Virginia’s Execution History

Virginia has a long and dark history with the death penalty. The first execution in the New World took place in Virginia in 1608 when Captain George Kendall was executed in Jamestown for spying. Throughout its history as a colony and a state, Virginia has executed more than 1,300 people, the most of any other state. Virginia has also executed more women and the youngest children of any state.

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Since the resumption of capital punishment in the late 1970s following a de facto moratorium imposed by the courts, Virginia has executed 111 people, behind only Texas and Oklahoma during that time. The average time between conviction and execution in Virginia is less than eight years, by far the shortest in the nation.

Since the 1970s, 155 persons convicted and sentenced to death in the United States have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence, spending an average of 10 years on death row. Many of these victims of a faulty justice system would have been executed before evidence of their innocence came to light if they had been convicted in Virginia.

Virginia has executed 111 people since reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.

Executions Since 1976

Date Killed Prisoner Race Victims’ Race/Sex Victims’ Name(s)
Aug. 10, 1982 Frank Coppola W W/F Muriel Hatchell
Oct. 12, 1984 Linwood Briley B W/M John Gallaher
Apr. 18, 1985 James Briley B B/F
B/M
Judy Barton
Harvey Barton
June 25, 1985 Morris Mason B W/F Muriel Hand
Aug. 31, 1986 Michael Smith B W/F Audrey Weiler
July 6, 1987 Richard Whitley W W/F Phoebe Parsons
Apr. 14, 1988 Earl Clanton B B/F Wilhelmina Smith
Aug. 30, 1989 Alton Waye B W/F Laverne Marshall
July 19, 1990 Richard Boggs W W/F Treeby Shaw
Oct. 17, 1990 Wilbert Evans B B/M William Truesdale
Dec. 13, 1990 Buddy Justus W W/F Ida Mae Moses
July 24, 1991 Albert Clozza W W/F Patricia Bolton
Aug. 22, 1991 Derick Peterson B W/M Howard Kauffman
May 20, 1992 Roger Coleman W W/F Wanda McCoy
July 23, 1992 Edward Fitzgerald W W/F Patricia Cubbage
Sept. 15, 1992 Willie Jones B B/M
B/F
Graham Adkins
Myra Adkins
Dec. 10, 1992 Timothy Bunch W A/F Su Cha Thomas
Jan. 19, 1993 Charles Stamper B B/F
2-B/M
Agnes Hicks
Franklin Cooley
Stephen Staples
Mar. 18, 1993 Syvasky Poyner B W/F
W/F
W/F
W/F
W/F
Joyce Baldwin
Louise Paulett
Vicki Ripple
Chestine Brooks
Carolyn Hedrick
June 17, 1993 Andrew Chabrol W W/F Lisa Herrington
Sept. 14, 1993 Joe Wise B W/M William Ricketson
Dec. 16, 1993 David Pruett W W/F
W/F
Wilma Harvey
Debra McInnis
Mar. 3, 1994 Johnny Watkins B W/F
W/M
Betty Barker
Carl Buchanan
Apr. 27, 1994 Timothy Spencer B W/F
W/F
W/F
W/F
Susan Tucker
Debbie Davis
Susan Hellams
Diane Cho
Jan. 24, 1995 Dana Edmonds B W/M John Elliott
May 25, 1995 Willie Turner B W/M Jack Smith
Sept. 27, 1995 Dennis Stockton W W/M Kenneth Arnder
Oct. 19, 1995 Mickey Davidson W W/F
W/F
W/F
Doris Davidson
Mamie Clatterbuck
Tammy Clatterbuck
Nov. 13, 1995 Herman Barnes B W/M
W/M
Clyde Jenkins
Mohammed Afifi
Jan. 4, 1996 Walter Correll W W/M Charles Bousman
Jan. 23,1996 Richard Townes B W/F Virginia Goebel
July 17, 1996 Joseph Savino W W/M Thos McWaters
Nov. 21, 1996 Ronald Bennett B W/F Anne Keller Vaden
Dec. 3, 1996 Gregory Beaver W W/M Leo Whitt
Dec. 10, 1996 Larry Stout B W/F Jacqueline Kooshian
Dec. 12, 1996 Lem Tuggle W W/F Jessie Havens
Dec. 16, 1996 Ronald Hoke W W/F Virginia Stell
Feb. 6, 1997 Michael George W W/M Alexander Sztanko
Feb. 26, 1997 Coleman Gray B W/M Richard McClelland
July 17, 1997 Roy Bruce Smith W W/M Sgt. John Conner
July 23, 1997 Joseph O’Dell W W/F Helen Schartner
Aug.19, 1997 Carlton Pope B W/F Cynthia Gray
Sept. 17, 1997 Mario Murphy F* W/M James Radcliff
Nov. 13, 1997 Dawud Mu’Min B W/F Gladys Nopwasky
Dec. 9, 1997 Michael Satcher B W/F Anne Elizabeth Borghesani
Dec. 11, 1997 Thomas Beavers W B/F Marguerite Lowery
Feb. 10, 1998 Tony Mackall B W/F Mary Elizabeth Dahn
Mar. 18, 1998 Douglas Buchanan, Jr. W W/M
W/M
W/M
W/F
Douglas Buchanan Sr.
Donald Patterson
Joel Jerry Patterson
Geraldine Patterson Buchanan
Mar. 25, 1998 Ronald Watkins B W/M William McCauley
Apr. 14, 1998 Angel Breard F** W/F Ruth Dickie
June 18, 1998 Dennis Eaton W W/M Jerry Hines
July 23, 1998 Danny King W W/F Carolyn Rogers
Aug. 20, 1998 Lance Chandler B W/M William Dix
Aug. 31, 1998 Johnile DuBois B W/M Philip Council
Sept. 23, 1998 Kenneth Stewart, Jr. W W/F
W/M
Cynthia Stewart
Jonathan Stewart
Oct. 14, 1998 Dwayne Wright B B/F Saba Tekle
Oct. 21, 1998 Ronald Fitzgerald B B/M
B/M
Coy White
Hugh Morrison
Nov. 17, 1998 Kenneth Wilson B B/F Jacqueline Stephens
Dec. 3, 1998 Kevin Cardwell B B/M Anthony Brown
Jan. 20, 1999 Mark Sheppard B W/M
W/F
Richard Rosenbluth
Rebecca Rosenbluth
Feb. 4, 1999 Tony Fry W W/M Leland Jacobs
March 9, 1999 George Quesinberry W W/M Thomas Haynes
March 25, 1999 David Lee Fisher W W/M David Wilkey
April 13, 1999 Carl Chichester B W/M Timothy Rigney
April 20, 1999 Arthur Jenkins W W/M
W/M
Floyd Jenkins
Lee Brinklow
April 28, 1999 Eric Payne W W/F
B/F
Sally Fazio
Ruth Parham
April 29, 1999 Ronald Yeatts B F Ruby Dodson
July 21, 1999 Thomas Strickler W B/F Leann Whitlock
Aug. 17, 1999 Marlon Williams B W/F Helen Bedsole
Sept. 16, 1999 Everett Mueller W W/F Charity Powers
Oct. 19, 1999 Jason Joseph B Jeffrey Anderson
Nov. 9, 1999 Thomas Royal, Jr. B Kenny Wallace
Dec. 9, 1999 Andre Graham B W/F Sheryl Stack
Jan. 10, 2000 Douglas Thomas W W/F
W/M
Kathy Wiseman
James Wiseman
Jan. 13, 2000 Steve Roach W W/F Mary Ann Hughes
March 16,2000 Lonnie Weeks, Jr. B H/M Jose Cavazos
July 6, 2000 Michael Clagett W W/M
W/F
F~M
F~1 M
Wendel Parrish
Karen Rounds
Lam Van Son
Abdelaziz Gren
August 30, 2000 Russel Burket W 2W/F Katherine Tafelski
Ashley Tafelski
Sept. 14, 2000 Derek Barnabei W W/F Sarah Wisnosky
Oct. 10, 2000 Bobby Ramdass B F~2 M Mohammad Kayani
Dec. 6, 2000 Christopher Goins B 3B/M, 2B/F James Randolf, Jr.,Daphne Jones,
Nicole Jones,David Jones, Robert Jones
March 1, 2001 Thomas Akers W W/M Wesley Smith
October 18, 2001 Christoher Beck W 2W/M 1W/F Florence Marks, William Miller, David Kaplan
March 14, 2002 James Earl Patterson W W/F Joyce Aldridge
April 2, 2002 Daniel Lee Zirkle W 2WF Jessica Shifflett, Christina Zirkle
June 12, 2002 Walter Mickens, Jr. B W/M Timothy Hall
November 14, 2002 Aimal Kahn Kasi F~2 2W/M Frank Darling, Lansing Bennett
April 9, 2003 Earl Bramblett W 1W/M, 3W/F Blaine Hodges, Teresa Hodges, Winter Hodges, Anah Hodges
July 22, 2003 Bobby Swisher W 1W/F Dawn McNees Snyder
March 18, 2004 Brian Lee Cherrix W W/F Tessa Van Hart
March 31, 2004 Dennis Orbe W W/M Richard Sterling Burnett
July 22, 2004 Mark Bailey W/F
W/M
Katherine Bailey
Nathan Bailey
August 18, 2004 James Hudson W W/M
W/M
W/F
Walter Stanley Cole
Thomas Wesley Cole
Patsy Ayers Cole
September 9, 2004 James Reid B B/F Annie V Lester
April 27, 2006 Dexter Lee Vinson B W/F Angela Felton
June 20, 2006 Brandon Hedrick W B/F Lisa Crider
July 27, 2006 Michael Lenz W W/M Brent Parker
Nov. 9, 2006 John Yancey Schmitt W B/M Earl Shelton Dunning
May 27, 2008 Kevin Green B W/F Patricia Vaughan
June 25, 2008 Robert Yarbrough B W/M Cyril Hamby
July 10, 2008 Kent Jackson B W/F Beulah Kaiser
July 24, 2008 Christopher Scott Emmett W W/M John Langley
Feb. 19, 2009 Edward Nathaniel Bell B W/M Ricky Timbrook
Nov. 11, 2009 John Allen Muhammad B M
M
M
F
F
M
M
M
F
James Martin
James Buchanan
Premkumar Walekar
Sarah Ramos
Lori Lewis-Rivera
Pascal Charlot
Dean Meyers
Kenneth Bridges
Linda Franklin
Nov. 17, 2009 Larry Bill Elliott (electrocuted) W W/F
W/M
Dana Thrall
Robert Finch
March 18, 2010 Paul Warner Powell (electrocuted) W W/F Stacie Reed
May 20, 2010 Darik Walker B B/M
B/M
Clarence Elwood
Stanley Beale
Sept. 24, 2010 Teresa Lewis W W/M
W/M
Julian Lewis
Charles Lewis
Aug. 18, 2011 Jerry Terrell Jackson B W/F Ruth Phillips
Jan. 16, 2013 Robert C. Gleason W M
M
Harvey Watson
Aaron Cooper
Oct. 1, 2015 Alfredo R. Prieto H WF
WM
Rachael Raver
Warren Fulton III
Jan. 18, 2017 Ricky Javon Gray B W/M
W/F
W/F
W/F
Bryan Harvey
Kathryn Harvey
Stella Harvey
Ruby Harvey
July 6, 2017 William Morva W B/M
W/M
Derrick McFarland
Eric Sutphin

(Race: w=white; b=Afro-American; a=asian; h=hispanic. Sex:m=male; f=female)
*Foreign – Mexican national
**Foreign – Paraguayan national
~ Foreign- Vietnamese national
~1 Foreign- Moroccan national
~2 Foreign- Pakistani national

Condemned Prisoners who Committed Suicide on the Row

Date of Death Prisoner Race Victims’ Race/Sex Victims’ Name
Dec. 6, 1983 Manual Quintana Camego H H/F Ophelia Quintero
Apr. 7, l987 John Levasseur A W/F Pamela Benner
June 13, 1993 Wayne DeLong W B/M George Taylor
Mar. 1, 2001 David Overton W W/M Edgar Williams
February 23, 2004 Jeffery Remington W M Brent Parker

Died While Incarcerated on Death Row

Date of Death Prisoner Race Victims’ Race/Sex Victims’ Name
Oct. 28, 1993 Delasandro Barber B W/M Williams Geddes
Dec. 28 2001 Enrico Alaia Todd Taylor/ Terry Garner