U.S. executions in 2024.
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore
in
24 men were put to death in 5 states during 2023 all by lethal
injection. 8 were executed in Texas, 6
in Florida, 4 in Oklahoma, 4 in Missouri and 2 in Alabama.
18 men were executed in 6 states during 2022, up from 16 men executed in 5
states during 2021.
Texas and Oklahoma each carried out 5 executions, Alabama 2, Arizona 3,
Missouri 2, Mississippi 1.
Just 21 new death sentences were passed in 2023.
2,331 inmates were on death row as of January 2023, 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 = Nitrogenl gas, H = hanging, S
= shooting)
Prisoner details (f) = female, (t) = transgender (v) = volunteered for
execution.
|
No. |
Date |
State |
Name |
Crime/victims |
|
1583 |
01/25 |
Alabama |
Kenneth Eugene Smith (G) |
1 Murder for hire |
|
1584 |
02/28 |
Texas |
Ivan Cantu |
2 - Cousin and his fiancιe. Drug related |
|
1585 |
03/20 |
Georgia |
Willie James Pye |
1 Rape/murder of ex-girlfriend |
|
1586 |
04/04 |
Oklahoma |
Michael Dewayne Smith |
2 Motive unclear |
|
1587 |
04/09 |
Missouri |
Brian Dorsey |
2 Family members, drug related |
|
1588 |
05/30 |
Alabama |
Jamie Ray Mills |
2 Robbery murders |
|
1589 |
06/11 |
Missouri |
David Hosier |
2 Revenge murders |
|
1590 |
06/26 |
Texas |
Ramiro Gonzales |
1 Rape/murder |
|
1591 |
06/27 |
Oklahoma |
Richard Rojem |
1 Rape/murder of 7 year old stepdaughter |
|
1592 |
07/18 |
Alabama |
Keith Edmund Gavin |
1 Robbery murder |
|
1593 |
08/07 |
Texas |
Arthur Lee Burton |
1 Rape/murder of jogger |
|
1594 |
08/08 |
Utah |
Taberon
Dave Honie |
1 Female family member |
|
1595 |
08/29 |
Florida |
Loran Kenstley
Cole |
1 - Male student & rape of female student |
|
1596 |
09/20 |
S. Carolina |
Freddie Owens |
1 - Robbery murder |
|
1597 |
09/24 |
Missouri |
Marcellus Williams |
1 - Robbery murder |
|
1598 |
09/24 |
Texas |
Travis James Mullis |
1 sexual assault and murder of son |
|
1599 |
09/25 |
Oklahoma |
Emmanuel Littlejohn |
1 - Robbery murder |
|
1600 |
09/25 |
Alabama |
Alan Eugene Miller (G) |
3 Co-workers |
|
1601 |
10/01 |
Texas |
Garcia Glenn White |
5 Serial killer |
|
1602 |
10/17 |
Alabama |
Derrick Dearman (v) |
5 Family members |
|
1603 |
10/18 |
S. Carolina |
Richard Moore |
1 - Robbery murder |
|
1604 |
11/21 |
Alabama |
Carey Dale Grayson (G) |
1 Female hitchhiker |
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