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 execution | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | |
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At execution | At offense | Age difference |
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1 | January 7, 2016 | | 53 | 24 | 29 | Male | White | Florida | Lethal injection | [2] [3] |
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2 | January 20, 2016 | | 43 < | -- Date of birth: March 5, 1972 --> | 28 | 15 | Texas | [4] [5] [6] |
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3 | January 21, 2016 | | 20 | 23 | Alabama | [7] |
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4 | January 27, 2016 | | 35 | 26 | 9 | Texas | [8] [9] [10] |
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5 | February 3, 2016 | | 72 | 36 | 36 | Black | Georgia | [11] |
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6 | February 16, 2016 | | 43 | 18 | 25 | Hispanic | Texas | [12] [13] |
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7 | February 17, 2016 | | 45 | 21 | 24 | White | Georgia | [14] |
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8 | March 9, 2016 | | 58 | 39 | 19 | Texas | [15] [16] |
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9 | March 22, 2016 | | 33 | 22 | 11 | [17] [18] |
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10 | March 31, 2016 | | 41 | 19 | 22 | Georgia | [19] |
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11 | April 6, 2016 | | 38 | 20 | 18 | Hispanic | Texas | [20] [21] |
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12 | April 12, 2016 | | 47 | 27 | 20 | Black | Georgia | [22] |
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13 | April 27, 2016 | | 37 | 19 | 18 | White | [23] |
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14 | May 11, 2016 | | 66 | 53 | 13 | Missouri | [24] [25] |
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15 | July 15, 2016 | | 60 | 25 | 35 | Georgia | [26] |
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16 | October 5, 2016 | | 58 | 44 < | -- Date of crime: May 14, 2003 --> | 14 | Texas | [27] [28] |
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17 | October 19, 2016 | | 63 | 19 | Georgia | [29] |
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18 | November 16, 2016 | | 54 | 39 | 15 | [30] |
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19 | December 6, 2016 | | 50 | 24 | 26 | [31] |
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20 | December 8, 2016 | | 45 | 23 | 22 | Alabama | [32] |
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| Average: | 49 years | 29 years | 20 years | |
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Demographics
Gender |
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Male | 20 | 100% |
Female | 0 | 0% |
Ethnicity |
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White | 16 | 80% |
Black | 2 | 10% |
Hispanic | 2 | 10% |
State |
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Georgia | 9 | 45% |
Texas | 7 | 35% |
Alabama | 2 | 10% |
Florida | 1 | 5% |
Missouri | 1 | 5% |
Method |
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Lethal injection | 20 | 100% |
Month |
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January | 4 | 20% |
February | 3 | 15% |
March | 3 | 15% |
April | 3 | 15% |
May | 1 | 5% |
June | 0 | 0% |
July | 1 | 5% |
August | 0 | 0% |
September | 0 | 0% |
October | 2 | 10% |
November | 1 | 5% |
December | 2 | 10% |
Age |
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30–39 | 4 | 20% |
40–49 | 7 | 35% |
50–59 | 5 | 25% |
60–69 | 3 | 15% |
70–79 | 1 | 5% |
Total | 20 | 100% | |
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Executions in recent years
Number of executions |
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2017 | 23 |
2016 | 20 |
2015 | 28 |
Total | 71 |
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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.
- Henry Hargreaves, a Brooklyn-based photographer, recreated (and then photographed) the last meals served to all twenty men executed in 2016. Through his series, entitled A Year of Killing, Hargreaves sought to educate people about the use of the death penalty. This work is a sequel to his 2011 series No Seconds, which recreated the last meals ordered by famous criminals like Ted Bundy.[34] [35]
- In 2016, the most-ordered food was steak, followed by pizza, although some of the condemned prisoners elected to forgo a special last meal.[36]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Execution List 2016. Death Penalty Information Center. en-US. October 17, 2021.
- Web site: Inmate Release Information Detail – Inmate 519220. Florida Department of Corrections. January 18, 2021.
- Web site: Florida killer put to death in first U.S. execution of year . Cotterell . Bill . . January 7, 2016 . January 18, 2021.
- Web site: Inmate Information – Richard Allen Masterson . . January 18, 2021.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Web site: Inmate Information – James Garrett Freeman . . January 18, 2021.
- 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.
- 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"
- 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.
- Web site: Inmate Information – Gustavo Julian Garcia . . January 18, 2021.
- Web site: Inmate executed after 24 years on death row . McCullough . Jolie . . February 16, 2016 . January 18, 2021.
- 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.
- https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/wesbrookcoy.html "Inmate Information – Coy Wayne Wesbrook"
- 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"
- https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/wardadam.html "Inmate Information – Adam Kelly Ward"
- 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"
- 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"
- https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/vasquezpablo.html "Inmate Information – Pablo Lucio Vasquez"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- http://missourideathrow.com/current-inmates/ "Capital Punishment in Missouri - Current Inmates"
- 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"
- 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"
- https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/fullerbarney.html "Inmate Information – Barney Ronald Fuller, Jr."
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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.
- 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"
- https://adrianhatwell.com/2017/06/23/meals-to-die-for/ "Meals to die for"
- Web site: Meals to die for: Kiwi photographer captures last meals of executed prisoners . Sargent . Ewan . December 22, 2016 . Stuff . January 18, 2021.