List of people executed in Nevada

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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Nevada.

Between 1861 and 1903[edit]

Between late 1861, when Nevada Territory was organized, and 1903, executions by hanging were conducted at the county seats in which the person was convicted.

There has not been a definitive compilation of legal executions conducted in Nevada prior to 1903, however there are 20 known legal executions between 1861 and 1903:[1]

No. Year Date Name County
1 1863 January 9 Allen Milstead Dayton
2 1868 April 24 John Milleain (Millan, Millian, or Milliean), murdered Julia Bulette. Virginia City
3 1868 October 30 Rufus B. Anderson Austin
4 1870 December 16 Ah Fung Unionville
5 1870 December 16 Ah Ung Unionville
6 1873 October 17 David M. Hall Belmont
7 1874 April 24 John Stewart Aurora
8 1874 December 29 John Murphy Carson City (at the foot of Lone Mountain)
9 1877 January 19 Peter Larkin Virginia City
10 1877 October 30 Robert Crozier Winnemucca
11 1877 December 22 Sam Mills Elko
12 1878 February 19 J. W. Rover[2] Reno
13 1880 April 6 Charles Wesley Hymer Winnemucca
14 1882 February 9 Charley Hing Winnemucca
15 1885 January 23 Indian Dave Belmont
16 1886 March 5 Clarence Gray Winnemucca
17 1886 December 31 Edward Crutchley Hamilton
18 1890 June 20 Elizabeth Potts Elko
19 1890 June 20 Josiah Potts Elko
20 1890 December 12 Hank Parish Ely

1903–1921: People executed at the state capital[edit]

The 1901 state legislature required that all executions be conducted at the State Prison in Carson City beginning in 1903.

The 1911 state legislature provided that a death row inmate could elect to die by shooting or hanging.

Year Date Name Method
1 1905 September 8 John Hancock Hanging
2 1905 November 17 Thomas F. Gorman
3 1905 November 17 Al Linderman
4 1905 November 17 Fred Reidt
5 1905 November 17 John P. Sevener
6 1906 December 7 Indian Johnny
7 1906 December 7 Joe Ibapah
8 1913 May 14 Andriza Mircovich Firing Squad (Machine)

1921–1976: Nevada State Prison gas chamber[edit]

Prior to January 1, 1912, the law prescribed hanging as the means of carrying out the death sentence in the State of Nevada, however, upon revision of the statutes in 1911 the condemned were allowed a choice between the gallows and the firing squad. This remained the law until March 28, 1921 when an amendment was adopted providing for execution by means of lethal gas. Nevada was the first state to sanction the use of the gas chamber.

The first execution by use of lethal gas took place in February 1924 and has been used as the means of carrying out the death sentence a total of thirty-one times. The last execution was held October 22, 1979.[3]

No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution Victim(s)
1 Gee Jon Asian 28 M February 8, 1924 Tom Quong Kee
2 Stanko Jukich White 29 M April 6, 1925 Jennie Medak
3 Robert H. White White 41 M June 2, 1930 Louis LaVell
4 Luis Ceja Latino 28 M September 4, 1931 Charlie Fong
5 John Hall White 52 M November 28, 1932 John O'Brien
6 Ray Elmer Miller White 34 M May 8, 1933 Evelyn Miller
7 Joseph Behiter White 34 M July 13, 1934 Sylvia Reither
8 Luther Jones White 33 M January 26, 1937 Manuel Arrascada, Walter Godecke, Otto Heitman, and John Elias
9 Domenico Nadal Latino 47 M January 17, 1939 Joe Urrutia
10 Burton Franklin Williamson White 43 M November 21, 1939 Pauline Williamson
11 Wilson Henry Boyd Black 44 M May 28, 1940 Floyd Robinson and Georgianna Robinson
12 John A. Kramer White 64 M August 28, 1942 Frances Jones
13 Floyd L. McKinney White 34 M November 27, 1943 Raymond Fisher and Marion Fisher
14 Raymond Plunkett White 31 M June 30, 1944 Baby son Plunkett
15 Floyd Loveless White 17 M September 29, 1944 A.H. Berning
16 Albert Everette Sala White 35 M August 23, 1946 Albert McCollum
17 Paul Maynard Skaug White 36 M January 10, 1947 Marie Voss
18 David Blackwell White 19 M April 22, 1949 Detective Cap. LeRoy Geach and Detective Sgt. Allen Glass
19 Laszlo Varga White 24 M June 7, 1949 Billie Rhae Morning
20 Eugene Leo Gambetta White 46 M October 18, 1949 Thelma Ribail
21 James Williams Black 32 M August 25, 1950 Abraham Gutierrez and Louis Evans
22 Theodore William Gregory White 46 M January 29, 1951 Margaret Tarr
23 Owen Caudle Butner White 36 M February 10, 1951 Mildred Butner
24 Gregorio Arellano Latino 28 M July 24, 1951 Esperanza Rodriguez
25 Domingo Echaverria Latino 62 M April 13, 1953 Elizabeth Catlett
26 Clayton Octave Fouquette White 41 M April 13, 1953 Donald Brown
27 Ferdinand A. Bourdlais White 27 M April 23, 1954 Ward Budzien Sr.
28 Leroy L. Linden White 33 M July 15, 1954 Clarence Dodd
29 Frank A. Pedrini White 46 M July 15, 1954 Clarence Dodd
30 Earl Lewis Steward White 42 M February 24, 1960 Thomas Jessen
31 Thayne H. Archibald White 22 M August 21, 1961 Albert Waters

After 1976[edit]

A total of 12 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Nevada since 1976. The first execution was carried out by gas chamber; subsequent executions were carried out by lethal injection. All but one (Richard Allen Moran) waived their appeals and asked that the execution be carried out.[4]

No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution Method Victim(s) Governor
1 Jesse Walter Bishop White 46 M October 22, 1979 Gas chamber David Ballard Robert List
2 Carroll Edward Cole White 47 M December 6, 1985 Lethal injection Marie Cushman Richard Bryan
3 William Paul Thompson White 51 M June 19, 1989 Randy Waldron Bob Miller
4 Sean Patrick Flanagan White 28 M June 23, 1989 Albert Duggens and James Lewandowski
5 Thomas E. Baal White 26 M June 3, 1990 Frances Maves
6 Richard Allen Moran White 42 M March 30, 1996 Sandra Devere, Russell Rhodes, and Linda VanderVoort
7 Roderick Abeyta Latino 44 M October 5, 1998 Donna Martin
8 Alvaro Calambro Asian 25 M April 5, 1999 Peggy Crawford and Keith Christopher Kenny Guinn
9 Sebastian Stephanous Bridges White 37 M April 21, 2001 Hunter Blatchford
10 Lawrence Colwell Jr. White 35 M March 26, 2004 Frank Rosenstock
11 Terry Jess Dennis White 56 M August 12, 2004 Ilona Straumanis
12 Daryl Linnie Mack Black 47 M April 26, 2006 Betty Jane May

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "An Outline of Capital Punishment in Nevada". Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved 2016-06-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Rocha, Guy. "Myth #124: True Confessions: The J.W. Rover Case". Nevada State Library and Archive. Archived from the original on 2014-07-30.
  3. ^ "Nevada State Prison Gas Chamber". Archived from the original on November 1, 2012. Retrieved 2016-06-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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