US Executions in 2007

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

A total of 42 executions were carried out during 2007, 41 by lethal injection and 1 by electrocution.

All executions are carried out for 1st degree murder and use lethal injection unless otherwise indicated after the prisoner’s name.

(E = electrocution, G = lethal gas, H = hanging, S = shooting)
Prisoner details (f) = female, (j) = juvenile (under 18 at time of crime) (v) = volunteered for execution.

No.DateStateNameCrime
105801/09OklahomaCorey Duane Hamilton4 – robbery murder
105901/10TexasCarlos Granados1 – girlfriend’s child
106001/17TexasJohnathan Moore1 – Police officer
106101/30TexasChristopher Swift (v)2 – wife and mother-in-law
106202/07TexasJames Jackson3 women
106302/22TexasNewton Anderson2 – robbery murder
106402/27TexasDonald Miller2 – robbery murder
106503/06TexasRobert Perez2 – gang killings
106603/07TexasJoseph Nichols1 – robbery murder
106703/20TexasCharles Anthony Nealy2 – robbery murder
106803/23TexasVincent Gutierrez1 – carjack murder
106903/28TexasRoy Lee Pippin2 – drug related murders
107004/11TexasJames Lee Clark2 – robbery murder
107104/24OhioJames Filiaggi1 – ex-wife murder
107204/26TexasRyan Dickson2 – robbery murder
107305/03AlabamaAaron Lee Jones2 – robbery murder
107405/04IndianaDavid Leon Woods1 – robbery murder
107505/09TennesseePhillip Workman1 – policeman
107605/16TexasCharles Edward Smith1 – policeman
107705/22ArizonaRobert Charles Comer (v)1 – camper plus 1 rape
107805/24OhioChristopher Newton (v)1 – cellmate
107906/06TexasMichael Griffith1 – rape murder
108006/15IndianaMichael Lambert1 – police officer
108106/20TexasLionell Rodriguez1 – robbery murder
108206/21TexasGilberto Reyes1 – ex girlfriend
108306/22S CarolinaCalvin Alphonso Shuler1 – robbery murder
108406/26TexasPatrick Knight2 – robbery murder
108506/26OklahomaJimmy Dale Bland2 – robbery murder
108606/26GeorgiaJohn Hightower3 – wife & 2 daughters
108707/11South DakotaElijah Page  (v)1 torture murder
108807/24TexasLonnie Earl Johnson2 – robbery murder
108907/26AlabamaDarrell Grayson1 – robbery murder
109008/15TexasKenneth Parr1 – rape murder
109108/21OklahomaFrank Welch2 – rape murder
109208/22TexasJohnny Ray Conner1 – robbery murder
109308/23AlabamaLuther Jerome Williams1 – robbery murder
109408/28TexasDaRoyce Mosley1 – robbery murder
109508/29TexasJohn Joe Amador1 – robbery murder
109609/05TexasTony Roach1 – robbery rape murder
109709/12TennesseeDaryl Holton  (E) (v)4 – his children
109809/20TexasClifford Kimmel3 – robbery murder
109909/25TexasMichael Richard1 – robbery rape murder

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