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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Idaho since capital punishment was resumed in 1976.
Three men have been executed for murder since the Gregg v. Georgia decision; all three were executed by lethal injection at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, east of Kuna. Wells' execution in early 1994 was the first in the state in over 36 years, when Raymond Snowden was hanged in October 1957; the next was over 17 years later (November 2011).
No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Keith Eugene Wells | White | 31 | M | January 6, 1994 | Ada | Lethal injection | John Justad and Brandi Rains | Cecil Andrus |
2 | Paul Ezra Rhoades | White | 54 | M | November 18, 2011 | Bingham and Bonneville | Stacy Baldwin, Nolan Haddon, and Susan Michelbacher | Butch Otter | |
3 | Richard Albert Leavitt | White | 53 | M | June 12, 2012 | Bingham | Danette Jean Elg |
Race | ||
---|---|---|
White | 3 | 100% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 0 | 0% |
30–39 | 1 | 33% |
40–49 | 0 | 0% |
50–59 | 2 | 67% |
Sex | ||
Male | 3 | 100% |
Date of execution | ||
1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
1980–1989 | 0 | 0% |
1990–1999 | 1 | 33% |
2000–2009 | 0 | 0% |
2010–2019 | 2 | 67% |
2020–2029 | 0 | 0% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 3 | 100% |
Governor (Party) | ||
John Evans (D) | 0 | 0% |
Cecil Andrus (D) | 1 | 33% |
Phil Batt (R) | 0 | 0% |
Dirk Kempthorne (R) | 0 | 0% |
Jim Risch (R) | 0 | 0% |
Butch Otter (R) | 2 | 67% |
Brad Little (R) | 0 | 0% |
Total | 3 | 100% |
Previous executions in Idaho were by hanging at the Old Idaho State Penitentiary, east of downtown Boise. The last six were: