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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. [1] [2]
Capital punishment was abolished in Virginia on March 24, 2021, when Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill into law. The law took effect on July 1, 2021. Virginia is the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, and the first southern state in United States history to do so.
Convicted and sentenced under the name Skylar Julius Deleon; transitioned from male to female while incarcerated. Veronica Gonzales Along with her husband Ivan, Gonzales was convicted of the 1995 scalding death of her 4-year-old niece, Genevieve Rojas. She was convicted of first-degree murder with special circumstances of torture and mayhem.
Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 11, 2017 Christopher Chubasco Wilkins: 48 37 11 Male White Texas: Lethal injection [2] [3] 2 January 18, 2017 Ricky Javon Gray: 39 28 Black Virginia [4] 3 January 26, 2017 Terry Darnell Edwards: 43 15 Texas [5] [6] 4 January 31, 2017 Mark ...
Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 February 5, 2025 Steven Lawayne Nelson: 37 24 13 Male Black Texas: Lethal injection: Profile: 2 February 6, 2025 Demetrius Terrence Frazier: 52 19 33 Alabama: Nitrogen hypoxia: Profile: 3 February 13, 2025 James Dennis Ford: 64 36 28 White Florida ...
Female Virginia [41] 40 September 27, 2010 Brandon Joseph Rhode: 31 18 13 Male Georgia [42] 41 October 6, 2010 Michael W. Benge: 49 31 18 Ohio [43] 42 October 14, 2010 Donald Ray Wackerly II: 41 26 15 Oklahoma [44] 43 October 21, 2010 Larry Wayne Wooten: 51 37 14 Black Texas [45] 44 October 26, 2010 Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan: 50 29 21 Native ...
Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 6, 2000 Malcolm Rent Johnson: 41 23 18 Male Black Oklahoma: Lethal injection [3] 2 January 7, 2000 David Ray Duren: 37 21 16 White Alabama: Electrocution [4] 3 January 10, 2000 Douglas Christopher Thomas: 26 17 9 Virginia: Lethal injection [5 ...
Name Race Age at execution Age at offense State Method Ref. 1 November 2, 1984 Margie Velma Barfield: White 52 45 North Carolina: Lethal injection [3] 2 February 3, 1998 Karla Faye Tucker: 38 23 Texas [4] 3 March 30, 1998 Judias "Judy" V. Buenoano: 54 28 Florida: Electrocution [5] 4 February 24, 2000 Betty Lou Beets: 62 46 Texas Lethal ...