U.S. executions in 2024.
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore
in
Nine states carried out 25 executions in 2024 - Alabama 6, Florida 1,
Georgia 1, Indiana 1, Missouri 4, Oklahoma 4, South Carolina 2, Texas 5, and
Utah 1.
Ten states sentenced 21 people to death in 2024 Alabama 4, Arizona 1,
California 3, Florida 7, Idaho 1, Mississippi 1, Nevada 1, Ohio 1, Tennessee 1,
and Texas 6.
27 states have retained the death penalty. 2,216 inmates were on death row as of January
2024, 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 = Nitrogen 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 |
1605 |
12/03 |
Missouri |
Christopher Leroy Collings |
1 - Female |
1606 |
12/18 |
Indiana |
Joseph Corcoran |
4 Family and friends |
1607 |
12/19 |
Oklahoma |
Kevin Ray Underwood |
1 Child in cannibalistic fantasy |
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