Name: Wilford Berry
County: Cuyahoga County "Volunteer"
Date of Birth: 9/2/1962
Executed: 2/19/1999
On February 19, 1999, Wilford Berry, 38, was the first person executed in Ohio since March 1963. He chose lethal injection and was Ohio’s so-called "volunteer" for execution. Berry was convicted of aggravated murder, armed robbery, and aggravated burglary in the killing of Charles Mitroff, 53, on November 30, 1989, in Cleveland, Ohio.