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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of North Carolina since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.

There have been a total of 43 executions in North Carolina, under the current statute, since it was adopted in 1977. All of the people executed were convicted of murder. Of the 43 people executed, 42 were male and 1 was female. 41 were executed via lethal injection and 2 via gas chamber.[1]

List of people executed in North Carolina since 1976

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No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Method Victim(s) Governor
1 James William Hutchins White 54 M March 16, 1984 McDowell Lethal injection Roy Huskey, Owen Messersmith, and Robert "Pete" Peterson[a] Jim Hunt
2 Margie Velma Barfield White 52 F November 2, 1984 Bladen Stuart Taylor
3 John William Rook White 27 M September 19, 1986 Wake Ann Marie Roche James G. Martin
4 Michael Van McDougall White 36 M October 18, 1991 Mecklenburg Dianne Parker
5 John Sterling Gardner Jr. White 34 M October 23, 1992 Forsyth Richard Adams and Kim Miller
6 David Scarborough Lawson White 38 M June 15, 1994 Cabarrus Gas chamber Wayne Shinn Jim Hunt
7 Kermit Smith Jr. White 37 M January 24, 1995 Halifax Lethal injection Whelette Collins
8 Phillip Lee Ingle White 34 M September 22, 1995 Rutherford 4 murder victims[b]
9 Ricky Lee Sanderson White 38 M January 30, 1998 Iredell Gas chamber[c] Sue Ellen Holliman
10 Zane Brown Hill White 62 M August 14, 1998 Buncombe Lethal injection Randall Hill
11 John Thomas Noland Jr. White 50 M November 20, 1998 Mecklenburg Cindy Milton and Troy Milton
12 James David Rich White 26 M March 26, 1999 Greene Paul Gwyn
13 Harvey Lee Green Black 38 M September 24, 1999 Pitt Sheila Bland and Michael Edmondson
14 Arthur Martin Boyd Jr. White 53 M October 21, 1999 Surry Wanda Hartman
15 David Junior Brown Black 51 M November 19, 1999 Union Shelly Chalflinch and Christina Chalflinch
16 Michael Earl Sexton Black 34 M November 9, 2000 Wake Kimberly Crews
17 Willie Ervin Fisher Black 39 M March 9, 2001 Forsyth Angela Johnson Mike Easley
18 Clifton Allen White White 43 M August 24, 2001 Mecklenburg Kimberly Ewing
19 Ronald Wayne Frye White 42 M August 31, 2001 Catawba Ralph Childress
20 David Junior Ward Black 39 M October 12, 2001 Pitt Dorothy Mae Smith
21 John Hardy Rose White 43 M November 30, 2001 Haywood Patricia Stewart
22 Ernest West Basden White 49 M December 6, 2002 Duplin Billy White
23 Desmond Keith Carter Black 35 M December 10, 2002 Rockingham Helen Purdy
24 William Quentin Jones Black 34 M August 22, 2003 Wake Edward Peebles
25 Henry Lee Hunt Native American 58 M September 12, 2003 Robeson Larry Jones and Jackie Ransom
26 Joseph Earl Bates White 35 M September 26, 2003 Yadkin Charles Jenkins
27 Edward Ernest Hartman White 39 M October 3, 2003 Northampton Herman Larry Smith Sr.
28 Joseph Timothy Keel White 39 M November 7, 2003 Edgecombe John Simmons
29 John Dennis Daniels Black 46 M November 14, 2003 Mecklenburg Isabelle Daniels Crawford
30 Robbie James Lyons Black 31 M December 5, 2003 Forsyth Stephen Stafford
31 Raymond Dayle Rowsey White 32 M January 9, 2004 Alamance Howard Sikorski
32 Sammy Crystal Perkins Black 51 M October 8, 2004 Pitt Lashenna Moore
33 Charles Wesley Roache White 30 M October 22, 2004 Haywood 6 murder victims[d]
34 Frank Ray Chandler White 32 M November 12, 2004 Surry Doris Poore
35 William Dillard Powell White 58 M March 11, 2005 Cleveland Mary Gladden
36 Earl J. Richmond Jr. Black 43 M May 6, 2005 Cumberland Helisa S. Hayes, Phillip Hayes, and Darien Hayes
37 Steven Van McHone White 35 M November 11, 2005 Surry Mildred Adams and Wesley Adams Sr.
38 Elias Hanna Syriani Arab 67 M November 18, 2005 Mecklenburg Teresa Yousef Syriani
39 Kenneth Lee Boyd[e] White 57 M December 2, 2005 Rockingham Julie Curry Boyd and Thomas Dillard Curry
40 Perrie Dyon Simpson Black 43 M January 20, 2006 Jean Ernest Darter
41 Patrick Lane Moody White 39 M March 17, 2006 Davidson Donnie Ray Robbins
42 Willie Brown Jr. Black 61 M April 21, 2006 Martin Valerie Ann Roberson Dixon
43 Samuel Russell Flippen White 36 M August 18, 2006 Forsyth Britnie Nichole Hutton

Demographics

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Race
White 28 65%
Black 13 30%
Arab 1 2%
Native American 1 2%
Age
20–29 2 5%
30–39 22 51%
40–49 7 16%
50–59 9 21%
60–69 3 7%
Sex
Male 42 98%
Female 1 2%
Date of execution
1976–1979 0 0%
1980–1989 3 7%
1990–1999 12 28%
2000–2009 28 65%
2010–2019 0 0%
2020–2029 0 0%
Method
Lethal injection 41 95%
Gas chamber 2 5%
Governor (Party)
James Holshouser (R) 0 0%
Jim Hunt (D) 13 30%
James G. Martin (R) 3 7%
Mike Easley (D) 27 63%
Bev Perdue (D) 0 0%
Pat McCrory (R) 0 0%
Roy Cooper (D) 0 0%
Total 43 100%

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Huskey and Messersmith were Rutherford County Deputy Sheriffs and Peterson was a North Carolina State Trooper.
  2. ^ The 4 victims were: William Fred Davis, Margaret Davis, E.Z. Willis, and Sarah Willis.
  3. ^ This was the second-to-last execution by gas chamber to be carried out in the United States.
  4. ^ The 6 victims were: Chad McKinley Watt, Earl Phillips, Cora Phillips, Eddie Phillips, Mitzi Phillips, and Katie Phillips.
  5. ^ Kenneth Lee Boyd was the 1,000th person to be executed in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

References

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  1. ^ "Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
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