List of people executed in Mississippi explained

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.

Since 1976, 23 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi. Of the 23 people executed, 4 were executed via gas chamber and 19 via lethal injection.^[1]

List of people executed in Mississippi since 1976

	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1		White	34	M	September 2, 1983	Jackson	Gas chamber	Deressa Jean Scales	William Winter
2		Black	26	M	May 20, 1987	Leake		Walnut Grove police officer J. T. Trest	William Allain
3		Black	27	M	July 8, 1987	Hinds		Arun Pahwa
4		Black	36	M	June 21, 1989			Linzy Don Dixon	Ray Mabus
5		White	39	M	July 17, 2002	Harrison	Lethal injection	Mississippi Highway Patrol officer David Bruce Ladner	Ronnie Musgrove
6		White	51	M	December 11, 2002	Jackson		Karon Ann Pierce
7		White	77	M	December 14, 2005	Rankin		Virginia Tucker	Haley Barbour
8		White	43	M	October 18, 2006	Scott		Katie Bell Moore and Velma Odell Noblin
9		White	49	M	May 21, 2008	Chickasaw		Mary Bounds
10		White	34	M	July 23, 2008	Lee		Marcus James Gentry
11		White	62	M	May 19, 2010	Perry		Rhonda Crane
12		White	72	M	May 20, 2010	Harrison		Krystal King
13		White	42	M	July 21, 2010	Lee		Floyd Melvin McBride
14		White	52	M	May 10, 2011	Marion		4 murder victims
15		Black	39	M	May 17, 2011	Newton		Grace Blackwell
16		White	38	M	February 8, 2012	Carroll		Eddie Brooks and Everett Curry	Phil Bryant
17		White	35	M	March 20, 2012	Forrest		Rhonda Hatten Griffis
18		Black	61	M	March 22, 2012	Harrison		Patty Milliken
19		Black	47	M	June 5, 2012	Leflore		4 murder victims
20		White	34	M	June 12, 2012	Tate		4 murder victims
21		White	49	M	June 20, 2012	Jackson		Jeffrey Wolfe
22		White	50	M	November 17, 2021	Union		Kim Kirk Cox	Tate Reeves
23		White	58	M	December 14, 2022	Itawamba		Leesa Marie Gray

Demographics

Race
White	17	74%
Black	6	26%
Age
20–29	2	9%
30–39	8	35%
40–49	5	22%
50–59	4	17%
60–69	2	9%
70-79	2	9%
Sex
Male	23	100%
Date of execution
1976–1979	0	0%
1980–1989	4	17%
1990–1999	0	0%
2000–2009	6	26%
2010–2019	11	48%
2020–2029	2	9%
Method
Lethal injection	19	83%
Gas chamber	4	17%
Governor (Party)
	0	0%
	1	4%
	2	9%
	1	4%
Kirk Fordice (R)	0	0%
	2	9%
Haley Barbour (R)	9	39%
Phil Bryant (R)	6	26%
	2	9%
Total	23	100%

See also

• Capital punishment in Mississippi
• Capital punishment in the United States

External links

• Mississippi Department of Corrections

Notes and References

1. Web site: Searchable Execution Database. Death Penalty Information Center. March 17, 2020.