Numbering
is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in
A total of 52 executions were carried out in 11 states during 2009, 51 by
lethal injection and 1 by electrocution.
35 states retain death penalty statutes.
106 people were sentenced to death during this year, the lowest since 1976.
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, (v) = volunteered for execution.
No. |
Date |
State |
Name |
Crime |
1189 |
01/07 |
|
|
1 robbery/murder |
1190 |
01/07 |
|
Kenneth Mosley |
1 robbery/murder |
1191 |
01/07 |
|
Gerald J. Bordelon (v) |
1 child sex murder |
1192 |
01/12 |
|
Gary Johnson |
2 - robbery/murder |
1193 |
01/14 |
|
Julius Ricardo
Young |
2 revenge |
1194 |
02/04 |
|
Mark Brown |
2 - robbery/murder |
1195 |
02/16 |
|
Martin Edward Grossman |
1 Park Ranger |
1196 |
03/02 |
|
Michael Sigala |
2 - robbery/murder |
1197 |
03/11 |
|
Joshua Maxwell |
1 - sheriff's deputy |
1198 |
03/16 |
|
|
1 robbery/murder |
1199 |
03/18 |
|
Paul Warner Powell (E) |
1 rape/murder |
1200 |
03/30 |
|
Franklin DeWayne Alix |
1 rape/murder |
1201 |
04/20 |
|
Darryl Durr |
1 rape/murder |
1202 |
04/22 |
|
William Berkley |
1 robbery/murder |
1203 |
04/27 |
|
Samuel Bustamante |
1 robbery/murder |
1204 |
05/12 |
|
Kevin Varga |
1 robbery/murder |
1205 |
05/13 |
|
Michael Beuke |
1 robbery/murder |
1206 |
05/13 |
|
Billy Galloway |
1 robbery/murder |
1207 |
05/19 |
|
Rogelio Cannady |
1 - cellmate |
1208 |
05/19 |
|
Paul Everette
Woodward |
1 rape/murder |
1209 |
05/20 |
|
Gerald James Holland |
1 rape/murder |
1210 |
05/20 |
|
Darick Demorris |
2 motive unclear |
1211 |
05/25 |
|
John Alba |
1 estranged wife |
1212 |
05/27 |
|
Thomas Whisenhant |
1 rape/murder |
1213 |
06/02 |
|
George Jones |
1 robbery/murder |
1214 |
06/09 |
|
Melbert Ray Ford |
1 robbery/murder |
1215 |
06/10 |
|
John Forrest Parker |
1 contract killing |
1216 |
06/15 |
|
David Lee Powell |
1 police officer |
1217 |
06/18 |
|
Ronnie Lee Gardner (S) |
1 during escape bid |
1218 |
07/01 |
|
Michael James Perry |
1 robbery/murder |
1219 |
07/13 |
|
William Garner |
5 robbery/murder (victims were children) |
1220 |
07/20 |
|
Derrick Jackson |
2 - robbery/murder |
1221 |
07/21 |
|
Joseph Daniel Burns |
1 robbery/murder |
1222 |
08/10 |
|
Roderick Davie |
2 revenge |
1223 |
08/12 |
|
Michael Jeffrey Land |
1 robbery/murder |
1224 |
08/17 |
|
Peter Anthony Cantu |
2 - gang related |
1225 |
09/09 |
|
Holly Wood |
1 robbery/murder |
1226 |
09/10 |
|
|
1 robbery/murder |
1227 |
09/23 |
|
Teresa Lewis (f) |
2 - contract killing of husband & stepson |
1228 |
09/27 |
|
Brandon Joseph Rhode |
3 robbery/murder (2 victims were children) |
1229 |
10/06 |
|
Michael Benge |
1 - girlfriend during quarrel |
1230 |
10/14 |
|
Donald Ray Wackerly |
1 robbery/murder |
1231 |
10/21 |
|
Larry Wooten |
2 robbery/murder |
1232 |
10/26 |
|
Jeffrey Landrigan |
1 robbery/murder |
1233 |
11/04 |
|
Phillip Hallford |
1 his daughters boyfriend |
1234 |
12/16 |
|
John David Duty |
1 - his cellmate |
Listings of all executions in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009