This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021.

List of people executed in Virginia Between 1982 and 2017, a total of 113 people were executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia. All were convicted of capital murder; all but one were male. Between 1982 and 1990, all executions were carried out at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. After the prison closed in 1991, all subsequent executions were carried out at Greensville Correctional Center.

Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County or Independent City Method Victim(s) Governor 1 White 38 M August 10, 1982 Newport NewsElectrocution Muriel HatchellChuck Robb 2 Black 30 M October 12, 1984Richmond City John Gallaher 3 Black 28 M April 18, 1985 Judy Barton, Harvey Barton, and Harvey Wilkerson 4 Black 31 M June 25, 1985 Northampton Margaret Hand 5 Black 40 M July 31, 1986 James City Audrey Jean WeilerGerald Baliles 6 White 41 M July 6, 1987 Fairfax Phoebe Parsons 7 Black 33 M April 14, 1988 Petersburg Wilhemina Smith 8 Black 34 M August 30, 1989 Lunenburg Laverne Marshall 9 White 27 M July 19, 1990 Portsmouth Treeby ShawDouglas Wilder 10 Black 44 M October 17, 1990 Alexandria City Sheriff Deputy William Truesdale 11 White 37 M December 13, 1990 Montgomery Ida Mae Moses 12 White 31 M July 24, 1991 Virginia Beach Patricia Ann Bolton 13 Black 30 M August 22, 1991 Hampton Howard Kauffman 14 White 33 M May 20, 1992 Buchanan Wanda Fay McCoy 15 White 34 M July 23, 1992 Chesterfield Patricia Cubbage 16 Black 34 M September 15, 1992 James City Graham Adkins and Myra Adkins 17 White 33 M December 10, 1992 Prince William Su Cha Thomas 18 Black 39 M January 19, 1993 Henrico Franklin Cooley, Agnes Hicks, and Stephen Staples 19 Black 36 M March 18, 1993 Williamsburg Five murder victims 20 White 36 M June 17, 1993 Chesapeake Lisa Harrington 21 Black 31 M September 14, 1993 Mecklenburg William Ricketson 22 White 44 M December 16, 1993 Virginia Beach Wilma Harvey and Debra McInnis 23 Black 33 M March 3, 1994 Danville Betty Barker and Carl BuchananGeorge Allen 24 Black 32 M April 27, 1994 Arlington Four murder victims 25 Black 32 M January 24, 1995 Danville Lethal injection John Elliot 26 Black 49 M May 26, 1995 Southampton W. Jack Smith Jr. 27 White 54 M September 27, 1995 Patrick Kenneth Wayne Arnder 28 White 38 M October 19, 1995 Smyth Doris Davidson, Mamie Clatterbuck, and Tammy Clatterbuck 29 Black 31 M November 13, 1995 Hampton Clyde Jenkins and Mohammed Afifi 30 White 34 M January 4, 1996 Franklin Charles W. Bousman Jr. 31 Black 45 M January 23, 1996 Virginia Beach Virginia Goebel 32 White 37 M July 17, 1996 Bedford Thomas McWaters 33 Black 42 M November 21, 1996 Chesterfield Anne Keller Vaden 34 White 30 M December 4, 1996 Prince George State Trooper Leo Whitt 35 Black 33 M December 10, 1996 Staunton Jacqueline Kooshian 36 White 44 M December 12, 1996 Smyth Jessie Geneva Havens 37 White 39 M December 16, 1996 Petersburg Virginia Stell 38 White 39 M February 6, 1997 Prince William Alexander Sztanko 39 Black 39 M February 26, 1997 Suffolk Richard McClelland 40 White 50 M July 17, 1997 Prince William Manassas Police Officer John Conner 41 White 54 M July 23, 1997 Virginia Beach Helen Schartner 42 Black 35 M August 19, 1997 Portsmouth Cynthia Gray 43 Hispanic 25 M September 17, 1997 Virginia Beach James Radcliff 44 Black 44 M November 13, 1997 Prince William Gladys Nopwasky 45 Black 29 M December 9, 1997 Arlington Anne Borghesani 46 White 26 M December 11, 1997 Hampton Marguerite Lowery 47 Black 33 M February 10, 1998 Prince William Mary Elizabeth DahnJim Gilmore 48 White 29 M March 18, 1998 Amherst Four murder victims 49 Black 35 M March 25, 1998 Danville William McCauley 50 Hispanic 32 M April 14, 1998 Arlington Ruth Dickie 51 White 41 M June 18, 1998 Rockbridge Virginia State Trooper Jerry Hines 52 White 47 M July 23, 1998 Roanoke Carolyn Horton Rogers 53 Black 25 M August 20, 1998 Halifax Billy Dix 54 Black 31 M August 31, 1998 Portsmouth Philip Council 55 White 44 M September 23, 1998 Bedford Electrocution Cynthia Stewart and Jonathan Stewart 56 Black 26 M October 14, 1998 FairfaxLethal injection Saba Tekle 57 Black 29 M October 21, 1998 Pittsylvania Coy H. White and Hugh Morrison 58 Black 34 M November 17, 1998 Newport News Jacqueline Stephens 59 Black 29 M December 3, 1998 Henrico Anthony Brown 60 Black 27 M January 20, 1999Chesterfield Richard Rosenbluth and Rebecca Rosenbluth 61 White 23 M February 4, 1999 Leland A. Jacobs 62 White 37 M March 9, 1999 Thomas L. Haynes 63 White 57 M March 25, 1999 Bedford David William Wilkey 64 Black 36 M April 13, 1999 Prince William Timothy Rigney 65 White 29 M April 20, 1999 Warren Floyd Jenkins and Lee H. Brinklow 66 White 26 M April 28, 1999 Richmond City Ruth Parham and Sally Marie Fazio 67 White 38 M April 29, 1999 Pittsylvania Ruby Meeks Dodson 68 White 33 M July 21, 1999 Augusta Leann Whitlock 69 Black 26 M August 17, 1999 Chesapeake Helen Bedsole 70 White 51 M September 16, 1999 Chesterfield Charity Powers 71 Black 27 M October 19, 1999 Portsmouth Jeffrey Anderson 72 Black 32 M November 9, 1999 Hampton Hampton Police Officer Kenny Wallace 73 Black 29 M December 9, 1999 Richmond City Sheryl Stack 74 White 26 M January 10, 2000 Middlesex James B. Wiseman and Kathy J. Wiseman 75 White 23 M January 13, 2000 Greene Mary Ann Hughes 76 Black 27 M March 16, 2000 Hampton Virginia State Trooper Jose M. Cavazos 77 White 39 M July 6, 2000Virginia Beach Electrocution Four murder victims 78 White 32 M August 30, 2000Lethal injection Katherine Tafelski and Ashley Tafelski 79 White 33 M September 14, 2000 Norfolk Sarah Wisnosky 80 Black 28 M October 10, 2000 Fairfax Mohammed Kayani 81 Black 27 M December 6, 2000 Richmond City Five murder victims 82 White 31 M March 1, 2001 Franklin Wesley Brant Smith 83 White 26 M October 18, 2001 Arlington Florence Marie Marks, David Kaplan, and William Miller 84 White 35 M March 13, 2002 Prince George Joyce Snead AldridgeMark Warner 85 White 33 M April 2, 2002 Page Christina Zirkle and Jessica Shiflett 86 Black 47 M June 12, 2002 Newport News Timothy Jason Hall 87 Asian 38 M November 14, 2002 Fairfax Frank Darling and Lansing Bennett 88 White 61 M April 9, 2003 Roanoke Electrocution Four murder victims 89 White 27 M July 22, 2003 AugustaLethal injection Dawn McNees Snyder 90 White 30 M March 18, 2004 Accomack Tessa Van Hart 91 White 39 M March 31, 2004 York Richard Burnett 92 White 34 M July 22, 2004 Hampton Katherine Bailey and Nathan Bailey 93 White 56 M August 18, 2004 Halifax Stanley Cole, Walter Cole, and Patsy Cole 94 Black 58 M September 9, 2004 Montgomery Annie Mae Lester 95 Black 43 M April 27, 2006 Halifax Angela FeltonTim Kaine 96 White 27 M July 20, 2006 Appomattox Electrocution Lisa Yvonne Crider 97 White 42 M July 27, 2006 AugustaLethal injection Inmate Brent H. Parker 98 White 33 M November 9, 2006 Chesterfield Earl Shelton Dunning 99 Black 31 M May 27, 2008 Brunswick Patricia L. Vaughan 100 Black 30 M June 25, 2008 Mecklenburg Cyril Hugh Hamby 101 Black 26 M July 10, 2008 Newport News Beulah Mae Kaiser 102 White 36 M July 24, 2008 Danville John Fenton Langley 103 Black 44 M February 19, 2009 Winchester Winchester Police Officer Ricky Timbrook 104 Black 48 M November 10, 2009Prince William Dean Harold Meyers 105 White 60 M November 17, 2009Electrocution Dana Thrall and Robert Finch 106 White 31 M March 18, 2010 Stacie ReedBob McDonnell 107 Black 37 M May 20, 2010 HenricoLethal injection Stanley Beale and Clarence Elwood Threat 108 White 41 F September 23, 2010 Pittsylvania Julian C. Lewis and Charles J. Lewis 109 Black 30 M August 18, 2011 Williamsburg Ruth Phillips 110 White 42 M January 16, 2013 Wise Electrocution Harvey Gray Watson Jr. and Aaron Alexander Cooper 111 Hispanic 49 M October 1, 2015 FairfaxLethal injection Rachael A. Raver and Warren H. Fulton IIITerry McAuliffe 112 Black 39 M January 18, 2017 Richmond City 4 murder victims 113 White 35 M July 6, 2017 Montgomery Sheriff Deputy Eric Sutphin and Derrick McFarland

Demographics Race White 57 50% Black 52 46% Hispanic 3 3% Asian 1 1% Age 20–29 26 23% 30–39 58 51% 40–49 20 18% 50–59 7 6% 60–69 2 2% Sex Male 112 99% Female 1 1% Date of execution 1970–1979 0 0% 1980–1989 8 7% 1990–1999 65 58% 2000–2009 32 28% 2010–2019 8 7% 2020–2029 0 0% Method Lethal injection 82 73% Electrocution 31 27% Governor (Party) Mills Godwin (R) 0 0% John N. Dalton (R) 0 0% Chuck Robb (D) 4 4% Gerald Baliles (D) 4 4% Douglas Wilder (D) 14 12% George Allen (R) 24 21% Jim Gilmore (R) 37 33% Mark Warner (D) 11 10% Tim Kaine (D) 11 10% Bob McDonnell (R) 5 4% Terry McAuliffe (D) 3 3% Ralph Northam (D) 0 0% Total 113 100%

See also Capital punishment in the United States Capital punishment in Virginia List of people executed in Virginia (pre-1972) – executions before Furman

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