U.S. executions in 2022.
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore
in
18 men were executed in 6 states during 2022, up from 16 men executed in
5 states during 2021. All died by lethal injection.
Texas and Oklahoma each carried out 5 executions, Alabama 2, Arizona 3, Missouri
2, Mississippi 1. Just 20 new death
sentences were passed in 2022.
2,414 inmates were on death row as of July 2022, including 50 women and
those sentenced by the US military 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.
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No. |
Date |
State |
Name |
Crime/victims |
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1541 |
01/27 |
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Donald Anthony Grant |
2 - Robbery murder |
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1542 |
01/27 |
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Matthew Reeves |
1 - Robbery murder |
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1543 |
02/17 |
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Gilbert Ray Postelle |
4 - Revenge murders |
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1544 |
04/21 |
Texas |
Carl Wayne Buntion |
1 – Police officer |
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1545 |
05/03 |
Missouri |
Carman Deck |
2 - Robbery murder |
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1546 |
05/11 |
Arizona |
Clarence Dixon |
1 - Rape murder |
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1547 |
06/08 |
Arizona |
Frank Jarvis Atwood |
1 - 8 year old girl |
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1548 |
07/28 |
Alabama |
Joe Nathan James Jr. |
1 – ex girlfriend |
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1549 |
08/17 |
Texas |
Kosoul Chanthakoummane |
1 - Robbery murder |
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1550 |
08/25 |
Oklahoma |
James Coddington |
1 - Robbery murder |
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1550 |
10/05 |
Texas |
John Henry Ramirez |
1 - Robbery murder |
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1551 |
10/20 |
Oklahoma |
Benjamin Cole |
1- 9 year old daughter |
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1552 |
11/09 |
Texas |
Tracy Beatty |
1 – His mother |
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1553 |
11/16 |
Arizona |
Murray Hooper |
2 - Robbery murder |
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1554 |
11/16 |
Texas |
Stephen Barbee |
2 – ex girlfriend and her son |
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1555 |
11/17 |
Oklahoma |
Richard Stephen Fairchild |
1 – 3 year old child |
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1556 |
11/29 |
Missouri |
Kevin Johnson |
1 – Police officer |
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1557 |
12/14 |
Mississippi |
Thomas Loden Jr. |
1 – Rape/murder |
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