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.

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.

	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or Independent City	Method	Victim	Governor
1		White	38	M	August 10, 1982	Newport News	Electrocution	Muriel Hatchell	Chuck Robb
2		Black	30	M	October 12, 1984	Richmond City	Electrocution	John Gallaher	Chuck Robb
3		Black	28	M	April 18, 1985	Richmond City	Electrocution	Judy Barton, Harvey Barton, and Harvey Wilkerson	Chuck Robb
4		Black	31	M	June 25, 1985	Northampton	Electrocution	Margaret Hand	Chuck Robb
5		Black	40	M	July 31, 1986	James City	Electrocution	Audrey Jean Weiler	Gerald Baliles
6		White	41	M	July 6, 1987	Fairfax	Electrocution	Phoebe Parsons	Gerald Baliles
7		Black	33	M	April 14, 1988	Petersburg	Electrocution	Wilhemina Smith	Gerald Baliles
8		Black	34	M	August 30, 1989	Lunenburg	Electrocution	Laverne Marshall	Gerald Baliles
9		White	27	M	July 19, 1990	Portsmouth	Electrocution	Treeby Shaw	Douglas Wilder
10		Black	44	M	October 17, 1990	Alexandria City	Electrocution	Sheriff Deputy William Truesdale	Douglas Wilder
11		White	37	M	December 13, 1990	Montgomery	Electrocution	Ida Mae Moses	Douglas Wilder
12		White	31	M	July 24, 1991	Virginia Beach	Electrocution	Patricia Ann Bolton	Douglas Wilder
13		Black	30	M	August 22, 1991	Hampton	Electrocution	Howard Kauffman	Douglas Wilder
14		White	33	M	May 20, 1992	Buchanan	Electrocution	Wanda Fay McCoy	Douglas Wilder
15		White	34	M	July 23, 1992	Chesterfield	Electrocution	Patricia Cubbage	Douglas Wilder
16		Black	34	M	September 15, 1992	James City	Electrocution	Graham Adkins and Myra Adkins	Douglas Wilder
17		White	33	M	December 10, 1992	Prince William	Electrocution	Su Cha Thomas	Douglas Wilder
18		Black	39	M	January 19, 1993	Henrico	Electrocution	Franklin Cooley, Agnes Hicks, and Stephen Staples	Douglas Wilder
19		Black	36	M	March 18, 1993	Williamsburg	Electrocution	5 murder victims	Douglas Wilder
20		White	36	M	June 17, 1993	Chesapeake	Electrocution	Lisa Harrington	Douglas Wilder
21		Black	31	M	September 14, 1993	Mecklenburg	Electrocution	William Ricketson	Douglas Wilder
22		White	44	M	December 16, 1993	Virginia Beach	Electrocution	Wilma Harvey and Debra McInnis	Douglas Wilder
23		Black	33	M	March 3, 1994	Pittsylvania and Danville	Electrocution	Betty Barker and Carl Buchanan	George Allen
24		Black	32	M	April 27, 1994	Arlington and Richmond City	Electrocution	4 murder victims	George Allen
25		Black	32	M	January 24, 1995	Danville	Lethal injection	John Elliot	George Allen
26		Black	49	M	May 26, 1995	Southampton	Lethal injection	W. Jack Smith Jr.	George Allen
27		White	54	M	September 27, 1995	Patrick	Lethal injection	Kenneth Wayne Arnder	George Allen
28		White	38	M	October 19, 1995	Smyth	Lethal injection	Doris Davidson, Mamie Clatterbuck, and Tammy Clatterbuck	George Allen
29		Black	31	M	November 13, 1995	Hampton	Lethal injection	Clyde Jenkins and Mohammed Afifi	George Allen
30		White	34	M	January 4, 1996	Franklin	Lethal injection	Charles W. Bousman Jr.	George Allen
31		Black	45	M	January 23, 1996	Virginia Beach	Lethal injection	Virginia Goebel	George Allen
32		White	37	M	July 17, 1996	Bedford	Lethal injection	Thomas McWaters	George Allen
33		Black	42	M	November 21, 1996	Chesterfield	Lethal injection	Anne Keller Vaden	George Allen
34		White	30	M	December 4, 1996	Prince George	Lethal injection	State Trooper Leo Whitt	George Allen
35		Black	33	M	December 10, 1996	Staunton	Lethal injection	Jacqueline Kooshian	George Allen
36		White	44	M	December 12, 1996	Smyth	Lethal injection	Jessie Geneva Havens	George Allen
37		White	39	M	December 16, 1996	Petersburg	Lethal injection	Virginia Stell	George Allen
38		White	39	M	February 6, 1997	Prince William	Lethal injection	Alexander Sztanko	George Allen
39		Black	39	M	February 26, 1997	Suffolk	Lethal injection	Richard McClelland	George Allen
40		White	50	M	July 17, 1997	Prince William	Lethal injection	Manassas Police Officer John Conner	George Allen
41		White	54	M	July 23, 1997	Virginia Beach	Lethal injection	Helen Schartner	George Allen
42		Black	35	M	August 19, 1997	Portsmouth	Lethal injection	Cynthia Gray	George Allen
43		Hispanic	25	M	September 17, 1997	Virginia Beach	Lethal injection	James Radcliff	George Allen
44		Black	44	M	November 13, 1997	Prince William	Lethal injection	Gladys Nopwasky	George Allen
45		Black	29	M	December 9, 1997	Arlington	Lethal injection	Anne Borghesani	George Allen
46		White	26	M	December 11, 1997	Hampton	Lethal injection	Marguerite Lowery	George Allen
47		Black	33	M	February 10, 1998	Prince William	Lethal injection	Mary Elizabeth Dahn	Jim Gilmore
48		White	29	M	March 18, 1998	Amherst	Lethal injection	4 murder victims	Jim Gilmore
49		Black	35	M	March 25, 1998	Danville	Lethal injection	William McCauley	Jim Gilmore
50		Hispanic	32	M	April 14, 1998	Arlington	Lethal injection	Ruth Dickie	Jim Gilmore
51		White	41	M	June 18, 1998	Rockbridge	Lethal injection	Virginia State Trooper Jerry Hines	Jim Gilmore
52		White	47	M	July 23, 1998	Roanoke	Lethal injection	Carolyn Horton Rogers	Jim Gilmore
53		Black	25	M	August 20, 1998	Halifax	Lethal injection	Billy Dix	Jim Gilmore
54		Black	31	M	August 31, 1998	Portsmouth	Lethal injection	Philip Council	Jim Gilmore
55		White	44	M	September 23, 1998	Bedford	Electrocution	Cynthia Stewart and Jonathan Stewart	Jim Gilmore
56		Black	26	M	October 14, 1998	Fairfax	Lethal injection	Saba Tekle	Jim Gilmore
57		Black	29	M	October 21, 1998	Pittsylvania	Lethal injection	Coy H. White and Hugh Morrison	Jim Gilmore
58		Black	34	M	November 17, 1998	Newport News	Lethal injection	Jacqueline Stephens	Jim Gilmore
59		Black	29	M	December 3, 1998	Henrico	Lethal injection	Anthony Brown	Jim Gilmore
60		Black	27	M	January 20, 1999	Chesterfield	Lethal injection	Richard Rosenbluth and Rebecca Rosenbluth	Jim Gilmore
61		White	23	M	February 4, 1999	Chesterfield	Lethal injection	Leland A. Jacobs	Jim Gilmore
62		White	37	M	March 9, 1999	Chesterfield	Lethal injection	Thomas L. Haynes	Jim Gilmore
63		White	57	M	March 25, 1999	Bedford	Lethal injection	David William Wilkey	Jim Gilmore
64		Black	36	M	April 13, 1999	Prince William	Lethal injection	Timothy Rigney	Jim Gilmore
65		White	29	M	April 20, 1999	Warren	Lethal injection	Floyd Jenkins and Lee H. Brinklow	Jim Gilmore
66		White	26	M	April 28, 1999	Hanover and Richmond City	Lethal injection	Ruth Parham and Sally Marie Fazio	Jim Gilmore
67		White	38	M	April 29, 1999	Pittsylvania	Lethal injection	Ruby Meeks Dodson	Jim Gilmore
68		White	33	M	July 21, 1999	Augusta	Lethal injection	Leann Whitlock	Jim Gilmore
69		Black	26	M	August 17, 1999	Chesapeake	Lethal injection	Helen Bedsole	Jim Gilmore
70		White	51	M	September 16, 1999	Chesterfield	Lethal injection	Charity Powers	Jim Gilmore
71		Black	27	M	October 19, 1999	Portsmouth	Lethal injection	Jeffrey Anderson	Jim Gilmore
72		Black	32	M	November 9, 1999	Hampton	Lethal injection	Hampton Police Officer Kenny Wallace	Jim Gilmore
73		Black	29	M	December 9, 1999	Richmond City	Lethal injection	Sheryl Stack	Jim Gilmore
74		White	26	M	January 10, 2000	Middlesex	Lethal injection	James B. Wiseman and Kathy J. Wiseman	Jim Gilmore
75		White	23	M	January 13, 2000	Greene	Lethal injection	Mary Ann Hughes	Jim Gilmore
76		Black	27	M	March 16, 2000	Hampton	Lethal injection	Virginia State Trooper Jose M. Cavazos	Jim Gilmore
77		White	39	M	July 6, 2000	Virginia Beach	Electrocution	4 murder victims	Jim Gilmore
78		White	32	M	August 30, 2000	Virginia Beach	Lethal injection	Katherine Tafelski and Ashley Tafelski	Jim Gilmore
79		White	33	M	September 14, 2000	Norfolk	Lethal injection	Sarah Wisnosky	Jim Gilmore
80		Black	28	M	October 10, 2000	Fairfax	Lethal injection	Mohammed Kayani	Jim Gilmore
81		Black	27	M	December 6, 2000	Richmond City	Lethal injection	5 murder victims	Jim Gilmore
82		White	31	M	March 1, 2001	Franklin	Lethal injection	Wesley Brant Smith	Jim Gilmore
83		White	26	M	October 18, 2001	Arlington	Lethal injection	Florence Marie Marks, David Kaplan, and William Miller	Jim Gilmore
84		White	35	M	March 13, 2002	Prince George	Lethal injection	Joyce Snead Aldridge	Mark Warner
85		White	33	M	April 2, 2002	Page	Lethal injection	Christina Zirkle and Jessica Shiflett	Mark Warner
86		Black	47	M	June 12, 2002	Newport News	Lethal injection	Timothy Jason Hall	Mark Warner
87		Asian	38	M	November 14, 2002	Fairfax	Lethal injection	Frank Darling and Lansing Bennett	Mark Warner
88		White	61	M	April 9, 2003	Roanoke	Electrocution	4 murder victims	Mark Warner
89		White	27	M	July 22, 2003	Augusta	Lethal injection	Dawn McNees Snyder	Mark Warner
90		White	30	M	March 18, 2004	Accomack	Lethal injection	Tessa Van Hart	Mark Warner
91		White	39	M	March 31, 2004	York	Lethal injection	Richard Burnett	Mark Warner
92		White	34	M	July 22, 2004	Hampton	Lethal injection	Katherine Bailey and Nathan Bailey	Mark Warner
93		White	56	M	August 18, 2004	Halifax	Lethal injection	Stanley Cole, Walter Cole, and Patsy Cole	Mark Warner
94		Black	58	M	September 9, 2004	Montgomery	Lethal injection	Annie Mae Lester	Mark Warner
95		Black	43	M	April 27, 2006	Halifax	Lethal injection	Angela Felton	Tim Kaine
96		White	27	M	July 20, 2006	Appomattox	Electrocution	Lisa Yvonne Crider	Tim Kaine
97		White	42	M	July 27, 2006	Augusta	Lethal injection	Inmate Brent H. Parker	Tim Kaine
98		White	33	M	November 9, 2006	Chesterfield	Lethal injection	Earl Shelton Dunning	Tim Kaine
99		Black	31	M	May 27, 2008	Brunswick	Lethal injection	Patricia L. Vaughan	Tim Kaine
100		Black	30	M	June 25, 2008	Mecklenburg	Lethal injection	Cyril Hugh Hamby	Tim Kaine
101		Black	26	M	July 10, 2008	Newport News	Lethal injection	Beulah Mae Kaiser	Tim Kaine
102		White	36	M	July 24, 2008	Danville	Lethal injection	John Fenton Langley	Tim Kaine
103		Black	44	M	February 19, 2009	Winchester	Lethal injection	Winchester Police Officer Ricky Timbrook	Tim Kaine
104		Black	48	M	November 10, 2009	Prince William	Lethal injection	Dean Harold Meyers	Tim Kaine
105		White	60	M	November 17, 2009	Prince William	Electrocution	Dana Thrall and Robert Finch	Tim Kaine
106		White	31	M	March 18, 2010	Prince William	Electrocution	Stacie Reed	Bob McDonnell
107		Black	37	M	May 20, 2010	Henrico	Lethal injection	Stanley Beale and Clarence Elwood Threat	Bob McDonnell
108		White	41	F	September 23, 2010	Pittsylvania	Lethal injection	Julian C. Lewis and Charles J. Lewis	Bob McDonnell
109		Black	30	M	August 18, 2011	Williamsburg	Lethal injection	Ruth Phillips	Bob McDonnell
110		White	42	M	January 16, 2013	Wise	Electrocution	Harvey Gray Watson Jr. and Aaron Alexander Cooper	Bob McDonnell
111		Hispanic	49	M	October 1, 2015	Fairfax	Lethal injection	Rachael A. Raver and Warren H. Fulton III	Terry McAuliffe
112		Black	39	M	January 18, 2017	Richmond City	Lethal injection	4 murder victims	Terry McAuliffe
113		White	35	M	July 6, 2017	Montgomery	Lethal injection	Sheriff Deputy Eric Sutphin and Derrick McFarland	Terry McAuliffe