Numbering
is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in
Two men
and one woman were put to death under Federal jurisdiction and 8 men were
executed in 5 states during 2021. All died by lethal injection down from 16 men
executed under Federal jurisdiction and in 5 states during 2021.
35 states have now either abolished capital
punishment (23 states) or have not carried out an execution in at least ten
years (12 states).
2,474 inmates were on death row as of July 2021, including 51 women and those
sentenced by the
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.
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State |
Name |
Crime/victims |
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1530 |
01/13 |
Federal |
Lisa Montgomery (f) |
1 - murder of mother to obtain unborn baby |
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1531 |
01/14 |
Federal |
Cory Johnson |
7 - drug related |
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1532 |
01/16 |
Federal |
Dustin Higgs |
3 - kidnapping and murder of women |
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1533 |
05/19 |
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Quintin Jones |
1 - murder of his great-aunt to steal |
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1534 |
06/30 |
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John Hummel |
3 - pregnant wife, his 5-year-old daughter and his father in law |
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1535 |
09/28 |
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Rick Rhoades |
2 - Brothers in a robbery murder |
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1536 |
10/05 |
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Ernest Johnson |
3 - Robbery murder |
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1537 |
10/21 |
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Willie B. Smith |
1 - Kidnap and murder |
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1538 |
10/28 |
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John Marion Grant |
1 - Female prison worker |
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1539 |
11/17 |
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David Neal Cox (v) |
1 - wife, plus rape of stepdaughter and earlier murder of his sister in law. |
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1540 |
12/09 |
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Bigler Stouffer II |
1 - motive unclear |
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Listings of all executions in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020