Post-Furman US execution #160 Arkansas execution #3 since reinstatement On Friday, the 24th of January, 1992, the State of Arkansas carried out the execution of 40-year-old Ricky Ray Rector by lethal injection at the Cummins Unit near Varner, Lincoln County. Rector had spent over nine years on death row following his conviction for the March … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #1565 Florida execution #100 since reinstatement On Thursday, the 23rd of February, 2023, the State of Florida carried out its first execution in nearly four years when 59-year-old Donald David Dillbeck was put to death by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, Bradford County. Dillbeck had spent nearly thirty-two years … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #1594 Utah execution #8 since reinstatement In the early morning hours of Thursday, the 8th of August, 2024, the State of Utah carried out its first execution in more than fourteen years when 48-year-old Taberon Dave Honie was put to death by lethal injection at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #1028 Texas execution #368 since reinstatement On the evening of Tuesday, the 27th of June, 2006, the State of Texas carried out the execution of 46-year-old Mexican national Ángel Maturino Reséndiz by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Walker County. Reséndiz, known widely in the sensationalist press as “The Railroad … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. 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) … Read more
