List of offenders executed in the United States in 2016

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This is a list of offenders executed in the United States in 2016. As of July 7, 2016, fourteen offenders have been executed in the United States this year.

List of offenders executed in the United States in 2016


Number Date Name Age Years† Gender Race State Method Source
At Execution At Offense
1 January 7, 2016 Oscar Ray Bolin, Jr. 53 24 29 Male White Florida Lethal injection [1]
2 January 20, 2016 Richard Allen Masterson 43 28 15 Male White Texas Lethal injection [2][3]
3 January 21, 2016 Christopher Eugene Brooks 43 20 23 Male White Alabama Lethal injection [4]
4 January 27, 2016 James Garrett Freeman 35 26 9 Male White Texas Lethal injection [5][6]
5 February 3, 2016 Brandon Astor Jones 72 36 36 Male Black Georgia Lethal injection [7]
6 February 16, 2016 Gustavo Julian Garcia 43 18 25 Male Hispanic Texas Lethal injection [8][9]
7 February 17, 2016 Travis Clinton Hittson 45 21 24 Male White Georgia Lethal injection [10]
8 March 9, 2016 Coy Wayne Wesbrook 58 39 19 Male White Texas Lethal injection [11][12]
9 March 22, 2016 Adam Kelly Ward 33 22 11 Male White Texas Lethal injection [13][14]
10 March 31, 2016 Joshua Daniel Bishop 41 19 22 Male White Georgia Lethal injection [15]
11 April 6, 2016 Pablo Lucio Vasquez 38 20 18 Male Hispanic Texas Lethal injection [16][17]
12 April 12, 2016 Kenneth Earl Fults 47 27 20 Male Black Georgia Lethal injection [18]
13 April 27, 2016 Daniel Anthony Lucas 37 19 18 Male White Georgia Lethal injection [19]
14 May 11, 2016 Earl Mitchell Forrest II 66 53 13 Male White Missouri Lethal injection [20][21]
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 		 Average: 47 years 27 years 20 years  
 


† Note: This column reflects the number of years elapsed between the offender's age at the time of the execution and at the time of the offense.

Executions scheduled for 2016

The following seven executions – all in Texas – are scheduled for 2016:[22]

See also


Preceded by    List of offenders executed   
   in the United States in   
2016		 Succeeded by
2017

References

  1. ↑ Florida killer put to death in first U.S. execution of year
  2. ↑ Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Offender Information – Richard Allen Masterson
  3. ↑ Texas executes its first inmate of 2016 after late appeals
  4. ↑ A man convicted of a woman's rape and murder was put to death Thursday in Alabama's first execution since 2013
  5. ↑ Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Offender Information – James Garrett Freeman
  6. ↑ Death row inmate becomes second killer in as many weeks to be executed in Texas - nine years after he shot dead a game warden while poaching
  7. ↑ Georgia executes Brandon Astor Jones
  8. ↑ Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Offender Information – Gustavo Julian Garcia
  9. ↑ Convicted killer, 43, executed in Texas after 26 years on death row GURGLES as lethal injection begins to take effect
  10. ↑ Georgia executes ex-Navy sailor for 1992 murder of shipmate
  11. ↑ Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Offender Information – Coy Wayne Wesbrook
  12. ↑ Texas man executed for killing five, including his ex-wife, after he saw her having sex with two men and 'lost it'
  13. ↑ Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Offender Information – Adam Kelly Ward
  14. ↑ Texas man executed by lethal injection for killing enforcement officer despite appeal that said death penalty was 'unlawful' due to him being 'delusional and mentally ill'
  15. ↑ Georgia executes death row inmate, 41, after Supreme Court rejects his last-ditch plea for clemency following a last meal of BBQ sandwich, lemonade, and purple candy
  16. ↑ Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Offender Information – Pablo Lucio Vasquez
  17. ↑ 'Vampire killer' who slit 12-year-old boy's throat and drank his blood as he died is executed in Texas while telling the victim's family 'you got your justice right here'
  18. ↑ Georgia inmate who killed a woman during a 1996 burglary was executed after eating his last meal of T-bone steak, baked potato with butter, brown rice and apple juice
  19. ↑ 'I would like to say I'm sorry': Georgia killer apologizes as he is executed for 1998 triple killing of a trucking company owner and his two children during home robbery
  20. ↑ Missouri Death Row - Capital Punishment in Missouri - Current Inmates
  21. ↑ Latest: Missouri man executed for killing deputy, 2 others
  22. ↑ Death Penalty Information Center - Executions Scheduled for 2016
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