U.S. executions in 2024.
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore
in
24 men were put to death in 5 states during 2023 all by lethal
injection. 8 were executed in Texas, 6
in Florida, 4 in Oklahoma, 4 in Missouri and 2 in Alabama.
18 men were executed in 6 states during 2022, up from 16 men executed in 5
states during 2021.
Texas and Oklahoma each carried out 5 executions, Alabama 2, Arizona 3,
Missouri 2, Mississippi 1.
Just 21 new death sentences were passed in 2023.
2,331 inmates were on death row as of January 2023, including 50 women
and those sentenced by the US military and the Federal Government.
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, (t) = transgender (v) = volunteered for
execution.
|
No. |
Date |
State |
Name |
Crime/victims |
|
1583 |
01/25 |
Alabama |
Kenneth Eugene Smith (G) |
1 – Murder for hire |
|
1584 |
02/28 |
Texas |
Ivan Cantu |
2 - Cousin and his fiancée. Drug related |
|
1585 |
03/20 |
Georgia |
Willie James Pye |
1 – Rape/murder of ex-girlfriend |
Listings of
all executions in 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
2023