U.S. executions in 2004.
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

No. of victims/crime

886

01/06

Texas

Ynobe Matthews (v)

2 – rape/murder

887

01/07

Arkansas

Charles Singleton

1

888

01/09

North Carolina

Raymond Dayle Rowsey

1 – robbery/murder

889

01/13

Oklahoma

Tyrone P. Darks

1 - wife

890

01/14

Ohio

Lewis Williams

1 – robbery/murder

891

01/14

Texas

Kenneth Eugene Bruce

1 – robbery/murder

892

01/22

Texas

Kevin Lee Zimmerman

1 – robbery/murder

893

01/28

Texas

Billy Frank Vickers

1 – robbery/murder

894

02/03

Ohio

John Glenn Roe 

1 – abduction/murder

895

02/04

Florida

Johnny L. Robinson

1 – rape/murder

896

02/11

Texas

Edward Lagrone

3 – sexual motive

897

02/12

Texas

Bobby Ray Hopkins

2 – revenge

898

02/17

Texas

Cameron Willingham

3 –  his children

899

02/17

Oklahoma

Norman Cleary

1 – robbery/murder

900

03/03

Texas

Marcus Cotton

1 – robbery/murder

901

03/09

Oklahoma

David Jay Brown

1 – father in law

902

03/18

Virginia

Brian Lee Cherrix

1 - rape/murder

903

03/19

South Carolina

David Clayton Hill

1 – police officer

904

03/23

Oklahoma

Hung Thanh Le

1 – motive unclear

905

03/26

Nevada

Lawrence Colwell Jr. (v)

1 – robbery/murder

906

03/30

Ohio

William Wickline Jr.

2 - robbery/murder

907

03/31

Virginia

Dennis Mitchell Orbe

1 – robbery/murder

908

04/16

South Carolina

Jerry McWee

1 – robbery/murder

909

04/23

South Carolina

Jason Scott Byram

1 – motive not known

910

05/18

Texas

Kelsey Patterson

2 – motive unclear

911

05/26

Florida

John Blackwelder  (v)

1 – prison inmate, to get executed

912

05/29

South Carolina

James Neil Tucker  (E)

2 - robbery/murder

913

06/08

Ohio

William G. Zuern

1 – prison guard

914

06/08

Oklahoma

Robert Leroy Bryan

1 – aunt

915

06/17

Maryland

Steven Howard Oken

3 – sexual motive

916

06/30

Texas

David Ray Harris

1 – while trying to abduct victim’s girlfriend

917

07/02

Georgia

Robert Hicks

1 – sexual motive

918

07/14

Ohio

Stephen Vrabel (v)

2 – girlfriend & daughter

919

07/19

Georgia

Eddie Albert Crawford

1 – rape/murder of niece

920

07/20

Ohio

Scott Mink (v)

2 – parents –drugs related

921

07/22

Virginia

Mark W. Bailey

2 – wife and child

922

08/05

Alabama

James Barney Hubbard

1 - robbery/murder

923

08/10

Nevada

Terry Jess Dennis (v)

1 – motive unclear

924

08/18

Virginia

James B. Hudson (v)

2 – neighbour dispute

925

08/25

Texas

Jasen Shane Busby

2 – suicide pact?

926

08/26

Texas

James Allridge

1 - robbery/murder

927

08/26

Oklahoma

Windel Ray Workman

1 – girlfriend’s child

928

09/09

Virginia

James Edward Reid

1 - robbery/murder

929

09/21

Texas

Andrew Flores

1 - robbery/murder

930

09/30

Alabama

David Kevin Hocker (v)

1 - robbery/murder

931

10/04

Texas

Edward Green

2 - robbery/murder

932

10/06

Texas

Peter Miniel (v)

1 – murder, motive inknown

933

10/08

North Carolina

Sammy Crystal Perkins

1 rape/murder of child

934

10/12

Texas

Donald Aldrich

1 - murder of homosexual

935

10/13

Ohio

Adremy Dennis

1 - robbery/murder

936

10/20

Texas

Ricky Morrow

1 - robbery/murder

937

10/22

North Carolina

Charles Wesley Roache (v)

6 – spree murder

938

10/26

Texas

Dominique Green

1 - robbery/murder

939

11/02

Texas

Lorenzo Morris

1 - robbery/murder

940

11/04

Texas

Robert Brice Morrow

1 – sexual murder

941

11/09

Texas

Demarco McCullum

1 - robbery/murder

942

11/10

Texas

Frederick McWilliams

1 - robbery/murder

943

11/11

North Carolina

Frank Ray Chandler

1 - robbery/murder

944

11/17

Texas

Anthony Fuentes

1 - robbery/murder

Listings of all executions in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.

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