List of people executed in Tennessee
This is a list of people executed in Tennessee, since the 1976 United States Supreme Court decision Gregg v. Georgia that found capital punishment to be constitutional.
Since the Gregg decision, thirteen people have been executed in the state of Tennessee.
List of people executed in Tennessee
Number | Name | Age at Execution | Date of Execution | Method | Victim | Presiding Governor |
1 | Robert Glen Coe | 44 | April 19, 2000 | Lethal injection | Cary Ann Medlin | Don Sundquist |
2 | Sedley Alley | 50 | June 28, 2006 | Lethal injection | U. S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Suzanne Marie Collins | Phil Bredesen |
3 | Philip Ray Workman | 54 | May 9, 2007 | Lethal injection | Memphis Police Lieutenant Ronald Oliver | Phil Bredesen |
4 | Daryl Keith Holton | 45 | September 12, 2007 | Electrocution | Stephen, Brent, Eric, and Kayla Holton | Phil Bredesen |
5 | Steve Henley | 55 | February 4, 2009 | Lethal injection | Fred and Edna Stafford | Phil Bredesen |
6 | Cecil J. Johnson, Jr. | 53 | December 2, 2009 | Lethal injection | Bobby Bell Jr., James Moore, and Charles House | Phil Bredesen |
7 | William "Billy" Ray Irick | 59 | August 9, 2018 | Lethal injection | Paula Kay Dyer | Bill Haslam |
8 | Edmund George Zagorski | 63 | November 1, 2018 | Electrocution | John Dale Dotson and James Wayne Porter | Bill Haslam |
9 | David Earl Miller | 61 | December 6, 2018 | Electrocution | Lee Standifer | Bill Haslam |
10 | Donnie Edward Johnson | 68 | May 16, 2019 | Lethal injection | Connie Johnson | Bill Lee |
11 | Stephen Michael West | 56 | August 15, 2019 | Electrocution | Wanda and Sheila Romines | Bill Lee |
12 | Leroy Hall Jr. | 53 | December 5, 2019 | Electrocution | Traci Crozier | Bill Lee |
13 | Nicholas Todd Sutton | 58 | February 20, 2020 | Electrocution | Carl Estep | Bill Lee |