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, G = lethal gas, H = hanging, S = shooting)
Prisoner details (f) = female, (v) = volunteered for execution.
| No. | Date | State | Name | Crime/victims |
| 1423 | 01/07 | Florida | Oscar Ray Bolin | 3 – rape murder |
| 1424 | 01/20 | Texas | Richard Allen Masterson | 1 – sexual murder |
| 1425 | 01/21 | Alabama | Christopher Eugene Brooks | 1 – rape/murder |
| 1426 | 01/27 | Texas | James Freeman | 2 – wildlife rangers |
| 1427 | 02/03 | Georgia | Brandon Astor Jones | 1 – robbery/murder |
| 1428 | 02/16 | Texas | Gustavo Garcia | 1 – robbery/murder |
| 1429 | 02/17 | Georgia | Travis Hittson | 1 – motive unclear |
| 1430 | 03/09 | Texas | Coy Wayne Wesbrook | 5 – revenge murders |
| 1431 | 03/22 | Texas | Adam Kelly Ward | 1 – coding officer |
| 1432 | 03/31 | Georgia | Joshua Bishop | 1 – robbery/murder |
| 1433 | 04/06 | Texas | Pablo Lucio Vasquez | 1 – ritual murder of child |
| 1434 | 04/12 | Georgia | Kenneth Earl Fults | 1 – robbery/murder |
| 1435 | 04/27 | Georgia | Daniel Anthony Lucas | 3 – robbery/murder |
| 1436 | 05/11 | Missouri | Earl Forrest | 3 – drug related |
| 1437 | 07/15 | Georgia | John Wayne Conner | 1 – beat friend to death |
| 1438 | 10/05 | Texas | Barney Fuller Jr. | 2 – neighbors |
| 1439 | 10/19 | Georgia | Gregory Paul Lawler | 1 – police officer |
| 1440 | 11/16 | Georgia | Steven Frederick Spears (v) | 1 – ex girlfriend |
| 1441 | 12/06 | Georgia | William Sallie | 1 – father in law |
| 1442 | 12/08 | Alabama | Ronald Smith | 1 – robbery/murder |
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