List of people executed in Virginia

This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021.^[1]^[2]

List of people executed in Virginia

Between 1982 and 2017, a total of 113 people were executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia. All were convicted of capital murder; all but one were male. Between 1982 and 1990, all executions were carried out at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. After the prison closed in 1991, all subsequent executions were carried out at Greensville Correctional Center.

No.	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or Independent City	Method	Victim(s)	Governor (Party)
1	Frank Joseph Coppola	White	38	M	August 10, 1982	Newport News	Electrocution	Muriel Hatchell	Chuck Robb (D)
2	Linwood Earl Briley	Black	30	M	October 12, 1984	Richmond City		John Gallaher
3	James Dyral Briley Jr.	Black	28	M	April 18, 1985	Richmond City		Judy Barton, Harvey Barton, and Harvey Wilkerson^[a]
4	Morris Odell Mason	Black	32	M	June 25, 1985	Northampton		Margaret Hand
5	Michael Marnell Smith	Black	40	M	July 31, 1986	James City		Audrey Jean Weiler	Gerald Baliles (D)
6	Richard Lee Whitley	White	41	M	July 6, 1987	Fairfax		Phoebe Parsons
7	Earl Clanton Jr.	Black	33	M	April 14, 1988	Petersburg		Wilhemina Smith
8	Alton Waye	Black	34	M	August 30, 1989	Lunenburg		Laverne Marshall
9	Richard Thomas Boggs	White	27	M	July 19, 1990	Portsmouth		Treeby Shaw	Douglas Wilder (D)
10	Wilbert Lee Evans	Black	44	M	October 17, 1990	Alexandria City		Sheriff Deputy William Truesdale
11	Buddy Earl Justus	White	37	M	December 13, 1990^[b]	Montgomery^[c]		Ida Mae Moses
12	Albert Jay Clozza	White	31	M	July 24, 1991^[d]	Virginia Beach		Patricia Ann Bolton
13	Derrick Lynn Peterson	Black	30	M	August 22, 1991	Hampton		Howard Kauffman
14	Roger Keith Coleman	White	33	M	May 20, 1992	Buchanan		Wanda Fay McCoy
15	Edward B. Fitzgerald Sr.	White	34	M	July 23, 1992	Chesterfield		Patricia Cubbage
16	Willie Leroy Jones	Black	34	M	September 15, 1992	James City		Graham Adkins and Myra Adkins
17	Timothy Dale Bunch	White	33	M	December 10, 1992	Prince William		Su Cha Thomas
18	Charles Sylvester Stamper	Black	39	M	January 19, 1993	Henrico		Franklin Cooley, Agnes Hicks, and Stephen Staples
19	Syvasky Lafayette Poyner	Black	36	M	March 18, 1993	Williamsburg		5 murder victims^[e]
20	Andrew J. Chabrol	White	36	M	June 17, 1993	Chesapeake		Lisa Harrington
21	Joe Louis Wise Sr.	Black	31	M	September 14, 1993	Mecklenburg		William Ricketson
22	David Mark Pruett	White	44	M	December 16, 1993	Virginia Beach		Wilma Harvey and Debra McInnis
23	Johnny Watkins Jr.	Black	32	M	March 3, 1994	Pittsylvania and Danville		Betty Barker and Carl Buchanan	George Allen (R)
24	Timothy Wilson Spencer	Black	32	M	April 27, 1994	Arlington and Richmond City		Susan Tucker, Debbie Davis and Susan Hellams
25	Dana Ray Edmonds	Black	32	M	January 24, 1995	Danville	Lethal injection	John Elliot
26	Willie Lloyd Turner	Black	49	M	May 26, 1995	Southampton		W. Jack Smith Jr.
27	Dennis Waldon Stockton	White	54	M	September 27, 1995	Patrick		Kenneth Wayne Arnder
28	Mickey Wayne Davidson	White	38	M	October 19, 1995	Smyth		Doris Davidson, Mamie Clatterbuck, and Tammy Clatterbuck
29	Herman Charles Barnes	Black	31	M	November 13, 1995	Hampton		Clyde Jenkins and Mohammed Afifi
30	Walter Milton Correll Jr.	White	34	M	January 4, 1996	Franklin		Charles W. Bousman Jr.
31	Richard Townes Jr.	Black	45	M	January 23, 1996	Virginia Beach		Virginia Goebel
32	Joseph John Savino III	White	37	M	July 17, 1996	Bedford		Thomas McWaters
33	Ronald B. Bennett	Black	42	M	November 21, 1996	Chesterfield		Anne Keller Vaden
34	Gregory Warren Beaver	White	30	M	December 4, 1996	Prince George		State Trooper Leo Whitt
35	Larry Allen Stout	Black	33	M	December 10, 1996	Staunton		Jacqueline Kooshian
36	Lem Davis Tuggle Jr.	White	44	M	December 12, 1996	Smyth		Jessie Geneva Havens
37	Ronald Lee Hoke	White	39	M	December 16, 1996	Petersburg		Virginia Stell
38	Michael Carl George	White	39	M	February 6, 1997	Prince William		Alexander Sztanko
39	Coleman Wayne Gray	Black	39	M	February 26, 1997	Suffolk		Richard McClelland
40	Roy Bruce Smith	White	50	M	July 17, 1997	Prince William		Manassas Police Officer John Conner
41	Joseph Roger O'Dell III	White	55	M	July 23, 1997	Virginia Beach		Helen Schartner
42	Carlton Jerome Pope	Black	35	M	August 19, 1997	Portsmouth		Cynthia Gray
43	Mario Benjamin Murphy	Hispanic	25	M	September 17, 1997	Virginia Beach		James Radcliff
44	Dawud Majid Mu'Min	Black	44	M	November 13, 1997	Prince William		Gladys Nopwasky
45	Michael Charles Satcher	Black	29	M	December 9, 1997	Arlington		Anne Borghesani
46	Thomas H. Beavers Jr.	White	26	M	December 11, 1997	Hampton		Marguerite Lowery
47	Tony Albert Mackall	Black	33	M	February 10, 1998	Prince William		Mary Elizabeth Dahn	Jim Gilmore (R)
48	Douglas McArthur Buchanan Jr.	White	29	M	March 18, 1998	Amherst		4 murder victims^[f]
49	Ronald L. Watkins	Black	35	M	March 25, 1998	Danville		William McCauley
50	Ángel Francisco Breard	Hispanic	32	M	April 14, 1998	Arlington		Ruth Dickie
51	Dennis Wayne Eaton	White	41	M	June 18, 1998	Rockbridge^[g]		Virginia State Trooper Jerry Hines^[h]
52	Danny Lee King	White	47	M	July 23, 1998	Roanoke		Carolyn Horton Rogers
53	Lance Antonio Chandler Jr.	Black	25	M	August 20, 1998	Halifax		Billy Dix
54	Johnile L. DuBois	Black	31	M	August 31, 1998	Portsmouth		Philip Council
55	Kenneth Manuel Stewart Jr.	White	44	M	September 23, 1998	Bedford	Electrocution	Cynthia Stewart and Jonathan Stewart
56	Dwayne Allen Wright	Black	26	M	October 14, 1998	Fairfax	Lethal injection	Saba Tekle
57	Ronald Lee Fitzgerald	Black	29	M	October 21, 1998	Pittsylvania		Coy H. White and Hugh Morrison
58	Kenneth Wilson	Black	34	M	November 17, 1998	Newport News		Jacqueline Stephens
59	Kevin Wayne Cardwell	Black	29	M	December 3, 1998	Henrico		Anthony Brown
60	Mark Arlo Sheppard	Black	27	M	January 20, 1999	Chesterfield		Richard Rosenbluth and Rebecca Rosenbluth
61	Tony Leslie Fry	White	23	M	February 4, 1999			Leland A. Jacobs
62	George Adrian Quesinberry Jr.	White	37	M	March 9, 1999			Thomas L. Haynes
63	David Lee Fisher	White	57	M	March 25, 1999	Bedford		David William Wilkey
64	Carl Hamilton Chichester	Black	36	M	April 13, 1999	Prince William		Timothy Rigney
65	Arthur Ray Jenkins III	White	29	M	April 20, 1999	Warren		Floyd Jenkins and Lee H. Brinklow
66	Eric Christopher Payne	White	26	M	April 28, 1999	Hanover and Richmond City		Ruth Parham and Sally Marie Fazio
67	Ronald Dale Yeatts	White	38	M	April 29, 1999	Pittsylvania		Ruby Meeks Dodson
68	Tommy David Strickler	White	33	M	July 21, 1999	Augusta		Leann Whitlock
69	Marlon DeWayne Williams	Black	26	M	August 17, 1999	Chesapeake		Helen Bedsole
70	Everett Lee Mueller	White	51	M	September 16, 1999	Chesterfield		Charity Powers
71	Jason Matthew Joseph	Black	27	M	October 19, 1999	Portsmouth		Jeffrey Anderson
72	Thomas Lee Royal Jr.	Black	32	M	November 9, 1999	Hampton		Hampton Police Officer Kenny Wallace
73	Andre L. Graham	Black	29	M	December 9, 1999	Richmond City		Sheryl Stack^[i]
74	Douglas Christopher Thomas	White	26	M	January 10, 2000	Middlesex		James B. Wiseman and Kathy J. Wiseman
75	Steve Edward Roach	White	23	M	January 13, 2000	Greene		Mary Ann Hughes
76	Lonnie Weeks Jr.	Black	27	M	March 16, 2000	Hampton		Virginia State Trooper Jose M. Cavazos
77	Michael David Clagett	White	39	M	July 6, 2000	Virginia Beach	Electrocution	4 murder victims^[j]
78	Russel William Burket	White	32	M	August 30, 2000	Virginia Beach	Lethal injection	Katherine Tafelski and Ashley Tafelski
79	Derek Rocco Barnabei	White	33	M	September 14, 2000	Norfolk		Sarah Wisnosky
80	Bobby Lee Ramdass	Black	29	M	October 10, 2000	Fairfax		Mohammed Kayani
81	Christopher Cornelius Goins	Black	27	M	December 6, 2000	Richmond City		5 murder victims^[k]
82	Thomas Wayne Akers	White	31	M	March 1, 2001	Franklin		Wesley Brant Smith
83	Christopher James Beck	White	26	M	October 18, 2001	Arlington		Florence Marie Marks, David Kaplan, and William Miller
84	James Earl Patterson	White	35	M	March 13, 2002	Prince George		Joyce Snead Aldridge	Mark Warner (D)
85	Daniel Lee Zirkle	White	33	M	April 2, 2002	Page		Christina Zirkle and Jessica Shiflett
86	Walter Mickens Jr.	Black	47	M	June 12, 2002	Newport News		Timothy Jason Hall
87	Mir Aimal Kasi	Asian	38	M	November 14, 2002	Fairfax		Frank Darling and Lansing Bennett
88	Earl Conrad Bramblett	White	61	M	April 9, 2003	Roanoke	Electrocution	4 murder victims^[l]
89	Bobby Wayne Swisher	White	27	M	July 22, 2003	Augusta	Lethal injection	Dawn McNees Snyder
90	Brian Lee Cherrix	White	30	M	March 18, 2004	Accomack		Tessa Van Hart
91	Dennis Mitchell Orbe	White	39	M	March 31, 2004	York		Richard Burnett
92	Mark Wesley Bailey	White	34	M	July 22, 2004	Hampton		Katherine Bailey and Nathan Bailey
93	James Bryant Hudson	White	56	M	August 18, 2004	Halifax		Stanley Cole, Walter Cole, and Patsy Cole
94	James Edward Reid	Black	58	M	September 9, 2004	Montgomery		Annie Mae Lester
95	Dexter Lee Vinson	Black	43	M	April 27, 2006	Halifax		Angela Felton	Tim Kaine (D)
96	Brandon Wayne Hedrick	White	27	M	July 20, 2006	Appomattox	Electrocution	Lisa Yvonne Crider
97	Michael William Lenz	White	42	M	July 27, 2006	Augusta	Lethal injection	Inmate Brent H. Parker
98	John Yancey Schmitt	White	33	M	November 9, 2006	Chesterfield		Earl Shelton Dunning
99	Kevin Green	Black	31	M	May 27, 2008	Brunswick		Patricia L. Vaughan
100	Robert Stacy Yarbrough	Black	30	M	June 25, 2008	Mecklenburg		Cyril Hugh Hamby
101	Kent Jermaine Jackson	Black	26	M	July 10, 2008	Newport News		Beulah Mae Kaiser
102	Christopher Scott Emmett	White	36	M	July 24, 2008	Danville		John Fenton Langley
103	Edward Nathaniel Bell	Black	44	M	February 19, 2009	Winchester		Winchester Police Officer Ricky Timbrook
104	John Allen Muhammad	Black	48	M	November 10, 2009^[3]	Prince William		Dean Harold Meyers^[m]
105	Larry Bill Elliott	White	60	M	November 17, 2009		Electrocution	Dana Thrall and Robert Finch
106	Paul Warner Powell	White	31	M	March 18, 2010		Electrocution	Stacie Reed	Bob McDonnell (R)
107	Darick Demorris Walker	Black	37	M	May 20, 2010	Henrico	Lethal injection	Stanley Beale and Clarence Elwood Threat
108	Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis	White	41	F	September 23, 2010	Pittsylvania		Julian C. Lewis and Charles J. Lewis
109	Jerry Terrell Jackson	Black	30	M	August 18, 2011	Williamsburg		Ruth Phillips
110	Robert Charles Gleason Jr.	White	42	M	January 16, 2013	Wise	Electrocution	Harvey Gray Watson Jr. and Aaron Alexander Cooper
111	Alfredo Rolando Prieto	Hispanic	49	M	October 1, 2015	Fairfax	Lethal injection	Rachael A. Raver and Warren H. Fulton III^[n]	Terry McAuliffe (D)
112	Ricky Javon Gray	Black	39	M	January 18, 2017	Richmond City		4 murder victims^[o]^[p]
113	William Charles Morva	White	35	M	July 6, 2017	Montgomery^[q]		Sheriff Deputy Eric Sutphin and Derrick McFarland

Demographics

Race
White	57	50%
Black	52	46%
Hispanic	3	3%
Asian	1	1%
Age
20–29	26	23%
30–39	58	51%
40–49	20	18%
50–59	7	6%
60–69	2	2%
Sex
Male	112	99%
Female	1	1%
Date of execution
1976–1979	0	0%
1980–1989	8	7%
1990–1999	65	58%
2000–2009	32	28%
2010–2019	8	7%
2020–2021	0	0%
Method
Lethal injection	82	73%
Electrocution	31	27%
Governor (Party)
Mills Godwin (R)	0	0%
John N. Dalton (R)	0	0%
Chuck Robb (D)	4	4%
Gerald Baliles (D)	4	4%
Douglas Wilder (D)	14	12%
George Allen (R)	24	21%
Jim Gilmore (R)	37	33%
Mark Warner (D)	11	10%
Tim Kaine (D)	11	10%
Bob McDonnell (R)	5	4%
Terry McAuliffe (D)	3	3%
Ralph Northam (D)	0	0%
Total	113	100%

Notes

^ James Briley was never tried for the murder of Wilkerson; however, all 3 victims were killed in the same incident.
^ This was the last execution held at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, which closed the following day.
^ Was tried and convicted in Williamsburg.
^ This was the first execution held at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt.
^ The 5 victims were: Joyce Baldwin, Louise Paulett, Chestine Brooks, Vicki Ripple, and Carolyn Hedrick.
^ The 4 victims were: Donald Buchanan, J.J. Buchanan, Geraldine Buchanan, and Douglas Buchanan Sr.
^ Was tried and convicted in Fauquier County.
^ Also received two life sentences in the murder of Walter Custer Jr and Ripley Marston Sr. in Shenandoah County and a third life sentence and Judith MacDonald in Rockbridge County.
^ Also received two life sentences in the murder of Richard Rosenbluth and Rebecca Rosenbluth in Chesterfield County.
^ The 4 victims were: Lam Van Son, Wendell G. Parish Jr., Karen Sue Rounds, and Abdelaziz Gren.
^ The 5 victims were: Robert Jones, Nicole Jones, David Jones, Daphne Jones, and James Randolph.
^ The 4 victims were: Blaine Hodges, Teresa Hodges, Winter Hodges, and Anah Hodges.
^ Meyers was one of the 10 victims killed during the D.C. sniper attacks.
^ Prieto was also sentenced to death in California for the murder of Yvette Woodruff.
^ The 4 victims were: Stella Harvey, Ruby Harvey, Kathryn Harvey, and Bryan Harvey.
^ Gray was executed for Stella and Ruby's murders, their parents Kathryn and Bryan were killed at the same time as them.
^ Was tried and convicted in Washington County.

References

^ Schneider, Gregory S. (March 24, 2021). "Virginia abolishes the death penalty, becoming the first Southern state to ban its use". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
^ Kelley, Alexandra (March 24, 2021). "Virginia officially first Southern state to abolish the death penalty". The Hill. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
^ Josh White and Maria Glod (2009-11-10). "D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad is executed in Va". The Washington Post.

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[3] James Briley was never tried for the murder of Wilkerson; however, all 3 victims were killed in the same incident.

[4] This was the last execution held at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, which closed the following day.

[5] Was tried and convicted in Williamsburg.

[6] This was the first execution held at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt.

[7] The 5 victims were: Joyce Baldwin, Louise Paulett, Chestine Brooks, Vicki Ripple, and Carolyn Hedrick.

[8] The 4 victims were: Donald Buchanan, J.J. Buchanan, Geraldine Buchanan, and Douglas Buchanan Sr.

[9] Was tried and convicted in Fauquier County.

[10] Also received two life sentences in the murder of Walter Custer Jr and Ripley Marston Sr. in Shenandoah County and a third life sentence and Judith MacDonald in Rockbridge County.

[11] Also received two life sentences in the murder of Richard Rosenbluth and Rebecca Rosenbluth in Chesterfield County.

[12] The 4 victims were: Lam Van Son, Wendell G. Parish Jr., Karen Sue Rounds, and Abdelaziz Gren.

[13] The 5 victims were: Robert Jones, Nicole Jones, David Jones, Daphne Jones, and James Randolph.

[14] The 4 victims were: Blaine Hodges, Teresa Hodges, Winter Hodges, and Anah Hodges.

[16] Meyers was one of the 10 victims killed during the D.C. sniper attacks.

[17] Prieto was also sentenced to death in California for the murder of Yvette Woodruff.

[18] The 4 victims were: Stella Harvey, Ruby Harvey, Kathryn Harvey, and Bryan Harvey.

[19] Gray was executed for Stella and Ruby's murders, their parents Kathryn and Bryan were killed at the same time as them.

[20] Was tried and convicted in Washington County.

[wp-1] Schneider, Gregory S. (March 24, 2021). "Virginia abolishes the death penalty, becoming the first Southern state to ban its use". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2021.

[2] Kelley, Alexandra (March 24, 2021). "Virginia officially first Southern state to abolish the death penalty". The Hill. Retrieved March 24, 2021.

[15] Josh White and Maria Glod (2009-11-10). "D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad is executed in Va". The Washington Post.

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