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List Of People Executed In The United States In 2023
This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2023. A total of twenty-four people, twenty-three male and one female, were executed in the United States in 2023, all by lethal injection.

List of people executed in the United States in 2023

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 3, 2023 Amber McLaughlin 49 30 19 Female White Missouri Lethal injection
2 January 10, 2023 Robert Alan Fratta 65 37 28 Male Texas
3 January 12, 2023 Scott James Eizember 62 42 20 Oklahoma
4 February 1, 2023 Wesley Lynn Ruiz 43 27 16 Hispanic Texas
5 February 7, 2023 Leonard Sheldon Taylor 58 40 18 Black Missouri
6 February 8, 2023 John Lezell Balentine 54 28 26 Texas
7 February 23, 2023 Donald David Dillbeck 59 27 32 White Florida
8 March 7, 2023 Gary Green 51 38 13 Black Texas
9 March 9, 2023 Arthur Brown Jr. 52 21 31
10 April 12, 2023 Louis Bernard Gaskin 56 22 34 Florida
11 May 3, 2023 Darryl Brian Barwick 19 37 White
12 June 6, 2023 Michael Andrew Tisius 42 23 Missouri
13 June 15, 2023 Duane Eugene Owen 62 23 39 Florida
14 July 20, 2023 Jemaine Monteil Cannon 51 28 Black Oklahoma
15 July 21, 2023 James Edward Barber 64 42 22 White Alabama
16 August 1, 2023 Johnny Allen Johnson 45 24 21 Missouri
17 August 3, 2023 James Phillip Barnes 61 26 35 Florida
18 September 21, 2023 Anthony Castillo Sanchez 44 18 26 Hispanic Oklahoma
19 October 3, 2023 Michael Duane Zack III 54 27 27 White Florida
20 October 10, 2023 Jedidiah Isaac Murphy 48 25 23 Texas
21 November 9, 2023 Brent Ray Brewer 53 19 34
22 November 16, 2023 Casey Allen McWhorter 49 18 31 Alabama
23 David Santiago Renteria 53 31 22 Native American Texas
24 November 30, 2023 Phillip Dean Hancock 59 37 White Oklahoma
Average: 54 years 28 years 26 years

Demographics

Gender
Male 23 96%
Female 1 4%
Ethnicity
White 15 63%
Black 6 25%
Hispanic 2 8%
Native American 1 4%
State
Texas 8 33%
Florida 6 25%
Missouri 4 17%
Oklahoma 4 17%
Alabama 2 8%
Method
Lethal injection 24 100%
Month
January 3 13%
February 4 17%
March 2 8%
April 1 4%
May 1 4%
June 2 8%
July 2 8%
August 2 8%
September 1 4%
October 2 8%
November 4 17%
December 0 0%
Age
40–49 7 29%
50–59 12 50%
60–69 5 21%
Total 24 100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2024 25
2023 24
2022 18
Total 67

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Amber McLaughlin has also been identified as Scott A. McLaughlin in the death warrant and prison records. McLaughlin transitioned from male to female while incarcerated. She thus became the first transgender woman executed in the United States.

References

  1. ^ "Execution List 2023". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  2. ^ Riess, Rebekah; Tucker, Emma (December 16, 2022). "Transgender death row inmate set to be executed in January files clemency application with Missouri governor". CNN. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "Transgender woman on Missouri's death row asks governor for mercy with execution just days away". CBS News. December 15, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  4. ^ "Missouri Set to Execute Amber McLaughlin on January 3 in First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Person". Death Penalty Information Center. December 27, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  5. ^ Padgett, Donald (December 15, 2022). "First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Woman Set in Missouri". The Advocate. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  6. ^ Madini, Doha (January 3, 2023). "Amber McLaughlin, the first openly transgender person to be executed in the U.S., dies by lethal injection". NBC News. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  7. ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (January 11, 2023). "Texas executes ex-officer who hired 2 people to kill wife". Associated Press. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  8. ^ Murphy, Sean (January 12, 2023). "Oklahoma executes man who killed elderly couple in 2003". Associated Press. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  9. ^ Sisco, Aila (February 1, 2023). "Wesley Ruiz's Final Words Before Texas Execution". Newsweek. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  10. ^ McDonald, Scott (February 7, 2023). "Leonard Taylor's Final Words Before Missouri Execution". Newsweek. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  11. ^ Serrano, Alejandro (February 8, 2023). "Texas executes John Balentine for killing three teens in Amarillo". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  12. ^ Varn, Kathryn (February 23, 2023). "Strapped to a gurney, death row inmate Donald Dillbeck saves his last words for DeSantis". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  13. ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (March 8, 2023). "Texas inmate executed for killing wife and her daughter". Associated Press. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  14. ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (March 10, 2023). "Texas executes inmate for killing 4 during drug robbery". Associated Press. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  15. ^ Farrington, Brendan (April 13, 2023). "Florida executes 'ninja killer' for couple's 1989 death". Associated Press. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  16. ^ "Man executed in Florida for woman's 1986 stabbing death". Associated Press. May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  17. ^ "Missouri executes Michael Tisius despite widespread pleas to spare his life". The Huffington Post. June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  18. ^ Washington, Wayne (June 15, 2023). "Duane Owen executed in killings of babysitter, mom. What Karen Slattery's sister said". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  19. ^ Murphy, Sean (July 20, 2023). "Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman". Associated Press. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  20. ^ Gattis, Paul (July 21, 2023). "Alabama Death Row inmate James Barber executed for 2001 Madison County murder". al.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  21. ^ Lieb, David A. (August 2, 2023). "Missouri man executed for 2002 abduction, killing of 6-year-old girl lured to abandoned factory". Associated Press. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  22. ^ Anderson, Curt (August 4, 2023). "Florida man who dropped appeals is executed for 1988 hammer killing of a nurse". Associated Press. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  23. ^ Murphy, Sean (September 21, 2023). "Man executed for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student". Associated Press. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  24. ^ Farrington, Brendan (October 3, 2023). "Man who killed 2 women he met a day apart in north Florida bars in 1996 is put to death". Associated Press. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  25. ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (October 10, 2023). "Texas executes man who questioned evidence presented at trial in deadly carjacking of elderly woman". Associated Press. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  26. ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (November 9, 2023). "Texas man who said death sentence was based on false expert testimony is executed for 1990 killing". Associated Press. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  27. ^ Chandler, Kim (November 16, 2023). "Alabama inmate executed for the shooting death of man in 1993 robbery". Associated Press. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  28. ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (November 16, 2023). "Texas man executed for 2001 killing of 5-year-old girl abducted from a store". Associated Press. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  29. ^ Clay, Nolan (November 30, 2023). "Phillip Hancock executed for 2001 double murder in Oklahoma City". The Oklahoman. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
Preceded by
2022 		   List of people executed   
   in the United States in   
2023 		Succeeded by
2024
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