U.S. executions in 2016.
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977.
The USA executed 27 men and one woman in 6 states during 2015, down from 33 in 7 states in 2014.  These 28 had 43 victims.
All executions during 2015 were by lethal injection.
49 people were sentenced to death in the USA during 2015, down from 72 in 2014.
Texas carried out 13 executions, Missouri 6, Georgia 5, Florida 2, Oklahoma and Virginia 1 each.
One woman was executed in Georgia. 31 states have death penalty statutes as 31/12/2015 and 2,943 inmates were on death row at this time in 35 states and the Federal Government. 
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

Florida

Oscar Ray Bolin

3 - rape murder

1424

01/20

Texas

Richard Allen Masterson

1 - sexual murder

1425

01/21

Alabama

Christopher Eugene Brooks

1 - rape/murder

1426

01/27

Texas

James Freeman

2 - wildlife rangers

1427

02/03

Georgia

Brandon Astor Jones

1 - robbery/murder

1428

02/16

Texas

Gustavo Garcia

1 - robbery/murder

1429

02/17

Georgia

Travis Hittson

1 - motive unclear

1430

03/09

Texas

Coy Wayne Wesbrook

5 - revenge murders

1431

03/22

Texas

Adam Kelly Ward

1 - coding officer

1432

03/31

Georgia

Joshua Bishop

1 - robbery/murder

1433

04/06

Texas

Pablo Lucio Vasquez

1 - ritual murder of child

1434

04/12

Georgia

Kenneth Earl Fults

1 - robbery/murder

1435

04/27

Georgia

Daniel Anthony Lucas

3 - robbery/murder

1436

05/11

Missouri

Earl Forrest

3 - drug related

1437

07/15

Georgia

John Wayne Conner

1 - beat friend to death

1438

10/05

Texas

Barney Fuller Jr.

2 - neighbors

1439

10/19

Georgia

Gregory Paul Lawler

1 - police officer

1440

11/16

Georgia

Steven Frederick Spears (v)

1 - ex girlfriend

1441

12/06

Georgia

William Sallie

1 - father in law

1442

12/08

Alabama

Ronald Smith

1 - robbery/murder

 

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