List of people executed in the United States in 1996

Forty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1996, thirty-six by lethal injection, seven by electrocution, one by hanging and one by firing squad. ^[1] The last execution by hanging in the United States occurred this year. The state of Nevada carried out its first and currently only involuntary execution since 1961, that of Richard Allen Moran.

List of people executed in the United States in 1996

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 4, 1996	Walter Milton Correll Jr.	34	24	10	Male	White	Virginia	Lethal injection	[2]
2	January 23, 1996	Richard Townes Jr.	45	34	11		Black			[3]
3	January 25, 1996	Billy Bailey	49	32	17		White	Delaware	Hanging	[4]
4	January 26, 1996	John Albert Taylor	36	30	6			Utah	Firing squad	[5]
5	January 30, 1996	William Henry Flamer	40	24	16		Black	Delaware	Lethal injection	[6]
6	February 9, 1996	Leo Ernest Jenkins Jr.	37	29	8		White	Texas		[7]
7	February 16, 1996	Edward Dean Horsley Jr.	38	19	19		Black	Alabama	Electrocution	[8]
8	February 21, 1996	Jeffery Paul Sloan	29		10		White	Missouri	Lethal injection	[9]
9	February 23, 1996	William George Bonin	49	33	16			California		[10]
10	February 27, 1996	Kenneth Granviel	45	24	21		Black	Texas		[11]
11	March 1, 1996	Antonio G. James	42		18			Louisiana		[12]
12	March 30, 1996	Richard Allen Moran		30	12		White	Nevada		[13]
13	April 10, 1996	Doyle James Williams	48	32	16			Missouri		[14]
14	April 19, 1996	James B. Clark Jr.	39	37	2			Delaware		[15]
15	April 26, 1996	Benjamin Brewer	38	20	18			Oklahoma		[16]
16	May 3, 1996	Keith Daniel Williams	48	31	17			California		[17]
17	May 31, 1996	Robert W. South	51	38	13			South Carolina		[18]
18	June 19, 1996	Daren Lee Bolton	29	19	10			Arizona		[19]
19	July 17, 1996	John Joseph Joubert IV	33	20	13			Nebraska	Electrocution	[20]
20		Joseph John Savino III	37	30	7			Virginia	Lethal injection	[21]
21	July 18, 1996	Tommie Joe Smith	42	26	16		Black	Indiana		[22]
22	July 19, 1996	Frederick Herman Kornahrens III	47	36	11		White	South Carolina		[23]
23	July 31, 1996	Emmett Clifton Nave	55	43	12		Native American	Missouri		[24]
24	August 7, 1996	Thomas Henry Battle	34	18	16		Black			[25]
25	August 8, 1996	William Frank Parker	41	30	11		White	Arkansas		[26]
26	August 9, 1996	Steven Keith Hatch	42	26	16			Oklahoma		[27]
27	August 21, 1996	Richard Dennis Oxford	39	30	9			Missouri		[28]
28	August 22, 1996	Luis Morine Mata	45	25	20		Hispanic	Arizona		[29]
29	September 6, 1996	Michael Rian Torrence	35		10		White	South Carolina		[30]
30		Douglas Franklin Wright	56	51	5			Oregon		[31]
31	September 18, 1996	Raymond Lee Stewart	44	29	15		Black	Illinois		[32]
32		Joe Fedelfido Gonzales Jr.	35	31	4		Hispanic	Texas		[33]
33	October 4, 1996	Larry Gene Bell	46	35	11		White	South Carolina	Electrocution	[34]
34	October 21, 1996	John Earl Bush	38	23	15		Black	Florida		[35]
35	November 14, 1996	Larry Grant Lonchar	45	35	10		White	Georgia		[36]
36	November 15, 1996	Doyle Cecil Lucas	41	28	13			South Carolina	Lethal injection	[37]
37		Ellis Wayne Felker	48	33	15			Georgia	Electrocution	[38]
38	November 21, 1996	Ronald Bernard Bennett	42	31	11		Black	Virginia	Lethal injection	[39]
39	November 22, 1996	Frank Middleton Jr.	33	21	12			South Carolina		[40]
40	December 3, 1996	Gregory Warren Beaver	30	19	11		White	Virginia		[41]
41	December 6, 1996	John Mills Jr.	41	27	14		Black	Florida	Electrocution	[42]
42	December 10, 1996	Larry Allen Stout	33	23	10			Virginia	Lethal injection	[43]
43	December 11, 1996	Richard Steven Zeitvogel	40	27	13		White	Missouri		[44]
44	December 12, 1996	Lem Davis Tuggle Jr.	44	31				Virginia		[45]
45	December 16, 1996	Ronald Lee Hoke Sr.	39	28	11					[46]
		Average:	41 years	28 years	13 years

Demographics

Gender
Male	45	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
White	29	64%
Black	13	29%
Hispanic	2	4%
Native American	1	2%
State
Virginia	8	18%
Missouri	6	13%
South Carolina	6	13%
Delaware	3	7%
Texas	3	7%
Arizona	2	4%
California	2	4%
Florida	2	4%
Georgia	2	4%
Oklahoma	2	4%
Alabama	1	2%
Arkansas	1	2%
Illinois	1	2%
Indiana	1	2%
Louisiana	1	2%
Nebraska	1	2%
Nevada	1	2%
Oregon	1	2%
Utah	1	2%
Method
Lethal injection	36	80%
Electrocution	7	16%
Firing squad	1	2%
Hanging	1	2%
Month
January	5	11%
February	5	11%
March	2	4%
April	3	7%
May	2	4%
June	1	2%
July	5	11%
August	5	11%
September	4	9%
October	2	4%
November	5	11%
December	6	13%
Age
20–29	2	4%
30–39	17	38%
40–49	23	51%
50–59	3	7%
Total	45	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1997	74
1996	45
1995	56
Total	175

References

1. "Execution List 1996". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved May 23, 2025.
2. "Virginia Executes an Abductor Who Killed". The New York Times. January 6, 1996.
3. "KILLER IS PUT TO DEATH, INSISTS ON INNOCENCE". The Virginian-Pilot. January 24, 1996.
4. "AN EXECUTION IN THE OLD WAY". The Washington Post. January 25, 1996.
5. "Firing Squad Executes Killer". The New York Times. January 27, 1996.
6. "Delaware executes man convicted of killing his aunt and uncle in '79". The Philadelphia Inquirer. January 30, 1996.
7. "Texas Executes a Killer of Two as the Victims' Family Watches". The New York Times. February 10, 1996.
8. "Alabama Executes Killer". The New York Times. February 17, 1996.
9. "Man Is Executed for Killing Brother, 9". The New York Times. February 22, 1996.
10. "BONIN IS EXECUTED FOR 14 MURDERS". Associated Press. February 23, 1996.
11. "Killer of 7 Executed After a 20-Year Stay On Texas Death Row". The New York Times. February 28, 1996.
12. "Inmate Is Executed After 13 Reprieves". The New York Times. March 2, 1996.
13. "Nevada Executes Man Who Killed 3 People". The New York Times. March 31, 1996.
14. "Missouri Man Is Put to Death For '80 Killing". The New York Times. April 11, 1996.
15. "Delaware Executes Man Who Killed His Parents". The New York Times. April 20, 1996.
16. "State Executes Benjamin Brewer". The Oklahoman. April 26, 1996.
17. "Triple murderer Williams is executed". UPI. May 3, 1996.
18. "South Carolina Executes Killer of Policeman". The New York Times. June 1, 1996.
19. "Killer of 2-Year-Old Is Executed in Arizona". The New York Times. June 20, 1996.
20. "Nebraska Executes Man Who Killed 3 Boys". The New York Times. July 18, 1996.
21. "AFTER SHORT DELAY, MAN IS EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION THE EXECUTION OF JOSEPH SAVINO III WAS DELAYED FOR TWO HOURS FOR A FINAL APPEAL". The Virginian-Pilot. July 18, 1996.
22. "Indiana executes cop killer". UPI. July 18, 1996.
23. "Man Who Killed 3 in Family Is Executed". The New York Times. July 20, 1996.
24. "Killer executed in Missouri". UPI. July 31, 1996.
25. "Missouri Executes Killer of Elderly Neighbor". The New York Times. August 8, 1996.
26. "Killer Who Became a Buddhist Executed". Los Angeles Times. August 9, 1996.
27. "Killer Executed For Couple's '79 Murder". The Oklahoman. August 9, 1996.
28. "Killer executed in Missouri". UPI. August 21, 1996.
29. "2 Who Killed Are Executed In 2 States". The New York Times. August 23, 1996.
30. "Oregon and South Carolina Execute Killers". The New York Times. September 7, 1996.
31. "Oregon and South Carolina Execute Killers". The New York Times. September 7, 1996.
32. "RAY STEWART EXECUTED FOR KILLING SPREE". Chicago Tribune. September 18, 1996.
33. "Texas executes convicted killer". UPI. September 18, 1996.
34. "Man who killed two executed". UPI. October 4, 1996.
35. "Florida Executes Killer of an Heiress". The New York Times. October 23, 1996.
36. "Georgia Executes Man Who Killed 3 Others". The New York Times. November 15, 1996.
37. "Lucas executed in South Carolina". UPI. November 15, 1996.
38. "Ga. death row inmate executed". UPI. November 15, 1996.
39. "BENNETT DIES BY INJECTION". Roanoke Times. November 22, 1996.
40. "South Carolina and Virginia Execute Inmates". The New York Times. November 24, 1996.
41. "Man Executed for Killing Virginia Trooper". The New York Times. December 5, 1996.
42. "Florida Executes a Man Who Robbed and Killed". The New York Times. December 7, 1996.
43. "STAUNTON KILLER DIES AS FINAL APPEAL FAILS". Roanoke Times. December 11, 1996.
44. "Missouri executes killer". UPI. December 11, 1996.
45. "Recaptured Murderer Executed in Virginia". The New York Times. December 16, 1996.
46. "An Inmate Is Executed; Another Gets a Stay". The New York Times. December 18, 1996.

Preceded by 1995

List of people executed       in the United States in    1996

Succeeded by 1997