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 20 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.[1] 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
[edit]| 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[a] | Robert D. Orr |
| 2 | William Earl Vandiver | White | 37 | M | October 16, 1985 | Lake | Paul Komyatti | ||
| 3 | Gregory D. Resnover | Black | 43 | M | December 8, 1994 | Marion | Indianapolis police Sergeant Jack R. Ohrberg | Evan Bayh | |
| 4 | Tommie J. Smith | Black | 42 | M | July 18, 1996 | Lethal injection | |||
| 5 | Gary Burris | Black | 40 | M | November 20, 1997 | Kenneth Chambers | Frank O'Bannon | ||
| 6 | Robert Allan Smith | White | 47 | M | January 29, 1998 | Sullivan | Michael Wedmore | ||
| 7 | D. H. Fleenor | White | 48 | M | December 9, 1999 | Johnson | Bill Harlow and Nyla Harlow | ||
| 8 | Gerald Wayne Bivins | White | 41 | M | March 14, 2001 | Boone | William H. Radcliffe | ||
| 9 | James Lowery | White | 54 | M | June 27, 2001 | Hendricks | Mark and Gertrude Thompson | ||
| 10 | Kevin Lee Hough | White | 43 | M | May 2, 2003 | Allen | Ted Bosler and Gene Rubrake | ||
| 11 | Joseph L. Trueblood | White | 46 | M | June 13, 2003 | Tippecanoe | Susan Bowsher, Ashlyn Bowsher, and William Bowsher | ||
| 12 | Donald Ray Wallace Jr. | White | 47 | M | March 10, 2005 | Vigo | 4 murder victims[b] | Mitch Daniels | |
| 13 | William J. Benefiel Jr. | White | 48 | M | April 21, 2005 | Delores Wells | |||
| 14 | Gregory Scott Johnson | White | 40 | M | May 25, 2005 | Madison | Ruby Hutslar | ||
| 15 | Kevin Aaron Conner | White | 40 | M | July 27, 2005 | Marion | Steven Wentland, Anthony Moore, and Bruce Voge | ||
| 16 | Alan Lehman Matheney | White | 54 | M | September 28, 2005 | St. Joseph | Lisa Bianco | ||
| 17 | Marvin Bieghler | White | 58 | M | January 27, 2006 | Howard | Tommy Miller and Kimberly Jane Miller | ||
| 18 | David Leon Woods | White | 42 | M | May 4, 2007 | DeKalb | Juan Placencia | ||
| 19 | Michael Allen Lambert | White | 36 | M | June 15, 2007 | Delaware | Muncie police officer Gregg William Winters | ||
| 20 | Matthew Eric Wrinkles | White | 49 | M | December 11, 2009 | Vanderburgh | Debra Jean Wrinkles, Tony Fulkerson, and Natalie Fulkerson |
Demographics
[edit]| Race | ||
|---|---|---|
| White | 17 | 85% |
| Black | 3 | 15% |
| Age | ||
| 20–29 | 1 | 5% |
| 30–39 | 3 | 15% |
| 40–49 | 13 | 65% |
| 50–59 | 3 | 15% |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 20 | 100% |
| Date of execution | ||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 2 | 10% |
| 1990–1999 | 5 | 25% |
| 2000–2009 | 13 | 65% |
| 2010–2019 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020–2029 | 0 | 0% |
| Method | ||
| Lethal injection | 17 | 85% |
| Electrocution | 3 | 15% |
| Governor (Party) | ||
| Otis Bowen (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Robert D. Orr (R) | 2 | 10% |
| Evan Bayh (D) | 2 | 10% |
| Frank O'Bannon (D) | 7 | 35% |
| Joe Kernan (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Mitch Daniels (R) | 9 | 45% |
| Mike Pence (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Eric Holcomb (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 20 | 100% |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved January 26, 2020.