List of people executed in the United States in 2014

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This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2014. Thirty-five people were executed in the United States in 2014. Ten of them were in the state of Missouri, and another ten were in the state of Texas. Two (Edgar Tamayo Arias and Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas) were foreign nationals from Mexico. One (Juan Carlos Chavez) was a foreign national from Cuba. Two (Suzanne Margaret Basso and Lisa Ann Coleman) were female.[1][2]

While there were a total of 35 executions in 2014, there were 39 executions in the previous year (2013) and 28 executions in the subsequent year (2015).

List of people executed in the United States in 2014[edit]

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 7, 2014 Thomas Knight 62 23 39 Male Black Florida Lethal injection [3]
2 January 9, 2014 Michael Lee Wilson 38 22 16 Oklahoma [4]
3 January 16, 2014 Dennis B. McGuire 53 29 24 White Ohio [5]
4 January 22, 2014 Edgar Tamayo Arias 46 26 20 Hispanic Texas [6]
5 January 23, 2014 Kenneth Eugene Hogan 52 26 White Oklahoma [7]
6 January 29, 2014 Herbert L. Smulls 56 33 23 Black Missouri [8]
7 February 5, 2014 Suzanne Margaret Basso 59 44 15 Female White Texas [9]
8 February 12, 2014 Juan Carlos Chavez 46 28 18 Male Hispanic Florida [10]
9 February 26, 2014 Michael Anthony Taylor 47 22 25 Black Missouri [11]
10 Paul Augustus Howell 48 26 22 Florida [12]
11 March 19, 2014 Ray Jasper III 33 18 15 Texas [13]
12 March 20, 2014 Robert Laverne Henry 55 29 26 Florida [14]
13 March 26, 2014 Jeffrey R. Ferguson 59 34 25 White Missouri [15]
14 March 27, 2014 Anthony Dewayne Doyle 29 18 11 Black Texas [16]
15 April 3, 2014 Tommy Lynn Sells 49 35 14 White [17]
16 April 9, 2014 Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas 44 28 16 Hispanic [18]
17 April 16, 2014 Jose Luis Villegas Jr. 39 25 14 [19]
18 April 23, 2014 William Lewis Rousan 57 37 20 White Missouri [20]
19 Robert Eugene Hendrix 47 23 24 Florida [21]
20 April 29, 2014 Clayton Derrell Lockett 38 15 Black Oklahoma [22]
21 June 17, 2014 Marcus Alfonso Wellons 58 34 24 Georgia [23]
22 June 18, 2014 John E. Winfield 43 26 17 Missouri [24]
23 John Ruthell Henry 63 34 29 Florida [25]
24 July 10, 2014 Eddie Wayne Davis 45 25 20 White [26]
25 July 16, 2014 John C. Middleton 54 35 19 Missouri [27]
26 July 23, 2014 Joseph Rudolph Wood III 55 30 25 Arizona [28]
27 August 6, 2014 Michael Shane Worthington 43 24 19 Missouri [29]
28 September 10, 2014 Earl Ringo Jr. 40 16 Black [30]
29 Willie Tyrone Trottie 45 23 22 Texas [31]
30 September 17, 2014 Lisa Ann Coleman 38 28 10 Female [32]
31 October 28, 2014 Miguel Angel Paredes 32 18 14 Male Hispanic [33]
32 November 13, 2014 Chadwick Dewellyn Banks 43 21 22 Black Florida [34]
33 November 19, 2014 Leon Vincent Taylor 56 36 20 Missouri [35]
34 December 9, 2014 Robert Wayne Holsey 49 30 19 Georgia [36]
35 December 10, 2014 Paul Terrence Goodwin 48 31 17 White Missouri [37]
Average: 48 years 28 years 20 years

Demographics[edit]

Gender
Male 33 94%
Female 2 6%
Ethnicity
Black 18 51%
White 12 34%
Hispanic 5 15%
State
Missouri 10 29%
Texas 10 29%
Florida 8 23%
Oklahoma 3 9%
Georgia 2 6%
Arizona 1 3%
Ohio 1 3%
Method
Lethal injection 35 100%
Month
January 6 17%
February 4 12%
March 4 12%
April 6 14%
May 0 0%
June 3 9%
July 3 9%
August 1 3%
September 3 9%
October 1 3%
November 2 6%
December 2 6%
Age
20–29 1 3%
30–39 5 14%
40–49 16 46%
50–59 11 31%
60–69 2 6%
Total 35 100%

Executions in recent years[edit]

Number of executions
2015 28
2014 35
2013 39
Total 102

Notable executions[edit]

2014 was a notable year for executions. A total of ten death row inmates were executed in Missouri throughout the year, the most carried out by Missouri in a single year since capital punishment resumed in 1976.[38] 2014 also marked the first time since 2002 in which two women were executed during a single year. Suzanne Margaret Basso and Lisa Ann Coleman, who were both sentenced to death in Texas, were executed just seven months apart.[39] One notable execution was of convicted murderer Thomas Knight, who was executed in Florida. Knight spent thirty-nine years on death row before his execution was carried out.[40]

There were also three botched executions in 2014:

  • Convicted killer Dennis McGuire, age 53, took nearly 30 minutes to die – the longest execution ever recorded of the 56 carried out in Ohio since capital punishment resumed in 1999.[41][42] His execution led to a three year delay on executions being carried out in Ohio. The state did not execute any more inmates until July 2017.[43]
  • Convicted rapist and murderer Clayton Lockett suffered a heart attack during his execution in Oklahoma – he was pronounced dead 43 minutes after being sedated and reportedly writhed, groaned, convulsed, and spoke during the process. He also attempted to rise from the execution table 14 minutes into the procedure.[44]
  • Convicted murderer Joseph Rudolph Wood III, who was executed in Arizona, was pronounced dead 1 hour and 57 minutes after the drugs were injected into his system – the entire procedure took almost 2 hours when it should have taken about 10 minutes.[45]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Execution List 2014". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  3. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Thomas Knight
  4. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Michael Lee Wilson
  5. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Dennis B. McGuire
  6. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Edgar Arias Tamayo
  7. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Kenneth Eugene Hogan
  8. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Herbert L. Smulls
  9. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Suzanne Margaret Basso
  10. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Juan Carlos Chavez
  11. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Michael Anthony Taylor
  12. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Paul Augustus Howell
  13. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Ray Jasper III
  14. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Robert Laverne Henry
  15. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Jeffrey R. Ferguson
  16. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Anthony Dewayne Doyle
  17. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Tommy Lynn Sells
  18. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas
  19. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Jose Luis Villegas, Jr.
  20. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – William L. Rousan
  21. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Robert Eugene Hendrix
  22. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Clayton Derrell Lockett
  23. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Marcus A. Wellons
  24. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – John E. Winfield
  25. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – John Ruthell Henry
  26. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Eddie Wayne Davis
  27. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – John C. Middleton
  28. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Joseph Rudolph Wood III
  29. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Michael Shane Worthington
  30. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Earl Ringo, Jr.
  31. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Willie Tyrone Trottie
  32. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lisa Ann Coleman
  33. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Miguel Angel Paredes
  34. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Chadwick Banks
  35. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Leon Vincent Taylor
  36. ^ "Georgia Executes Robert Holsey After Supreme Court Denies IQ Appeal". NBC News. December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  37. ^ "Missouri carries out execution of Paul Goodwin, its 10th this year". Missourinet. December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  38. ^ "Missouri executes prisoner over hammer murder". The Guardian. December 10, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  39. ^ "Searchable Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  40. ^ Ovalle, David (January 7, 2014). "Thomas Knight, who killed Miami couple and a prison guard, executed". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on June 7, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  41. ^ "Row over 'agonising' Ohio execution of killer Dennis McGuire". BBC News. January 17, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  42. ^ Ford, Dana; Fantz, Ashley (January 17, 2014). "Controversial execution in Ohio uses new drug combination". CNN. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  43. ^ Smith, Mitch (July 26, 2017). "Ohio Carries Out Its First Execution Since 2014". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  44. ^ Brewer, Graham Lee; Fernandez, Manny (February 13, 2020). "Oklahoma Botched 2 Executions. It Says It's Ready to Try Again". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  45. ^ Dart, Tom (August 2, 2014). "Arizona inmate Joseph Wood was injected 15 times with execution drugs". The Guardian. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
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