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The following are lists of people executed in the United States.


By state

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List of people executed in Alabama The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Alabama since 1983. All of the 70 people (69 men and 1 woman) have been executed at the Holman Correctional Facility, near Atmore, Alabama. All executions since December 2002 have bee ...
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List of people executed in Arizona This list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arizona since capital punishment was resumed in 1976 comprises 40 persons, all male, convicted of murder and executed at Florence State Prison in Florence, Arizona.List of people executed in Arkansas The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arkansas since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States. 31 people have been executed in Arkansas since 1976: 30 males and 1 female ( Christina ...
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List of people executed in California The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of California since capital punishment was resumed in 1976. Since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of '' Gregg v. Georgia'', the following 13 people convicted of murder have been ex ...
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List of people executed in Colorado Capital punishment was abolished in Colorado in 2020. It was legal from 1974 until 2020 prior to it being abolished. All valid death sentences as of 2020 have since been commuted to life sentences by governor Jared Polis. It was reinstated in 19 ...
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List of people executed in Connecticut This is a list of people executed in Connecticut, prior to the abolition of capital punishment in the state on April 25, 2012. List Notes: # On this occasion, two executions took place. # On this occasion, three executions took place. # This ...
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List of people executed in Delaware The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Delaware since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. All of the 16 people were convicted of murder and have been executed at the James T. Vaughn Correctiona ...
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List of people executed by the District of Columbia Capital punishment in the District of Columbia has been abolished since 1981. However, a number of executions were carried out under the District's jurisdiction before then. Before 1973, the District of Columbia was exclusively governed by Congr ...
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List of people executed in Florida The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Florida since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. The total amounts to 103 people. Of the 103 people executed, 44 have been executed by electrocution and 59 ...
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List of people executed in Idaho The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Idaho since capital punishment was resumed in 1976. Three men have been executed for murder since the ''Gregg v. Georgia'' decision; all three were executed by lethal injection at the ...
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List of people executed in Illinois This is a list of people executed in Illinois. A total of twelve people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Illinois since 1977. All were executed by lethal injection. Another man condemned in Illinois, Alton Coleman, was execute ...
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List of people executed in Indiana The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Indiana since its statehood. A total of 20 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Indiana in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in ...
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List of people executed in Iowa The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Iowa from 1834 to 1963. Capital punishment was abolished in Iowa in 1965. 45 people were executed in Iowa from 1834-1963, all by hanging. In 2020, a man from Iowa, Dustin Lee Honk ...
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List of people executed in Kansas This is a list of people executed in Kansas. No one has been executed by the state of Kansas since 1965, although capital punishment is legal there. Historically, 58 people have been executed in the area now occupied by the state. Many of these ...
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List of people executed in Louisiana The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Louisiana since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. A total of 28 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Louisiana since 1976. Of the 2 ...
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List of people executed in Maryland Capital punishment was abolished via the legislative process on May 2, 2013, in the U.S. state of Maryland. The death penalty had been in use in the state or, more precisely, its predecessor colony since June 20, 1638, when two men were hange ...
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List of people executed in Missouri This is a list of people executed by lethal injection in Missouri, comprising 95 convicted murderers since 1976, when the US Supreme Court reaffirmed the death penalty with its decision in ''Gregg v. Georgia''. Table See also * Capital p ...
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List of people executed in Montana The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Montana since capital punishment was resumed in 1976. A total of 3 people convicted of murder have been executed since the ''Gregg v. Georgia'' decision. They were all executed by l ...
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List of people executed in Nebraska The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Nebraska since its statehood. __NOTOC__ Before 1903 The first execution in Nebraska reportedly belonged to Cyrus Tator, a former Kansas Legislature member and judge in Lykins County ...
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List of people executed in Nevada The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Nevada. __NOTOC__ Between 1861 and 1903 Between late 1861, when Nevada Territory was organized, and 1903, executions by hanging were conducted at the county seats in which the perso ...
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List of people executed in New Hampshire The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of New Hampshire from 1739 to 1939. Capital punishment was abolished in New Hampshire on May 30, 2019; however the abolition was not retroactive and one inmate remains on the state's de ...
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List of people executed in New Jersey This is a list of people executed in New Jersey. No one has been executed by the state of New Jersey since 1963, although a statute reinstating capital punishment for murder had been in force from 1982 until 2007. New Jersey executed a total of ...
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List of people executed in New Mexico A total of 103 executions have been recorded in New Mexico: four during the Spanish Colonial era (1598–1821), none during the Mexican era (1821–1846), 51 during the Territorial era (1846–1913), 20 by the U.S. Military during the Taos Reb ...
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List of people executed in New York This list of people executed in New York gives the names of some of the people executed in New York, both before and after statehood in the United States (including as New Amsterdam), as well as the person's date of execution, method of executio ...
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List of people executed in North Carolina The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of North Carolina since 1984. There have been a total of 43 executions in North Carolina, under the current statute, since it was adopted in 1977. All of the people executed were convic ...
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List of people executed in North Dakota The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of North Dakota from 1885 to 1905. Capital punishment was abolished in North Dakota in 1973. Only 8 people were ever executed in North Dakota, all via hanging. See also * Capital ...
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List of people executed in Ohio The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Ohio since 1999. All of the following people have been executed for murder since the '' Gregg v. Georgia'' decision. All 56 were executed by lethal injection. However, any future exec ...
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List of people executed in Oklahoma The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Oklahoma since 1976. The total amounts to 119 people, and all were executed by lethal injection. Notes See also * Capital punishment in Oklahoma * Capital punishment in the Uni ...
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List of people executed in Oregon Capital punishment is one of two penalties for aggravated murder in the U.S. state of Oregon, with it being required by the Constitution of Oregon. In November 2011, Governor John Kitzhaber announced a moratorium on executions in Oregon, canceli ...
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List of people executed in Pennsylvania The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A total of 1,043 people have been executed in Pennsylvania since 1693, the third highest of any other state or commonwealth in the Union, after New York (1,130) and V ...
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List of people executed in South Carolina The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of South Carolina since 1985. There have been a total of 43 executions in South Carolina since 1985. All of the people executed were convicted of murder. Of the 43 people executed, 36 we ...
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List of people executed in South Dakota The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of South Dakota from 1877 to date. A total of 20 people have been executed in South Dakota since 1877. Prior to 1915, the sole method of execution was via hanging. South Dakota banned the ...
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List of people executed in Tennessee This is a list of people executed in Tennessee. Until 1913, there were no records of the numbers or names of the people who were executed. 1916–1960 1976–present See also * Capital punishment in Tennessee * Capital punishment in the ...
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Lists of people executed in Texas The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819–1849, is divided into periods of 10 years. Since 1819, 1,334 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of . Between 1819 and 1 ...
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List of people executed in Utah The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Utah. People executed in Utah Notes See also * Capital punishment in Utah * Capital punishment in the United States References {{CapPun-US Executions Utah Utah ( ...
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List of people executed in Vermont The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Vermont from 1778 to 1954. Capital punishment was abolished in Vermont in 1972. From 1778-1954, 26 people were executed in Vermont, 21 by hanging and 5 by electrocution. 24 of the e ...
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List of people executed in Virginia This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in ''Gregg v. Georgia'', issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by t ...
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List of people executed in Washington Only five people have been executed by the state of Washington since the death penalty statute was reformed following the 1976 Supreme Court decisions. Capital punishment was declared unconstitutional by the Washington Supreme Court in 2018. ...
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List of people executed in West Virginia The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1861 to 1959. Capital punishment was abolished in West Virginia in 1965. From 1861 to 1959, 112 people have been executed in West Virginia, 102 by hanging, 9 by ...
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List of people executed in Wyoming The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Wyoming. A total of 7 men were executed prior to Wyoming becoming a State on July 10, 1890: 18 men were executed by the state of Wyoming between its statehood and the Supreme Court ...


By year

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List of people executed in the United States in 2000 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2000. Eighty-five people were executed in the United States in 2000. Forty of them were in the state of Texas; the most carried out within a single year in Texas state history. Two ( Betty ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2001 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2001. Sixty-six people were executed in the United States in 2001. Eighteen of them were in the state of Oklahoma, while only seventeen of them were in the state of Texas. Three (Wanda Je ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2002 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2002. Seventy-one people were executed in the United States in 2002. Thirty-three of them were in the state of Texas. Two ( Lynda Lyon Block and Aileen Carol Wuornos) were female. One (Lyn ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2003 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2003. A total of sixty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2003, sixty-four by lethal injection and one by electrocution. List of people executed in the United Sta ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2004 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2004. Fifty-nine people were executed in the United States in 2004. Twenty-three of them were in the state of Texas. One ( James Neil Tucker) was executed via electrocution. List of people ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2005 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2005. Sixty people were executed in the United States in 2005. Nineteen of them were in the state of Texas. One ( Frances Elaine Newton) was female. The states of Connecticut and Maryland c ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2006 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2006. Fifty-three people were executed in the United States in 2006. Twenty-four of them were in the state of Texas. One ( Brandon Wayne Hedrick) was executed via electrocution. The states o ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2007 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2007. Forty-two people were executed in the United States in 2007. Twenty-six of them were in the state of Texas. One ( Daryl Keith Holton) was executed via electrocution. Holton, who waived ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2008 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2008. Thirty-seven people were executed in the United States in 2008. Eighteen of them were in the state of Texas. One ( James Earl Reed) was executed via electrocution. Executions were not ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2009 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2009. Fifty-two people were executed in the United States in 2009. Twenty-four of them were in the state of Texas. One (Larry Bill Elliott) was executed via Electric chair, electrocution. On ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2010 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2010. Forty-six people were executed in the United States in 2010. Seventeen of them were in the state of Texas. One ( Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis) was female. One ( Paul Warner Powell) was exe ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2011 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2011. Forty-three people were executed in the United States in 2011, all by lethal injection. Fifteen of them were in the state of Texas. One ( Humberto Leal Garcia) was a foreign national f ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2012 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2012. Forty-three people were executed in the United States in 2012. Fifteen of them were in the state of Texas. List of people executed in the United States in 2012 Demographics Execut ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2013 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2013. Thirty-nine people were executed in the United States in 2013. Sixteen of them were in the state of Texas. One ( Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy) was female. List of people executed in t ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2014 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2014. Thirty-five people were executed in the United States in 2014. Ten of them were in the state of Missouri, and another ten were in the state of Texas. Two ( Edgar Tamayo Arias and Ramir ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2015 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2015. Twenty-eight people were executed in the United States in 2015. Thirteen of them were in the state of Texas. One ( Alfredo Rolando Prieto) was a foreign national from El Salvador. One ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2016 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2016. A total of twenty people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2016, all by lethal injection. The state of Georgia executed nine people, setting a record for the most execut ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2017 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2017. A total of twenty-three people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2017, all by lethal injection. The state of Arkansas executed four people in April, ending a hiatus on ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2018 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2018. A total of twenty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2018; of whom 23 died by lethal injection and two, in Tennessee, by electrocution, marking the first ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2020 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2020. A total of seventeen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2020, sixteen by lethal injection and one by electrocution. The federal government of the United Sta ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2021 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2021. A total of eleven people, ten male and one female, were executed in the United States in 2021, all by lethal injection. With only eleven executions occurring throughout the year, 2021 ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2022 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2022. A total of eighteen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2022, all by lethal injection. List of people executed in the United States in 2022 Demographics Execut ...
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List of people executed in the United States in 2023 This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2023. To date, thirteen people have been executed in the United States in 2023, all by lethal injection. List of people executed in the United States in 2023 Demographics Executions i ...


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List of people executed by the United States federal government The following is a list of people executed by the United States federal government. Post-''Gregg'' executions Sixteen executions (none of them military) have occurred in the modern post-''Gregg'' era. Since 1963, sixteen people have been execut ...
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List of people executed by the United States military The following is a list of people executed by the United States military. The list separates executions by branches; the Uniform Code of Military Justice did not exist until 1950. Executions by the Army (WW2 and Post War) The United States Army c ...
* List of most recent executions by jurisdiction § United States * List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976 * List of women executed in the United States since 1976


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List of executions in Japan Capital punishment is a legal penalty for murder in Japan, and is applied in cases of multiple murder or aggravated single murder. Executions in Japan are carried out by hanging, and the country has seven execution chambers, all located in major ...
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