Executions

Execution List 2012

DateNumber Since 1976StateNameAgeRaceVictim RaceMethodDrug ProtocolYears From Sentence to Execution
1/5/121278OKGary Welch49W1 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital17
1/26/121279TXRodrigo Hernandez39L1 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital10
2/8/121280MSEdwin Turner ¥38W2 BlackLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital16
2/15/121281FLRobert Waterhouse65W1 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital32
2/29/121282AZRobert Moorman63W1 WhiteLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)27
2/29/121283TXGeorge Rivas41L1 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital11
3/7/121284TXKeith Thurmond52W2 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital10
3/8/121285AZRobert Towery47W1 WhiteLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)20
3/15/121286OKTimothy Stemple46W1 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital14
3/20/121287MSLarry Puckett35W1 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital16
3/22/121288MSWilliam Mitchell61B1 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital14
3/28/121289TXJesse Hernandez47L1 LatinoLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital10
4/12/121290FLDavid Gore58W1 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital28
4/18/121291OHMark Wiles49W1 WhiteLethal Injection1 drug (pentobarbital)26
4/20/121292DEShannon Johnson*28B1 BlackLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital6
4/25/121293AZThomas Kemp63W1 LatinoLethal Injection1 drug (pentobarbital)19
4/26/121294TXBeunka Adams29B1 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital8
5/1/121295OKMichael Selsor57W1 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital36
6/5/121296MSHenry Jackson47B4 BlackLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital22
6/12/121297IDRichard Leavitt53W1 WhiteLethal Injection1 drug (pentobarbital)27
6/12/121298MSJan Brawner34W4 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital10
6/20/121299MSGary Simmons49W1 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital15
6/27/121300AZSamuel Lopez49L1 LatinoLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)25
7/18/121301TXYokamon Hearn33B1 WhiteLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)14
8/7/121302TXMarvin Wilson54B1 BlackLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)18
8/8/121303AZDaniel Cook51W1 Latino
1 White
Lethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)24
8/14/121304OKMichael Hooper40W3 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/ pentobarbital17
9/20/121305OHDonald Palmer47W2 WhiteLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)23
9/20/121306TXRobert Harris40B1 Latino
1 White
Lethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)12
9/25/121307TXCleve Foster¥47W1 BlackLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)8
10/10/121308TXJonathan Green44B1 WhiteLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)10
10/15/121309SDEric Robert*50W1 WhiteLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)1
10/24/121310TXBobby Hines40W1 WhiteLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)20
10/30/121311SDDonald Moeller60W1 WhiteLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)20
10/31/121312TXDonnie Roberts41W1 WhiteLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)8
11/6/121313OKGarry Allen56B1 BlackLethal Injection3-drug w/pentobarbital19
11/8/121314TXMario Swain33B1 WhiteLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)8
11/13/121315OHBrett Hartman38W1 WhiteLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)14
11/14/121316TXRamon Hernandez41L1 LatinoLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)10
11/15/121317TXPreston Hughes46B2 BlackLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)23
12/4/121318OKGeorge Ochoa38L2 LatinoLethal Injection3-drug w/pentobarbital16
12/5/121319AZRichard Stokley60W2 WhiteLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)20
12/11/121320FLManuel Pardo56L8 Latino, 1 WhiteLethal Injection3-drug w/pentobarbital24

The three-drug protocol typically begins with an anesthetic or sedative, followed by pancuronium bromide to paralyze the inmate and potassium chloride to stop the inmate’s heart. The drug used varies by state and is listed above for each execution.

ƒ female
* volunteer - an inmate who waived ordinary appeals that remained at the time of his or her execution
~ foreign national
¥ white defendant executed for murder of black victim