List of individuals executed in Arkansas

This is a list of individuals executed in Arkansas since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States. All were executed for the crime of murder. All but John Swindler (who was executed by electric chair) were executed by lethal injection.

As of April 27, 2017, thirty-one individuals have been executed in Arkansas since 1976: thirty male and one female (Christina Marie Riggs).

List of individuals executed in Arkansas

Number Name Race Age Sex Date of Execution Victim(s) Governor
1 John Edward Swindler White 46 M 18-Jun-1990 Police Officer Randy Basnett Bill Clinton
2 Ronald Gene Simmons White 49 M 25-Jun-1990 Sixteen murder victims: fourteen family members; a co-worker; and a stranger
3 Ricky Ray Rector Black 40 M 24-Jan-1992 Police Officer Robert Martin
4 Steven Douglas Hill White 25 M 07-May-1992 Police Officer Robert Klein
5 Edward Charles Pickens Black 39 M 11-May-1994 Wesley Noble Jim Guy Tucker
6 Jonas Hoten Whitmore White 50 M Essie Mae Black
7 Hoyt Franklin Clines White 37 M 3-Aug-1994 Donald Lehman
8 Darryl V. Richley White 43 M
9 James William Holmes White 37 M
10 Richard Wayne Snell White 64 M 19-Apr-1995 William Stumpp
11 Barry Lee Fairchild Black 41 M 31-Aug-1995 Marjorie Mason
12 William Frank Parker White 41 M 08-Aug-1996 James Warren and Sandra Warren Mike Huckabee
13 Paul Ruiz Latino 49 M 08-Jan-1997 Marvin Richie and Opal James
14 Earl Van Denton White 47 M
15 Kirt Douglas Wainwright Black 30 M Barbara Smith
16 Eugene Wallace Perry White 53 M 06-Aug-1997 Kenneth Staton and Suzanne Staton-Ware
17 Wilburn A. Henderson White 56 M 08-Jul-1998 Willa Dean O'Neal
18 Johnie Michael Cox White 42 M 16-Feb-1999 Marie Sullens, Margaret Brown, and Billy Brown
19 Marion Albert Pruett White 49 M 12-Apr-1999 Bobbie Jean Robertson
20 Mark Edward Gardner White 43 M 08-Sep-1999 Joe Joyce, Martha Joyce, and Sara McCurdy
21 Alan Willett White 52 M Eric Willett and Roger Willett
22 Christina Marie Riggs White 28 F 02-May-2000 Justin Riggs and Shelby Alexis Riggs
23 David Dewayne Johnson Black 37 M 19-Dec-2000 Leon Brown
24 Clay King Smith White 30 M 08-May-2001 Misty Erwin, Shelley Sorg, Sean Sorg, Taylor Sorg, and Samantha Rhodes
25 Riley Dobi Noel Black 31 M 09-Jul-2003 Marcell Young, Malak Hussian, and Mustafa Hussian
26 Charles Laverne Singleton Black 44 M 06-Jan-2004 Mary Lou York
27 Eric Randall Nance White 45 M 28-Nov-2005 Julie Heath
28 Ledell T. Lee Black 51 M 20-Apr-2017 Debra Reese Asa Hutchinson
29 Jack Harold Jones, Jr. White 52 M 24-Apr-2017 Mary Phillips
30 Marcel Wayne Williams Black 46 M Stacy Rae Errickson
31 Kenneth Dewayne Williams Black 38 M 27-Apr-2017 Cecil Boren

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