Numbering
is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in
A total of 52 executions were carried out in 11 states during 2009, 51 by
lethal injection and 1 by electrocution.
35 states retain death penalty statutes.
106 people were sentenced to death during this year, the lowest since 1976.
All
executions are carried out for 1st degree murder and use 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 |
|
1189 |
01/07 |
|
|
1 – robbery/murder |
|
1190 |
01/07 |
|
Kenneth Mosley |
1 – robbery/murder |
|
1191 |
01/07 |
|
Gerald J. Bordelon (v) |
1 – child sex murder |
|
1192 |
01/12 |
|
Gary Johnson |
2 - robbery/murder |
|
1193 |
01/14 |
|
Julius Ricardo
Young |
2 – revenge |
|
1194 |
02/04 |
|
Mark Brown |
2 - robbery/murder |
|
1195 |
02/16 |
|
Martin Edward Grossman |
1 – Park Ranger |
Listings of all executions in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009