List of people executed in the United States in 2016 explained

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 executions conducted there in a calendar year.[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 2016

Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethod
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1January 7, 201653 2429MaleWhiteFloridaLethal injection[2] [3]
2January 20, 201643 <-- Date of birth: March 5, 1972 -->2815Texas[4] [5] [6]
3January 21, 201620 23Alabama[7]
4January 27, 201635 269Texas[8] [9] [10]
5February 3, 201672 3636BlackGeorgia[11]
6February 16, 201643 1825HispanicTexas[12] [13]
7February 17, 201645 2124WhiteGeorgia[14]
8March 9, 201658 3919Texas[15] [16]
9March 22, 201633 2211[17] [18]
10March 31, 201641 1922Georgia[19]
11April 6, 201638 2018HispanicTexas[20] [21]
12April 12, 201647 2720BlackGeorgia[22]
13April 27, 201637 1918White[23]
14May 11, 201666 53 13Missouri[24] [25]
15July 15, 201660 25 35Georgia[26]
16October 5, 201658 44 <-- Date of crime: May 14, 2003 -->14Texas[27] [28]
17October 19, 201663 19Georgia[29]
18November 16, 201654 39 15[30]
19December 6, 201650 24 26[31]
20December 8, 201645 23 22Alabama[32]
Average:49 years29 years20 years

Demographics

Gender
Male20100%
Female00%
Ethnicity
White1680%
Black210%
Hispanic2 10%
State
Georgia945%
Texas735%
Alabama210%
Florida15%
Missouri15%
Method
Lethal injection20100%
Month
January420%
February315%
March315%
April315%
May15%
June00%
July15%
August00%
September00%
October210%
November15%
December210%
Age
30–39420%
40–49735%
50–59525%
60–69315%
70–7915%
Total20100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
201723
201620
201528
Total71

Record number of executions in Georgia

In 2016, the State of Georgia executed nine people. This set a record for the most executions conducted in Georgia in a calendar year. Prior to this, the most executions conducted in the state were five executions. This happened in 1987 and again in 2015.[33]

Last meals

See main article: Last meal.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Execution List 2016. Death Penalty Information Center. en-US. October 17, 2021.
  2. Web site: Inmate Release Information Detail – Inmate 519220. Florida Department of Corrections. January 18, 2021.
  3. Web site: Florida killer put to death in first U.S. execution of year . Cotterell . Bill . . January 7, 2016 . January 18, 2021.
  4. Web site: Inmate Information – Richard Allen Masterson . . January 18, 2021.
  5. Web site: Texas executes its first inmate of 2016 after late appeals . January 20, 2016 . 2021-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160425232042/http://www.nola.com:80/crime/index.ssf/2016/01/texas_executes_its_first_inmat.html . April 25, 2016 . mdy-all.
  6. Web site: Smith . Jordan . 2016-01-19 . Did a Dubious Confession Sway a Medical Examiner's Autopsy in a Texas Death Penalty Case? . 2024-03-30 . The Intercept . en-US.
  7. Web site: A man convicted of a woman's rape and murder was put to death Thursday in Alabama's first execution since 2013 . January 21, 2016 . January 18, 2021.
  8. Web site: Inmate Information – James Garrett Freeman . . January 18, 2021.
  9. Web site: Texas executes its first inmate of 2016 after late appeals . January 20, 2016 . 2021-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160425232042/http://www.nola.com:80/crime/index.ssf/2016/01/texas_executes_its_first_inmat.html . April 25, 2016 . mdy-all.
  10. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/16/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  11. Web site: Georgia executes Brandon Astor Jones . February 3, 2016 . 2021-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160730130340/http://www.ajc.com:80/news/news/local/brandon-astor-jones-waits-while-lawyers-try-to-sto/nqHqc/ . July 30, 2016.
  12. Web site: Inmate Information – Gustavo Julian Garcia . . January 18, 2021.
  13. Web site: Inmate executed after 24 years on death row . McCullough . Jolie . . February 16, 2016 . January 18, 2021.
  14. Web site: Georgia executes ex-Navy sailor for 1992 murder of shipmate . February 17, 2016 . 2021-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701030033/http://www.ajc.com:80/news/news/local/death-row-inmate-awaits-court-ruling-as-execution-/nqRwX/ . July 1, 2016.
  15. https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/wesbrookcoy.html "Inmate Information – Coy Wayne Wesbrook"
  16. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/6/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  17. https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/wardadam.html "Inmate Information – Adam Kelly Ward"
  18. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/17/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  19. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/10/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  20. https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/vasquezpablo.html "Inmate Information – Pablo Lucio Vasquez"
  21. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/1/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  22. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/2/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  23. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/13/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  24. http://missourideathrow.com/current-inmates/ "Capital Punishment in Missouri - Current Inmates"
  25. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/9/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  26. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-georgia-execution-1982-killing-20160714-story.html "Georgia executes man on death row for 34 years for 1982 killing of a friend"
  27. https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/fullerbarney.html "Inmate Information – Barney Ronald Fuller, Jr."
  28. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/19/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  29. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/18/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  30. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/7/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  31. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/4/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  32. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/14/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  33. News: Cook. Rhonda. December 7, 2016. Georgia executes William Sallie for 1990 murder of father-in-law. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20180709010835/https://www.myajc.com/news/local/georgia-executes-william-sallie-for-1990-murder-father-law/m3XgGWdAaeOLxWyNK7gC2L/?ref=cbTopWidget. July 9, 2018.
  34. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-year-of-killing-photographer-recreates-the-last-meals-of-2016s-death-row-inmates/6/ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates"
  35. https://adrianhatwell.com/2017/06/23/meals-to-die-for/ "Meals to die for"
  36. Web site: Meals to die for: Kiwi photographer captures last meals of executed prisoners . Sargent . Ewan . December 22, 2016 . Stuff . January 18, 2021.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of people executed in the United States in 2016".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.