 24 | 11 | Male | White | Louisiana | Lethal injection | |
| 28 | May 16, 2002 | Ronford Lee Styron Jr. | 32 | 24 | 8 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 29 | May 22, 2002 | Johnny Joe Martinez | 29 | 20 | 9 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 30 | May 28, 2002 | Napoleon Beazley | 25 | 17 | 8 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 31 | May 30, 2002 | Stanley Allison Baker Jr. | 35 | 27 | 8 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 32 | June 12, 2002 | Walter Mickens Jr. | 47 | 37 | 10 | Male | Black | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 33 | June 13, 2002 | Daniel Earl Reneau | 27 | 20 | 7 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 34 | June 25, 2002 | Robert Otis Coulson | 34 | 24 | 10 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 35 | June 26, 2002 | Jeffery Lynn Williams | 30 | 23 | 7 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 36 | July 17, 2002 | Tracy Alan Hansen | 39 | 23 | 16 | Male | White | Mississippi | Lethal injection | |
| 37 | July 23, 2002 | Randall Eugene Cannon | 42 | 25 | 17 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 38 | July 30, 2002 | Earl Alexander Frederick Sr. | 51 | 38 | 13 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 39 | August 7, 2002 | Richard William Kutzner | 59 | 53 | 6 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 40 | August 8, 2002 | T. J. Jones | 25 | 17 | 8 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 41 | August 14, 2002 | Javier Suarez Medina | 33 | 19 | 14 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 42 | August 14, 2002 | Daniel Anthony Basile | 35 | 25 | 10 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 43 | August 16, 2002 | Wallace Marvin Fugate III | 52 | 41 | 11 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 44 | August 20, 2002 | Gary Wayne Etheridge | 38 | 26 | 12 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 45 | August 23, 2002 | Anthony Green | 40 | 25 | 15 | Male | Black | South Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 46 | August 28, 2002 | Toronto Markkey Patterson | 24 | 17 | 7 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 47 | September 10, 2002 | Tony Lee Walker | 36 | 26 | 10 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 48 | September 13, 2002 | Michael Joseph Passaro | 40 | 36 | 4 | Male | White | South Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 49 | September 17, 2002 | Jessie Joe Patrick | 44 | 31 | 13 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 50 | September 18, 2002 | Ron Scott Shamburger | 30 | 22 | 8 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 51 | September 24, 2002 | Rex Warren Mays | 42 | 32 | 10 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 52 | September 25, 2002 | Robert Anthony Buell | 62 | 41 | 21 | Male | White | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 53 | September 25, 2002 | Calvin Eugene King | 48 | 40 | 8 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 54 | October 1, 2002 | James Rexford Powell | 56 | 44 | 12 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 55 | October 2, 2002 | Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco | 43 | 27 | 16 | Male | Hispanic | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 56 | October 9, 2002 | Aileen Carol Wuornos | 46 | 33–34 | 12–13 | Female | White | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 57 | November 13, 2002 | William Howard Putman | 59 | 37 | 22 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 58 | November 14, 2002 | Mir Aimal Kasi | 38 | 28 | 10 | Male | Asian | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 59 | November 19, 2002 | Craig Neil Ogan Jr. | 47 | 34 | 13 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 60 | November 20, 2002 | William Robert Jones Jr. | 37 | 21 | 16 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 61 | November 20, 2002 | William Wesley Chappell | 66 | 51 | 15 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 62 | December 4, 2002 | Leonard Uresti Rojas | 52 | 44 | 8 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 63 | December 6, 2002 | Ernest West Basden | 50 | 39 | 11 | Male | White | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 64 | December 9, 2002 | Linroy Bottoson | 63 | 40 | 23 | Male | Black | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 65 | December 10, 2002 | Desmond Keith Carter | 35 | 24 | 11 | Male | Black | North Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 66 | December 10, 2002 | Jerry Lynn McCracken | 35 | 23 | 12 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 67 | December 11, 2002 | James Paul Collier | 55 | 48 | 7 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 68 | December 11, 2002 | Jessie Derrell Williams | 51 | 31 | 20 | Male | White | Mississippi | Lethal injection | |
| 69 | December 12, 2002 | Jay Wesley Neill | 37 | 19 | 18 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 70 | December 12, 2002 | Anthony Keith Johnson | 46 | 27 | 19 | Male | White | Alabama | Lethal injection | |
| 71 | December 17, 2002 | Ernest Marvin Carter Jr. | 36 | 23 | 13 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| | | Average: | 42 years | 29 years | 13 years | | | | | |

## Demographics

Gender :
| Male | 69 | 97% |
| Female | 2 | 3% |
| Ethnicity |||
| White | 46 | 65% |
| Black | 18 | 25% |
| Hispanic | 6 | 8% |
| Asian | 1 | 1% |
| State |||
| Texas | 33 | 46% |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 10% |
| Missouri | 6 | 8% |
| Georgia | 4 | 6% |
| Virginia | 4 | 6% |
| Florida | 3 | 4% |
| Ohio | 3 | 4% |
| South Carolina | 3 | 4% |
| Alabama | 2 | 3% |
| Mississippi | 2 | 3% |
| North Carolina | 2 | 3% |
| California | 1 | 1% |
| Louisiana | 1 | 1% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 70 | 99% |
| Electrocution | 1 | 1% |
| Month |||
| January | 9 | 13% |
| February | 3 | 4% |
| March | 4 | 6% |
| April | 7 | 10% |
| May | 8 | 11% |
| June | 4 | 6% |
| July | 3 | 4% |
| August | 8 | 11% |
| September | 7 | 10% |
| October | 3 | 4% |
| November | 5 | 7% |
| December | 10 | 14% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 7 | 10% |
| 30–39 | 25 | 35% |
| 40–49 | 23 | 32% |
| 50–59 | 12 | 17% |
| 60–69 | 4 | 6% |
| Total | 71 | 100% |

## Executions in recent years

Number of executions :
| 2003 | 65 |
| 2002 | 71 |
| 2001 | 66 |
| Total | 202 |