List of people executed in Arkansas
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arkansas since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States .
31 people have been executed in Arkansas since 1976: 30 males and 1 female (Christina Marie Riggs ). All but John Swindler (who was executed by electric chair ) were executed by lethal injection . All were executed for the crime of murder.[1]
List of people executed in Arkansas since 1976
No.
Name
Race
Age
Sex
Date of execution
County
Method
Victim(s)
Governor
1
John Edward Swindler
White
46
M
June 18, 1990
Sebastian
Electrocution
Fort Smith police officer Randy Basnett[a]
Bill Clinton
2
Ronald Gene Simmons
White
49
M
June 25, 1990
Pope
Lethal injection
16 murder victims[b]
3
Ricky Ray Rector
Black
42
M
January 24, 1992
Faulkner
Conway police officer Robert Martin
4
Steven Douglas Hill
White
25
M
May 7, 1992
Pulaski
Arkansas State police officer Robert Klein
5
Edward Charles Pickens
Black
39
M
May 11, 1994
Prairie
Wesley Noble
Jim Guy Tucker
6
Jonas Hoten Whitmore
White
50
M
Montgomery
Essie Mae Black
7
Hoyt Franklin Clines
White
37
M
August 3, 1994
Benton
Donald Lehman
8
Darryl V. Richley
White
43
M
9
James William Holmes
White
37
M
10
Richard Wayne Snell
White
64
M
April 19, 1995
Miller
William Stumpp
11
Barry Lee Fairchild
Black
41
M
August 31, 1995
Pulaski
Marjorie Mason
12
William Frank Parker
White
41
M
August 8, 1996
Benton
James Warren and Sandra Warren
Mike Huckabee
13
Paul Ruiz
Hispanic
49
M
January 8, 1997
Logan
Magazine Town Marshall Marvin Richie and Opal James[c] [2]
14
Earl Von Denton
White
47
M
15
Kirt Douglas Wainwright
Black
30
M
Nevada
Barbara Smith
16
Eugene Wallace Perry
White
53
M
August 6, 1997
Crawford
Kenneth Staton and Suzanne Staton-Ware
17
Wilburn A. Henderson
White
56
M
July 8, 1998
Sebastian
Willa Dean O'Neal
18
Johnie Michael Cox
White
42
M
February 16, 1999
White
Marie Sullens, Margaret Brown, and Billy Brown
19
Marion Albert Pruett
White
49
M
April 12, 1999
Sebastian
Bobbie Jean Robertson[d]
20
Mark Edward Gardner
White
43
M
September 8, 1999
Joe Joyce, Martha Joyce, and Sara McCurdy
21
Alan Willett
White
52
M
Johnson
Eric Willett and Roger Willett
22
Christina Marie Riggs
White
28
F
May 2, 2000
Pulaski
Justin Riggs and Shelby Alexis Riggs
23
David Dewayne Johnson
Black
37
M
December 19, 2000
Leon Brown
24
Clay King Smith
White
30
M
May 8, 2001
Jefferson
5 murder victims[e]
25
Riley Dobi Noel
Black
31
M
July 9, 2003
Pulaski
Marcell Young, Malak Hussian, and Mustafa Hussian
26
Charles Laverne Singleton
Black
44
M
January 6, 2004
Ashley
Mary Lou York
27
Eric Randall Nance
White
45
M
November 28, 2005
Hot Spring
Julie Heath
28
Ledell T. Lee
Black
51
M
April 20, 2017
Pulaski
Debra Reese
Asa Hutchinson
29
Jack Harold Jones Jr.
White
52
M
April 24, 2017
White
Mary Phillips[f]
30
Marcel Wayne Williams
Black
46
M
Pulaski
Stacy Rae Errickson
31
Kenneth Dewayne Williams
Black
38
M
April 27, 2017
Lincoln
Cecil Boren[g]
Demographics
See also
Notes
^ Swindler was also convicted in South Carolina for killing Gregory Becknell and Dorothy Rhodes
^ The 16 victims were: Ronald Simmons Jr., Bersabe Simmons, Barbara Simmons, Loretta Simmons, Eddy Simmons, Marianne Simmons, Rebecca Simmons, William Simmons II, Renata Simmons, William Simmons III, Sheila McNulty, Dennis McNulty, Sylvia McNulty, Michael McNulty, Kathleen Kendrick, and James Chaffin.
^ Ruiz and Von Denton also killed four other people in Louisiana and Oklahoma.
^ Pruett also killed four other people in New Mexico, Mississippi and Colorado.
^ The 5 victims were: Misty Erwin, Shelley Sorg, Sean Sorg, Taylor Sorg, and Samantha Rhodes.
^ Jones also killed Regina Harrison and Lori Barrett in Florida.
^ Williams was previously convicted of murdering Dominique Hurd and Jerrell Jenkins.
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