Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977.The USA executed 20 men during 2016, down from 28 in 2015. All executions during 2015 were by lethal injection. All executions are carried out for 1st degree murder and are by lethal injection unless otherwise indicated after the prisoner’s name. (E = electrocution, … Read more
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 35 in 9 states in 2014. These 28 had 43 victims. All executions during 2015 were by lethal injection. Texas carried out 13 executions, Missouri 6, Georgia 5, Florida 2, Oklahoma and Virginia 1 each. One woman was executed in Georgia. … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. A total of 35 executions were carried out in 9 states during 2014, all except one, by lethal injection, down from 39 executions in 9 states during 2013. Texas had 16 of these, Florida 7, Oklahoma 6, and Ohio 3. Arizona and Missouri carried out … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. A total of 39 executions were carried out in 9 states during 2013, all except one, by lethal injection, down from 43 executions in 9 states during 2012. Texas had 16 of these, Florida 7, Oklahoma 6, and Ohio 3. Arizona and Missouri carried out … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. A total of 43 executions were carried out in 9 states during 2012, all by lethal injection, the same number of executions in 13 states during 2011. Texas had 15 executions, Arizona, Mississippi and Oklahoma had 6 each, Florida and Ohio each had 3, South Dakota carried out 2 and Delaware and Idaho one each. 33 states … Read more
