List of individuals executed in Ohio
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A total of 24 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the U.S. state of Ohio since 1976. All were executed by lethal injection.
| Executed person | Date of execution | Murder victim | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilford Berry, Jr. | February 19, 1999 | Charles Mitroff |
| 2 | Jay D. Scott | June 14, 2001 | Vinnie M. Price |
| 3 | John William Byrd, Jr. | February 19, 2002 | Monte Tewksbury |
| 4 | Alton Coleman | April 26, 2002 | Tonnie Storey and Marlene Walters |
| 5 | Robert Anthony Buell | September 24, 2002 | Krista Lea Harrison |
| 6 | Richard Edwin Fox | February 12, 2003 | Leslie Renae Keckler |
| 7 | David M. Brewer | April 29, 2003 | Sherry Byrne |
| 8 | Ernest Martin | June 18, 2003 | Robert Robinson |
| 9 | Lewis Williams, Jr. | January 14, 2004 | Leoma Chmielewski |
| 10 | John Glenn Roe | February 3, 2004 | Donette Crawford |
| 11 | William Dean Wickline | March 30, 2004 | Peggy and Christopher Lerch |
| 12 | William G. Zuern, Jr. | June 8, 2004 | Phillip Pence |
| 13 | Stephen Allan Vrabel | July 14, 2004 | Susan Clemente and Lisa Clemente |
| 14 | Scott Andrew Mink | July 20, 2004 | William Mink and Sheila Mink |
| 15 | Adremy Dennis | October 13, 2004 | Kurt Kyle |
| 16 | William Smith | March 8, 2005 | Mary Bradford |
| 17 | Herman Dale Ashworth | September 27, 2005 | Daniel L. Baker |
| 18 | William James "Flip" Williams, Jr. | October 25, 2005 | William Dent, Alfonda R. Madison, Sr., Eric Howard and Theodore Wynn Jr. |
| 19 | John R. Hicks | November 29, 2005 | Brandy Green |
| 20 | Glenn Lee Benner II | February 7, 2006 | Trina Bowser, Cynthia Sedgwick |
| 21 | Joseph Lewis Clark | May 2, 2006 | David A. Manning, Donald B. Harris |
| 22 | Rocky Barton | July 12, 2006 | Kimbirli Jo Barton |
| 23 | Darrell Ferguson | August 8, 2006 | Thomas King, Arlie Fugate, Mae Fugate |
| 24 | Jeffrey Lundgren | October 24, 2006 | Dennis Avery, Cheryl Avery, Trina Avery, Rebecca Avery, Karen Avery |
[edit] Demographics
The demographic information on the 23 inmates executed in Ohio between February 19, 1999 and August 8, 2006 is as follows:
- African-American: ~39 percent
- Caucasian: ~61 percent
- Mean Age at Time of Execution: 44 years, 9 months
- Mean Time from Death Sentence to Execution: 14 years, 5 months
- Median Time from Death Sentence to Execution: 17 years, 1 month
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
These links are to official State of Ohio records regarding executions in the state and Ohio administrative rules and statutes pertaining to capital punishment in Ohio
- Ohio Executions 1999 to Present from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
- Capital Crimes 2005 Annual Report from the Ohio Attorney General's Office (issued April 1, 2006)
- Ohio Administrative Code 5120-9-12 Department of Rehabilitation and Correction -- Institutional rules: death row
- Ohio Revised Code § 2903.01 Aggravated murder
- Ohio Revised Code §§ 2949.21-2949.31 Death Sentence
- Ohio Revised Code § 2929.02 Penalties for murder
- All Ohio death row inmates
- Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (Location of execution chamber).
- Ohio State Penitentiary (Location of death row for male inmates)
- Ohio Reformatory for Women (Location of death row for female inmates)
