List of people executed in the United States in 2023
This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2023. A total of twenty-four people, twenty-three male and one female, were executed in the United States in 2023, all by lethal injection.[1]
List of people executed in the United States in 2023
No. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | ||||||||
1 | January 3, 2023 | Amber McLaughlin[a] | 49 | 30 | 19 | Female | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | [6] |
2 | January 10, 2023 | Robert Alan Fratta | 65 | 37 | 28 | Male | Texas | [7] | ||
3 | January 12, 2023 | Scott James Eizember | 62 | 42 | 20 | Oklahoma | [8] | |||
4 | February 1, 2023 | Wesley Lynn Ruiz | 43 | 27 | 16 | Hispanic | Texas | [9] | ||
5 | February 7, 2023 | Leonard Sheldon Taylor | 58 | 40 | 18 | Black | Missouri | [10] | ||
6 | February 8, 2023 | John Lezell Balentine | 54 | 28 | 26 | Texas | [11] | |||
7 | February 23, 2023 | Donald David Dillbeck | 59 | 27 | 32 | White | Florida | [12] | ||
8 | March 7, 2023 | Gary Green | 51 | 38 | 13 | Black | Texas | [13] | ||
9 | March 9, 2023 | Arthur Brown Jr. | 52 | 21 | 31 | [14] | ||||
10 | April 12, 2023 | Louis Bernard Gaskin | 56 | 22 | 34 | Florida | [15] | |||
11 | May 3, 2023 | Darryl Brian Barwick | 19 | 37 | White | [16] | ||||
12 | June 6, 2023 | Michael Andrew Tisius | 42 | 23 | Missouri | [17] | ||||
13 | June 15, 2023 | Duane Eugene Owen | 62 | 23 | 39 | Florida | [18] | |||
14 | July 20, 2023 | Jemaine Monteil Cannon | 51 | 28 | Black | Oklahoma | [19] | |||
15 | July 21, 2023 | James Edward Barber | 64 | 42 | 22 | White | Alabama | [20] | ||
16 | August 1, 2023 | Johnny Allen Johnson | 45 | 24 | 21 | Missouri | [21] | |||
17 | August 3, 2023 | James Phillip Barnes | 61 | 26 | 35 | Florida | [22] | |||
18 | September 21, 2023 | Anthony Castillo Sanchez | 44 | 18 | 26 | Hispanic | Oklahoma | [23] | ||
19 | October 3, 2023 | Michael Duane Zack III | 54 | 27 | 27 | White | Florida | [24] | ||
20 | October 10, 2023 | Jedidiah Isaac Murphy | 48 | 25 | 23 | Texas | [25] | |||
21 | November 9, 2023 | Brent Ray Brewer | 53 | 19 | 34 | [26] | ||||
22 | November 16, 2023 | Casey Allen McWhorter | 49 | 18 | 31 | Alabama | [27] | |||
23 | David Santiago Renteria | 53 | 31 | 22 | Native American | Texas | [28] | |||
24 | November 30, 2023 | Phillip Dean Hancock | 59 | 37 | White | Oklahoma | [29] | |||
Average: | 54 years | 28 years | 26 years |
Demographics
Gender | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Male | 23 | 96% | ||
Female | 1 | 4% | ||
Ethnicity | ||||
White | 15 | 63% | ||
Black | 6 | 25% | ||
Hispanic | 2 | 8% | ||
Native American | 1 | 4% | ||
State | ||||
Texas | 8 | 33% | ||
Florida | 6 | 25% | ||
Missouri | 4 | 17% | ||
Oklahoma | 4 | 17% | ||
Alabama | 2 | 8% | ||
Method | ||||
Lethal injection | 24 | 100% | ||
Month | ||||
January | 3 | 13% | ||
February | 4 | 17% | ||
March | 2 | 8% | ||
April | 1 | 4% | ||
May | 1 | 4% | ||
June | 2 | 8% | ||
July | 2 | 8% | ||
August | 2 | 8% | ||
September | 1 | 4% | ||
October | 2 | 8% | ||
November | 4 | 17% | ||
December | 0 | 0% | ||
Age | ||||
40–49 | 7 | 29% | ||
50–59 | 12 | 50% | ||
60–69 | 5 | 21% | ||
Total | 24 | 100% |
Executions in recent years
Number of executions | |
---|---|
2024 | 13 |
2023 | 24 |
2022 | 18 |
Total | 55 |
See also
- List of death row inmates in the United States
- List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976
- List of most recent executions by jurisdiction
- List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present
- List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States
- List of women executed in the United States since 1976
Notes
- ^ Amber McLaughlin has also been identified as Scott A. McLaughlin in the death warrant and prison records. McLaughlin transitioned from male to female while incarcerated.[2][3][4] She thus became the first transgender woman executed in the United States.[5]
References
- ^ "Execution List 2023". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Riess, Rebekah; Tucker, Emma (December 16, 2022). "Transgender death row inmate set to be executed in January files clemency application with Missouri governor". CNN. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Transgender woman on Missouri's death row asks governor for mercy with execution just days away". CBS News. December 15, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Missouri Set to Execute Amber McLaughlin on January 3 in First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Person". Death Penalty Information Center. December 27, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Padgett, Donald (December 15, 2022). "First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Woman Set in Missouri". The Advocate. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Madini, Doha (January 3, 2023). "Amber McLaughlin, the first openly transgender person to be executed in the U.S., dies by lethal injection". NBC News. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (January 11, 2023). "Texas executes ex-officer who hired 2 people to kill wife". Associated Press. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ Murphy, Sean (January 12, 2023). "Oklahoma executes man who killed elderly couple in 2003". Associated Press. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- ^ Sisco, Aila (February 1, 2023). "Wesley Ruiz's Final Words Before Texas Execution". Newsweek. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ McDonald, Scott (February 7, 2023). "Leonard Taylor's Final Words Before Missouri Execution". Newsweek. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ Serrano, Alejandro (February 8, 2023). "Texas executes John Balentine for killing three teens in Amarillo". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- ^ Varn, Kathryn (February 23, 2023). "Strapped to a gurney, death row inmate Donald Dillbeck saves his last words for DeSantis". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (March 8, 2023). "Texas inmate executed for killing wife and her daughter". Associated Press. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (March 10, 2023). "Texas executes inmate for killing 4 during drug robbery". Associated Press. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ Farrington, Brendan (April 13, 2023). "Florida executes 'ninja killer' for couple's 1989 death". Associated Press. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "Man executed in Florida for woman's 1986 stabbing death". Associated Press. May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ "Missouri executes Michael Tisius despite widespread pleas to spare his life". The Huffington Post. June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ Washington, Wayne (June 15, 2023). "Duane Owen executed in killings of babysitter, mom. What Karen Slattery's sister said". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ^ Murphy, Sean (July 20, 2023). "Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman". Associated Press. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ Gattis, Paul (July 21, 2023). "Alabama Death Row inmate James Barber executed for 2001 Madison County murder". al.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ Lieb, David A. (August 2, 2023). "Missouri man executed for 2002 abduction, killing of 6-year-old girl lured to abandoned factory". Associated Press. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
- ^ Anderson, Curt (August 4, 2023). "Florida man who dropped appeals is executed for 1988 hammer killing of a nurse". Associated Press. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ Murphy, Sean (September 21, 2023). "Man executed for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student". Associated Press. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ^ Farrington, Brendan (October 3, 2023). "Man who killed 2 women he met a day apart in north Florida bars in 1996 is put to death". Associated Press. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (October 10, 2023). "Texas executes man who questioned evidence presented at trial in deadly carjacking of elderly woman". Associated Press. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (November 9, 2023). "Texas man who said death sentence was based on false expert testimony is executed for 1990 killing". Associated Press. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ Chandler, Kim (November 16, 2023). "Alabama inmate executed for the shooting death of man in 1993 robbery". Associated Press. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (November 16, 2023). "Texas man executed for 2001 killing of 5-year-old girl abducted from a store". Associated Press. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ Clay, Nolan (November 30, 2023). "Phillip Hancock executed for 2001 double murder in Oklahoma City". The Oklahoman. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
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