List of individuals executed in North Carolina

There have been 43 executions in North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, under the current statute, since it was adopted in 1977. All were for murder and were performed using lethal injection

Lethal injection

Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...

, except those indicated with a * which were performed using the gas chamber

Gas chamber

A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing humans or animals with gas, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. The most commonly used poisonous agent is hydrogen cyanide; carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide have also been used...

	Executed person	Date of execution	Victims	Under Governor
1	James W. Hutchins James W. Hutchins James W. Hutchins was convicted of the murders of three NC law enforcement officers. The incident was the largest one-day homicide of law enforcement officers in North Carolina history...	16 March 1984	Roy Huskey, Owen Messersmith, and Pete Peterson	James B. Hunt, Jr.
2	Margie Velma Barfield Velma Barfield Margie Velma Barfield was a serial killer, convicted of six murders. She was the first woman in the United States to be executed after the 1976 resumption of capital punishment and the first since 1962...	2 November 1984	Stuart Taylor	James B. Hunt, Jr.
3	John William Rook	19 September 1986	Ann Marie Roche	James G. Martin James G. Martin James Grubbs "Jim" Martin is the 70th Governor of the state of North Carolina. He served from 1985 to 1993. He was the second Republican elected to the office after Reconstruction, and the fifth overall. He is also the only Republican to serve two full terms as governor.-Early Life &...
4	Michael Van McDougall	18 October 1991	Dianne Parker	James G. Martin
5	John Sterling Gardner, Jr.	23 October 1992	Richard Adams and Kim Miller	James G. Martin
6	David Lawson*	16 June 1994	Wayne Shinn	James B. Hunt, Jr.
7	Kermit Smith, Jr. Kermit Smith, Jr. Kermit Smith, Jr. was executed by the state of North Carolina for the kidnap, rape, and murder of a 20-year-old college cheerleader...	24 January 1995	Whelette Collins	James B. Hunt, Jr.
8	Phillip Lee Ingle	22 September 1995	William Fred Davis	James B. Hunt, Jr.
9	Ricky Lee Sanderson*	30 January 1998	Sue Ellen Holliman	James B. Hunt, Jr.
10	Zane Brown Hill	14 August 1998	Randall Hill	James B. Hunt, Jr.
11	John Thomas Noland, Jr.	20 November 1998	Cindy Milton	James B. Hunt, Jr.
12	James David Rich	26 March 1999	Paul Gwyn	James B. Hunt, Jr.
13	Harvey Lee Green	24 September 1999	Sheila Bland	James B. Hunt, Jr.
14	Arthur Martin Boyd, Jr.	21 October 1999	Wanda Hartman	James B. Hunt, Jr.
15	David Junior Brown	19 November 1999	Shelly Chalflinch and Christina Chalflinch	James B. Hunt, Jr.
16	Michael Earl Sexton	9 November 2000	Kimberly Crews	James B. Hunt, Jr.
17	Willie Ervin Fisher	9 March 2001	Angela Johnson	Mike Easley Mike Easley Michael Francis "Mike" Easley is an American politician who served as the 72nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, from 2001 to 2009. He is member of the North Carolina Democratic Party and became the first North Carolina governor to admit to a felony in a deal that halted a lengthy...
18	Clifton Allen White	24 August 2001	Kimberly Ewing	Mike Easley
19	Ronald Wayne Frye	31 August 2001	Ralph Childress	Mike Easley
20	David Junior Ward	12 October 2001	Dorothy Mae Smith	Mike Easley
21	John Hardy Rose	30 November 2001	Patricia Stewart	Mike Easley
22	Ernest West Basden Ernest West Basden Ernest West Basden was convicted of the 1992 murder of Billy Carlyle White for $300 and in 2002 was executed by the State of North Carolina at the Central Prison in Raleigh....	6 December 2002	Billy White	Mike Easley
23	Desmond Keith Carter Desmond Keith Carter Desmond Keith Carter was convicted of the 1992 murder of Helen Purdy and executed in 2002 by the State of North Carolina at the Central Prison in Raleigh....	10 December 2002	Helen Purdy	Mike Easley
24	William Quentin Jones	22 August 2003	Edward Peebles	Mike Easley
25	Henry Lee Hunt	12 September 2003	Larry Jones and Jackie Ransom	Mike Easley
26	Joseph Earl Bates	26 September 2003	Charles Jenkins	Mike Easley
27	Edward Ernest Hartman Edward Hartman Edward Ernest Hartman was convicted of the 1993 murder of Herman Smith, Sr. and was executed via lethal injection in 2003 by the State of North Carolina at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina....	3 October 2003	Herman Larry Smith, Sr.	Mike Easley
28	Joseph Timothy Keel	7 November 2003	John Simmons	Mike Easley
29	John Dennis Daniels	14 November 2003	Isabelle Daniels Crawford	Mike Easley
30	Robbie James Lyons Robbie Lyons Robbie James Lyons was convicted of the 1993 murder of Stephen Wilson Stafford and in 2003 was executed at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina.-Prior arrests:...	5 December 2003	Stephen Stafford	Mike Easley
31	Raymond Dale Rowsey Raymond Dale Rowsey Raymond Dayle Rowsey was convicted of the 1992 murder of Howard Rue Sikorski and was executed in 2004 at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina.-Crime:...	9 January 2004	Howard Sikorski	Mike Easley
32	Sammy Crystal Perkins	8 October 2004	Lashenna Moore	Mike Easley
33	Charles Wesley Roache	22 October 2004	Chad McKinley Watt, Earl Phillips, Cora Phillips, Eddie Phillips, Mitzi Phillips, and Katie Phillips	Mike Easley
34	Frank Ray Chandler	12 November 2004	Doris Poore	Mike Easley
35	William Dillard Powell William Dillard Powell William Dillard Powell , a 58-year-old white male, was executed by lethal injection at the Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina on March 11, 2005. Powell was found guilty of the 1991 murder of Mary Gladden, a 54-year-old white female...	11 March 2005	Mary Gladden	Mike Easley
36	Earl J. Richmond, Jr.	6 May 2005	Helisa S. Hayes, Phillip Hayes, and Darien Hayes	Mike Easley
37	Steven Van McHone Steven Van McHone Steven Van McHone was a murderer executed by the U.S. state of North Carolina. He was convicted of killing his mother, Mildred Johnson Adams, and stepfather Wesley Dalton Adams, Sr. on June 3, 1990 in Surry County, North Carolina.-Crime:Steven McHone's step brother Wesley Adams, Jr. and his wife...	11 November 2005	Mildred Adams and Wesley Adams, Sr.	Mike Easley
38	Elias Hanna Syriani	18 November 2005	Teresa Yousef Syriani	Mike Easley
39	Kenneth Lee Boyd Kenneth Lee Boyd Kenneth Lee Boyd was a murderer who was executed by the U.S. state of North Carolina. He was convicted of the March 4, 1988 murder in Stoneville of his wife, Julie Curry Boyd and her father Thomas Dillard Curry. He was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m...	2 December 2005	Julie Curry Boyd and Thomas Dillard Curry	Mike Easley
40	Perrie Dyon Simpson	20 January 2006	Jean Ernest Darter	Mike Easley
41	Patrick Lane Moody Patrick Moody Patrick Lane Moody was a convicted killer, put to death by lethal injection in Raleigh's Central Prison.On September 16, 1994, Moody, who was of marginal intelligence, shot and killed his girlfriend's husband...	17 March 2006	Donnie Robbins	Mike Easley
42	Willie Brown, Jr. Willie Brown Jr. Willie Brown, Jr. , was sentenced to death on November 15, 1983 by the Martin County, North Carolina Superior Court for the March 6, 1983 murder of Vallerie Ann Roberson Dixon....	21 April 2006	Valerie Ann Roberson Dixon	Mike Easley
43	Samuel Russell Flippen	18 August 2006	Britnie Nichole Hutton	Mike Easley

Sources

The Death Penalty. North Carolina Department of Correction.
Persons removed from Death Row. North Carolina Department of Correction. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.

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