Capital Punishment in Arizona
Executions were suspended twice in Arizona. The first time: "On December 8th 1916, an initiative measure went into effect eliminating the death penalty as punishment for convictions of first degree murder. The death penalty was restored December 5, 1918." Executions were again suspended between April 1962 and April 1992.
For further information on the history of the death penalty in Arizona please see the Arizona Department of Corrections webpage: www.azcorrections.gov/Prisca_Datasearch_DeathPenalty.aspx
Executions in Arizona since 1910
|
Total Number Of Executions Since 1910 |
88 |
|
Number Of Executions By Hanging |
28 |
|
Number Of Executions By Lethal Gas |
38 |
|
Number Of Executions By Lethal Injection |
22 |
|
Males |
86 |
|
Females |
1 |
Executions by Hanging Arizona State Prison
|
ADC# |
Name |
Ethnicity |
Time |
Date |
|
3094 |
Jose Lopez |
Hispanic |
10:23 a.m. |
01-05-1910 |
|
3327 |
Cesario Sanchez |
Hispanic |
10:30 a.m. |
12-02-1910 |
|
3326 |
Rafael Barela |
Hispanic |
11:10 a.m. |
12-02-1910 |
|
3497 |
Domingo Franco |
Anglo |
- - - - - - - |
07-07-1911 |
|
3582 |
Alejandro Gallego |
Hispanic |
10:40 a.m. |
07-28-1911 |
|
4436 |
Ramon Villalobo |
Hispanic |
3:20 p.m. |
12-10-1915 |
|
3566 |
Francisco Rodriguez |
Hispanic |
5:10 p.m. |
05-19-1916 |
|
3479 |
N.B. Chavez |
Hispanic |
3:20 p.m. |
06-09-1916 |
|
3814 |
Miguel Peralta |
Hispanic |
3:20 p.m. |
07-07-1916 |
|
5400 |
Simplicio Torrez |
Hispanic |
10:00 a.m. |
04-16-1920 |
|
5597 |
Pedro Dominguez |
Hispanic |
5:30 a.m. |
01-14-1921 |
|
5565 |
Nichan Martin |
Anglo |
5:01 a.m. |
09-09-1921 |
|
5693 |
Ricardo Lauterio |
Hispanic |
5:00 a.m. |
01-13-1922 |
|
5699 |
Tomas Roman |
Anglo |
5:20 a.m. |
01-13-1922 |
|
5826 |
Theodore West |
Anglo |
5:00 a.m. |
09-29-1922 |
|
5979 |
Paul V. Hadley |
Anglo |
5:00 a.m. |
04-13-1923 |
|
5981 |
Manuel Martinez |
Hispanic |
5:25 a.m. |
08-10-1923 |
|
6367 |
William B. Ward |
Black |
5:00 a.m. |
06-20-1924 |
|
6193 |
Sam Flowers |
Black |
5:00 a.m. |
01-09-1925 |
|
6621 |
William Lawrence |
Anglo |
5:20 a.m. |
01-08-1926 |
|
6824 |
Charles J. Blackburn |
Anglo |
5:09 a.m. |
05-20-1927 |
|
7046 |
B.W.L. Sam |
Chinese |
5:16 a.m. |
06-22-1928 |
|
7047 |
Shew Chin |
Chinese |
5:42 a.m. |
06-22-1928 |
|
7048 |
Jew Har |
Chinese |
6:06 a.m. |
06-22-1928 |
|
7049 |
Gee King Long |
Chinese |
6:33 a.m. |
06-22-1928 |
|
7435 |
Eva Dugan |
Anglo |
5:00 a.m. |
02-21-1930 |
|
7748 |
Refugio Macias |
Hispanic |
5:00 a.m. |
03-07-1930 |
|
8149 |
Herbert Young |
Anglo |
5:03 a.m. |
08-21-1931 |
Executions by Lethal Gas
|
ADC# |
Name |
Ethnicity |
Time |
Date |
|
9299 |
Manuel Hernandez |
Hispanic |
5:00 a.m. |
07-06-1934 |
|
9300 |
Fred Hernandez |
Hispanic |
5:00 a.m. |
07-06-1934 |
|
9350 |
George J. Shaughnessy |
Anglo |
5:00 a.m. |
07-13-1934 |
|
9391 |
Louis Sprague Douglas |
Anglo |
12:30 a.m. |
08-31-1934 |
|
9924 |
Jack Sullivan |
Anglo |
5:05 a.m. |
05-15-1936 |
|
10021 |
Frank Rascon |
Hispanic |
5:00 a.m. |
07-10-1936 |
|
9880 |
Roland H. Cochrane |
Anglo |
5:00 a.m. |
10-02-1936 |
|
10094 |
Frank Duarte |
Hispanic |
5:00 a.m. |
01-08-1937 |
|
10540 |
Ernest Patton |
Black |
4:00 a.m. |
08-13-1937 |
|
10580 |
Burt Anderson |
Anglo |
4:00 a.m. |
08-13-1937 |
|
10252 |
David Benjamin Knight |
Anglo |
4:00 a.m. |
09-03-1937 |
|
10853 |
Elvin Jack Odom |
Anglo |
4:15 a.m. |
01-14-1938 |
|
11163 |
James Bailey |
Anglo |
5:00 a.m. |
04-28-1939 |
|
11253 |
Frank Conner |
Black |
5:00 a.m. |
09-23-1939 |
|
11506 |
Robert Burgunder |
Anglo |
5:00 a.m. |
08-09-1940 |
|
12409 |
J.C. Levice |
Black |
- - - - - - |
01-08-1943 |
|
12410 |
Charles Sanders |
Black |
- - - - - - |
01-08-1943 |
|
12411 |
Gray B. Cole |
Black |
- - - - - - |
01-08-1943 |
|
12609 |
James C. Rawlins |
Anglo |
6:15 a.m. |
02-19-1943 |
|
12334 |
Elisandro L. Macias |
Hispanic |
6:00 a.m. |
04-27-1943 |
|
12964 |
John Earnest Ransom |
Black |
6:00 a.m. |
01-05-1945 |
|
12988 |
Lee Albert Smith |
Anglo |
5:00 a.m. |
04-06-1945 |
|
13306 |
U.L. Holley |
Black |
5:05 a.m. |
04-13-1945 |
|
14854 |
Angel B. Serna |
Hispanic |
4:05 a.m. |
07-29-1950 |
|
16003 |
Harold Thomas Lantz |
Anglo |
5:04 a.m. |
07-18-1951 |
|
17659 |
Carl J. Folk |
Anglo |
5:00 a.m. |
03-04-1955 |
|
18392 |
Lester E. Bartholomew |
Anglo |
5:00 a.m. |
08-31-1955 |
|
18320 |
Leonard Coey |
Anglo |
5:11 a.m. |
05-22-1957 |
|
17337 |
Arthur Thomas |
Black |
5:10 a.m. |
11-17-1958 |
|
19169 |
Richard L. Jordan |
Anglo |
5:05 a.m. |
11-22-1958 |
|
19785 |
Lonnie Craft |
Black |
5:05 a.m. |
03-07-1959 |
|
20414 |
Robert D. Fenton |
Anglo |
5:06 a.m. |
03-11-1960 |
|
21245 |
Honor Robinson |
Black |
5:04 a.m. |
10-31-1961 |
|
21598 |
Patrick M. McGee |
Anglo |
5:03 a.m. |
03-08-1963 |
|
23773 |
Manuel E. Silvas |
Hispanic |
5:08 a.m. |
03-14-1963 |
|
43255 |
Donald E. Harding |
Anglo |
12:18 a.m. |
04-06-1992 |
|
42183 |
Walter Burnhart LaGrand |
Anglo |
9:30 p.m. |
03-03-1999 |
Death Penalty Inactive 1963 – 1992
Executions by Lethal Injection
|
ADC# |
Name |
County |
Ethnicity |
Time |
Date |
Method |
|
69227 |
Coconino |
Anglo |
12:18 a.m. |
03-03-1993 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
38565 |
Cochise |
Anglo |
12:07 a.m. |
04-14-1993 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
38604 |
Maricopa |
Anglo |
06:07 p.m. |
09-13-1995 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
60184 |
Pima |
Anglo |
12:02 a.m. |
06-19-1996 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
37768 |
Maricopa |
Hispanic |
12:51 a.m. |
08-22-1996 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
33088 |
Yuma |
Anglo |
12:07 a.m. |
01-23-1997 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
29978 |
Pinal |
Anglo |
12:12 a.m. |
06-25-1997 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
33603 |
Maricopa |
Hispanic |
12:05 a.m. |
01-21-1998 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
48329 |
Maricopa |
Honduran |
12:18 a.m. |
04-22-1998 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
85271 |
Pima |
Anglo |
12:06 a.m. |
04-29-1998 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
36335 |
Pima |
Anglo |
03:11 p.m. |
06-03-1998 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
41546 |
Maricopa |
Nat/Am |
03:05 p.m. |
01-13-1999 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
42707 |
Maricopa |
Nat/Am |
07:09 p.m. |
02-03-1999 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
44849 |
Pima |
Ger/Nat |
08:00 p.m. |
02-24-1999 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
37250 |
Pinal |
Anglo |
03:05 p.m. |
05-05-1999 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
41125 |
Yavapai |
Anglo |
03:14 p.m. |
06-17-1999 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
40234 |
Pima |
Hispanic |
03:04 p.m. |
10-27-1999 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
47141 |
Coconino |
Anglo |
03:10 p.m. |
02-16-2000 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
41126 |
Yavapai |
Anglo |
03.03pm |
03-15-2000 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
102442 |
Pima |
Anglo |
03.37p.m. |
11-08-2000 |
Lethal Injection |
|
|
067151 |
Robert C. Comer |
- - - - - - |
Anglo |
10:08 a.m. |
5-22-2007 |
Lethal Injection |
|
82157 |
Jeffrey Landrigan |
|
|
10:26 p.m. |
10-26-2010 |
Lethal Injection |
Source:
"Arizona Department of Corrections." Arizona Department of Corrections. http://www.azcorrections.gov/Prisca_Datasearch_DeathPenalty.aspx (accessed October 12, 2011).
"Execution by Method and Executions Prior to 1992." Arizona Department of Corrections. http://www.azcorrections.gov/Hema_Datasearch_ex-method.aspx (accessed October 12, 2011).