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.

List of people executed in North Carolina since 1976 Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Method Victim(s) Governor 1 White 54 M March 16, 1984 McDowellLethal injection Roy Huskey, Owen Messersmith, and Pete PetersonJim Hunt 2 White 52 F November 2, 1984 Bladen Stuart Taylor 3 White 27 M September 19, 1986 Wake Ann Marie RocheJames G. Martin 4 White 36 M October 18, 1991 Mecklenburg Dianne Parker 5 White 34 M October 23, 1992 Forsyth Richard Adams and Kim Miller 6 White 38 M June 15, 1994 Cabarrus Gas chamber Wayne ShinnJim Hunt 7 White 37 M January 24, 1995 HalifaxLethal injection Whelette Collins 8 White 34 M September 22, 1995 Rutherford 4 murder victims 9 White 38 M January 30, 1998 Iredell Gas chamber Sue Ellen "Suzi" Holliman 10 White 62 M August 14, 1998 BuncombeLethal injection Randall Hill 11 White 50 M November 20, 1998 Mecklenburg Cindy Milton and Troy Milton 12 White 26 M March 26, 1999 Greene Paul Gwyn 13 Black 38 M September 24, 1999 Pitt Sheila Bland and Michael Edmondson 14 White 53 M October 21, 1999 Surry Wanda Hartman 15 Black 51 M November 19, 1999 Union Shelly Chalflinch and Christina Chalflinch 16 Black 34 M November 9, 2000 Wake Kimberly Crews 17 Black 39 M March 9, 2001 Forsyth Angela JohnsonMike Easley 18 White 43 M August 24, 2001 Mecklenburg Kimberly Ewing 19 White 42 M August 31, 2001 Catawba Ralph Childress 20 Black 39 M October 12, 2001 Pitt Dorothy Mae Smith 21 White 43 M November 30, 2001 Haywood Patricia Stewart 22 White 49 M December 6, 2002 Duplin Billy White 23 Black 35 M December 10, 2002 Rockingham Helen Purdy 24 Black 34 M August 22, 2003 Wake Edward Peebles 25 Native American 58 M September 12, 2003 Robeson Larry Jones and Jackie Ransom 26 White 35 M September 26, 2003 Yadkin Charles Jenkins 27 White 39 M October 3, 2003 Northampton Herman Larry Smith Sr. 28 White 39 M November 7, 2003 Edgecombe John Simmons 29 Black 46 M November 14, 2003 Mecklenburg Isabelle Daniels Crawford 30 Black 31 M December 5, 2003 Forsyth Stephen Stafford 31 White 32 M January 9, 2004 Alamance Howard Sikorski 32 Black 51 M October 8, 2004 Pitt Lashenna Moore 33 White 30 M October 22, 2004 Haywood 6 murder victims 34 White 32 M November 12, 2004 Surry Doris Poore 35 White 58 M March 11, 2005 Cleveland Mary Gladden 36 Black 43 M May 6, 2005 Cumberland Helisa S. Hayes, Phillip Hayes, and Darien Hayes 37 White 35 M November 11, 2005 Surry Mildred Adams and Wesley Adams Sr. 38 Arab 67 M November 18, 2005 Mecklenburg Teresa Yousef Syriani 39 White 57 M December 2, 2005Rockingham Julie Curry Boyd and Thomas Dillard Curry 40 Black 43 M January 20, 2006 Jean Ernest Darter 41 White 39 M March 17, 2006 Davidson Donnie Ray Robbins 42 Black 61 M April 21, 2006 Martin Valerie Ann Roberson Dixon 43 White 36 M August 18, 2006 Forsyth Britnie Nichole Hutton

Demographics 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 Capital punishment in North Carolina Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in North Carolina (pre-1972) – executions before Furman

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References

External links The Death Penalty. North Carolina Department of Correction.