List of people executed in the United States in 2012

Last updated August 11, 2023

This is a list of people executedin the United States in 2012. Forty-three people were executed in the United States in 2012. Fifteen of them were in the state of Texas.^[1]^[2]

List of people executed in the United States in 2012

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
No.	Date of execution	Name	At execution	At offense	Age difference	Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
1	January 5, 2012	Gary Roland Welch	49	32	17	Male	White	Oklahoma	Lethal injection	^[3]
2	January 26, 2012	Rodrigo Hernandez	38	20	18		Hispanic	Texas		^[4]
3	February 8, 2012	Edwin Hart Turner	38	22	16		White	Mississippi		^[5]
4	February 15, 2012	Robert Brian Waterhouse	65	33	32			Florida		^[6]
5	February 29, 2012	Robert Henry Moormann	63	35	28			Arizona		^[7]
6	February 29, 2012	George Angel Rivas Jr.	41	30	11		Hispanic	Texas		^[8]
7	March 7, 2012	Keith Steven Thurmond	52	41	11		White	Texas		^[9]
8	March 8, 2012	Robert Charles Towery	47	27	20			Arizona		^[10]
9	March 15, 2012	Timothy Shaun Stemple	46	34	12			Oklahoma		^[11]
10	March 20, 2012	Larry Matthew Puckett	35	18	17			Mississippi		^[12]
11	March 22, 2012	William Gerald Mitchell	61	46	15		Black	Mississippi		^[13]
12	March 28, 2012	Jesse Joe Hernandez	47	36	11		Hispanic	Texas		^[14]
13	April 12, 2012	David Alan Gore	58	29	29		White	Florida		^[15]
14	April 18, 2012	Mark Wayne Wiles	49	22	27		White	Ohio		^[16]
15	April 20, 2012	Shannon M. Johnson	28	22	6		Black	Delaware		^[17]
16	April 25, 2012	Thomas Arnold Kemp	63	44	19		White	Arizona		^[18]
17	April 26, 2012	Beunka Adams	29	19	10		Black	Texas		^[19]
18	May 1, 2012	Michael Bascum Selsor	57	20	37		White	Oklahoma		^[20]
19	June 5, 2012	Henry Curtis Jackson Jr.	47	26	21		Black	Mississippi		^[21]
20	June 12, 2012	Richard Albert Leavitt	53	25	28		White	Idaho		^[22]
21	June 12, 2012	Jan Michael Brawner	34	23	11			Mississippi		^[23]
22	June 20, 2012	Gary Carl Simmons Jr.	49	33	16			Mississippi		^[24]
23	June 27, 2012	Samuel Villegas Lopez	49	24	25		Hispanic	Arizona		^[25]
24	July 18, 2012	Yokamon Laneal Hearn	33	19	14		Black	Texas		^[26]
25	August 7, 2012	Marvin Lee Wilson	54	34	20		Black	Texas		^[27]
26	August 8, 2012	Daniel Wayne Cook	51	25	26		White	Arizona		^[28]
27	August 14, 2012	Michael Edward Hooper	40	21	19			Oklahoma		^[29]
28	September 20, 2012	Donald L. Palmer	47	24	23			Ohio		^[30]
29	September 20, 2012	Robert Wayne Harris	40	28	12		Black	Texas		^[31]
30	September 25, 2012	Cleve Foster	48	38	10		White			^[32]
31	October 10, 2012	Jonathan Marcus Green	44	32	12		Black			^[33]
32	October 15, 2012	Eric Donald Robert	50	48	2		White	South Dakota		^[34]
33	October 24, 2012	Bobby Lee Hines	40	19	21			Texas		^[35]
34	October 30, 2012	Donald Eugene Moeller	60	37	23			South Dakota		^[36]
35	October 31, 2012	Donnie Lee Roberts	41	32	9			Texas		^[37]
36	November 6, 2012	Garry Thomas Allen	56	30	26		Black	Oklahoma		^[38]
37	November 8, 2012	Mario Rashad Swain	33	23	10		Black	Texas		^[39]
38	November 13, 2012	Brett Xavier Hartman	38	23	15		White	Ohio		^[40]
39	November 14, 2012	Ramon Torres Hernandez	41	30	11		Hispanic	Texas		^[41]
40	November 15, 2012	Preston Craig Hughes III	46	22	24		Black	Texas		^[42]
41	December 4, 2012	George Ochoa	38	18	20		Hispanic	Oklahoma		^[43]
42	December 5, 2012	Richard Dale Stokley	60	38	22		White	Arizona		^[44]
43	December 11, 2012	Manuel Pardo Jr.	56	29	27		Hispanic	Florida		^[45]
		Average:	47 years	29 years	18 years

Demographics

Gender
Male	43	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
White	25	58%
Black	11	26%
Hispanic	7	16%
State
Texas	15	35%
Arizona	6	14%
Mississippi	6	14%
Oklahoma	6	14%
Florida	3	7%
Ohio	3	7%
South Dakota	2	5%
Delaware	1	2%
Idaho	1	2%
Method
Lethal injection	43	100%
Month
January	2	5%
February	4	9%
March	6	14%
April	5	12%
May	1	2%
June	5	12%
July	1	2%
August	3	7%
September	5	12%
October	3	7%
November	5	12%
December	3	7%
Age
20–29	2	5%
30–39	9	21%
40–49	17	40%
50–59	9	21%
60–69	6	14%
Total	43	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2013	39
2012	43
2011	43
Total	125

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[dpic-1] "Execution List 2012". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved October 17, 2021.

[tccp-2] "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved October 17, 2021.

[3] "Gary Roland Welch Executed January 15, 2012 06:10 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[4] "Rodrigo Hernandez Executed January 26, 2012, 2012 06:19 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[5] "Edwin Hart Turner Executed February 8, 2012 at 6:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".

[6] "Robert Brian Waterhouse Executed February 15, 2012 08:22 p.m. EST by Lethal Injection in Florida".

[7] "Robert Henry Moorman a/k/a Robert Henry Moormann Executed February 29, 2012 at 10:23 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Arizona".

[8] "George Rivas Executed February 29, 2012 06:22 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[9] "Keith Steven Thurmond Executed March 7, 2012 06:22 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[10] "Robert Charles Towery Executed March 8, 2012 at 11:26 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Arizona".

[11] "Timothy Shaun Stemple Executed March 15, 2012 06:11 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[12] "Larry Matthew Puckett Executed March 20, 2012 at 6:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".

[13] "William Gerald Mitchell Executed March 22, 2012 at 6:20 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".

[14] "Jesse Joe Hernandez Executed March 28, 2012 06:18 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[15] "David Alan Gore Executed April 12, 2012 06:19 p.m. EST by Lethal Injection in Florida".

[16] "Mark Wayne Wiles Executed April 18, 2012 10:42 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[17] "Shannon M. Johnson Executed April 20, 2012 2:55 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Delaware".

[18] "Thomas Arnold Kemp Jr. Executed April 25, 2012 10:08 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Arizona".

[19] "Beunka Adams Executed April 26, 2012 06:25 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[20] "Michael Bascum Selsor Executed May 1, 2012 06:06 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[21] "Henry Curtis Jackson Jr. Executed June 5, 2012 at 6:13 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".

[22] "Richard Albert Leavitt Executed June 12, 2012 10:25 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Idaho".

[23] "Jan Michael Brawner Executed June 12, 2012 at 6:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".

[24] "Gary Carl Simmons Jr. Executed June 20, 2012 at 6:16 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".

[25] "Samuel Villegas Lopez Executed June 27, 2012 10:37 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Arizona".

[26] "Yokamon Laneal Hearn Executed July 18, 2012 06:37 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[27] "Marvin Lee Wilson Executed August 7, 2012 06:27 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[28] "Daniel Wayne Cook Executed August 8, 2012 11:03 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Arizona".

[29] "Michael Edward Hooper Executed August 14, 2012 06:14 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[30] "Donald L. "Duke" Palmer Jr. Executed September 20, 2012 10:35 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[31] "Robert Wayne Harris Executed September 20, 2012 06:43 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[32] "Cleve Foster Executed September 25, 2012 06:43 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[33] "Jonathan Marcus Green Executed October 10, 2012 10:45 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[34] "Eric Donald Robert Executed October 15, 2012 10:24 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in South Dakota".

[35] "Bobby Lee Hines Executed October 25, 2012 6:28 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[36] "Donald Eugene Moeller Executed October 30, 2012 10:24 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in South Dakota".

[37] "Donnie Lee Roberts Jr. Executed October 31, 2012 6:39 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[38] "Garry Thomas Allen Executed November 6, 2012 06:10 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[39] "Mario Rashad Swain Executed November 8, 2012 6:39 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[40] "Brett Xavier Hartman Executed November 13, 2012 10:34 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[41] "Ramon Torres Hernandez Executed November 14, 2012 6:38 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[42] "Preston Craig Hughes III Executed November 15, 2012 7:52 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[43] "George Ochoa Executed December 4, 2012 06:07 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[44] "Richard Dale Stokley Executed December 5, 2012 11:12 a.m. MDT by Lethal Injection in Arizona".

[45] "Manuel Pardo Jr. Executed December 11, 2012 07:47 p.m. EST by Lethal Injection in Florida".

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