U.S. executions in 2003.
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on 17 January 1977.

All executions are carried out for 1st degree murder and use lethal injection unless otherwise indicated after the prisoner's name. (E = electrocution, G = gassing, H = hanging, S = shooting)
Prisoner details : f = female, j = juvenile (under 18 at time of crime) (v) = volunteered for execution.

No.

Date

State

Name

Victims

821

01/14

Texas

Samuel Gallamore

3 - man, wife and daughter

822

01/15

Texas

John Baltazar

1 - child

823

01/16

Oklahoma

Juan Revilla

1 - infant

824

01/22

Texas

Robert Lookingbill

1 - grandmother

825

01/28

Texas

Alva Curry

1 - store clerk

826

01/29

Texas

Richard Dinkins

2 women nurses

827

01/30

Texas

Granville Riddle

1 - male burglary victim

828

02/04

Texas

John Elliott

1 - rape/murder

829

02/05

Missouri

Kenneth Kenley

1 - robbery/murder

830

02/06

Texas

Henry Dunn Jr.

1 - robbery/murder

831

02/12

Ohio

Richard E. Fox

1 - kidnap murder

832

02/13

Oklahoma

Bobby Joe Fields

1 - robbery/murder

833

02/25

Texas

Richard Head Williams

1- contract killing

834

02/27

Florida

Amos King

1 rape/murder

835

03/10

Texas

Bobby Glen Cook

1 - robbery/murder

836

03/13

Alabama

Michael Eugene Thompson

1 - robbery/murder

837

03/18

Federal

Louis Jones Jr.

1 - rape/murder

838

03/18

Oklahoma

Walanzo Deon Robinson

1 - Drug related murder

839

03/20

Texas

Keith Clay
(300th execution in Texas)

1 - robbery/murder

840

03/25

Oklahoma

John Michael Hooker

2

841

03/26

Georgia

Larry Moon

1

842

03/27

Texas

James Colburn

1 - rape/murder

843

04/04

Oklahoma

Scott Allen Hain (j)

2 - robbery/murder

844

04/08

Oklahoma

Don Wilson Hawkins

1 - kidnap murder

845

04/09

Virginia

Earl Conrad Bramblett (E)

4 - friend's family

846

04/22

Texas

Juan Rodriguez Chavez

1, although at least 5 victims killed for "thrills"

847

04/17

Oklahoma

Larry Kenneth Jackson

 

848

04/24

Alabama

Gary Leon Brown

1 - robbery/murder

849

04/28

Ohio

David Brewer

1 - sexual murder

850

05/02

Indiana

Kevin Lee Hough

3 - robbery/murder

851

05/06

Georgia

Carl Isaacs

6 - robbery/murder

852

05/06

Texas

Roger Dale Vaughn

1 - robbery/rape/murder

853

05/15

Texas

Bruce Charles Jacobs

1 - violent murder of teenager

854

05/16

Florida

Newton Carlton Slawson  (v)

5 members of a family

855

05/27

Oklahoma

Robert Knighton 

2 – robbery/murder

856

06/05

Oklahoma

Kenneth Charm

1 – rape/murder

857

06/11

Texas

Kia Levoy Johnson

1 – robbery/murder

858

06/03

Indiana

Joseph L. Trueblood

3  - Girlfriend & 2 kids

859

06/18

Ohio

Ernest Martin

1 – robbery/murder

860

07/01

Oklahoma

Lewis Eugene Gilbert

1 – robbery/murder (3 other victims)

861

07/02

Texas

Hilton Crawford

1 - Kidnap/murder of child

862

07/09

Oklahoma

Robert Don Duckett

1 – Roommate

863

07/09

Arkansas

Riley Dobi Noel

3 – children

864

07/09

Texas

Christopher Black

3 - wife and children

865

07/22

Oklahoma

Bryan Toles

2 – robbery/murder

866

07/22

Virginia

Bobby Wayne Swisher

1 – Rape/murder

867

07/23

Texas

Cedric Ransom

1 – robbery/murder

868

07/24

Texas

Allen Wayne Janecka

1 – contract killing

869

07/24

Oklahoma

Jackie Lee Willingham

1 – beat woman to death

870

07/29

Oklahoma

Harold McElmurry III   (v)

2 – robbery/murder

871

08/07

Alabama

Tommy Jerry Fortenberry 

4 – robbery/murder

872

08/22

Virginia

William Quentin Jones

1 – robbery/murder

873

09/03

Florida

Paul Hill   (v)

2 - abortion protest

874

09/10

Texas

Larry Allen Hayes  (v)

2 – matrimonial & robbery

875

09/12

North Carolina

Henry Lee Hunt 

2 – contract killing

876

09/26

North Carolina

Joseph Earl Bates

1 – kidnap/murder

877

10/03

North Carolina

Edward Hartman

1 – mother’s ex boyfriend

878

10/29

Missouri

John Clayton Smith  (v)

2 – girlfriend & her stepfather

879

11/04

Georgia

James Willie Brown

1 – rape/murder

880

11/07

North Carolina

Joseph Timothy Keel

1

881

11/14

North Carolina

John Dennis Daniels

1 – robbery/murder of aunt

882

11/20

Texas

Robert Henry

2

883

12/03

Texas

Richard Charles Duncan

2 – boyfriends parents

884

12/04

Texas

Ivan Murphy

1 – robbery/murder

885

12/05

North Carolina

Robbie James Lyons

1 – robbery/murder

Analysis of 2003 executions by state

Alabama

3

Arkansas

1

Federal

1

Florida

2

Georgia

3

Indiana

2

Missouri

2

North Carolina

7

Oklahoma

14

Ohio

3

Texas

24

Virginia

3

Total

65


Listings of all executions in
2000, 2001 and 2002.

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