Numbering
is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in
The
All executions during 2015 were by lethal injection.
49 people were sentenced to death in the USA during 2015, down from 72 in 2014.
One woman was executed in
All executions are carried out for 1st degree murder and are by 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/victims |
1423 |
01/07 |
|
Oscar Ray Bolin |
3 - rape murder |
1424 |
01/20 |
|
Richard Allen Masterson |
1 - sexual murder |
1425 |
01/21 |
|
Christopher Eugene Brooks |
1 - rape/murder |
1426 |
01/27 |
|
James Freeman |
2 - wildlife rangers |
1427 |
02/03 |
|
Brandon Astor Jones |
1 - robbery/murder |
1428 |
02/16 |
|
Gustavo Garcia |
1 - robbery/murder |
1429 |
02/17 |
|
Travis Hittson |
1 - motive unclear |
1430 |
03/09 |
|
Coy Wayne Wesbrook |
5 - revenge murders |
1431 |
03/22 |
|
Adam Kelly Ward |
1 - coding officer |
1432 |
03/31 |
|
Joshua Bishop |
1 - robbery/murder |
1433 |
04/06 |
|
Pablo Lucio Vasquez |
1 - ritual murder of child |
1434 |
04/12 |
|
Kenneth Earl Fults |
1 - robbery/murder |
1435 |
04/27 |
|
Daniel Anthony Lucas |
3 - robbery/murder |
1436 |
05/11 |
|
Earl Forrest |
3 - drug related |
1437 |
07/15 |
|
John Wayne Conner |
1 - beat friend to death |
1438 |
10/05 |
|
Barney Fuller Jr. |
2 - neighbors |
1439 |
10/19 |
|
Gregory Paul Lawler |
1 - police officer |
1440 |
11/16 |
|
Steven Frederick Spears (v) |
1 - ex girlfriend |
1441 |
12/06 |
|
William Sallie |
1 - father in law |
1442 |
12/08 |
|
Ronald Smith |
1 - robbery/murder |
Listings of
all executions in 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 and 2015