List of people executed in the United States in 2010

Last updated September 23, 2025

Forty-six people, forty-five male and one female, were executed in the United States in 2010, forty-four by lethal injection, one ( Paul Warner Powell ) by electrocution, and one ( Ronnie Lee Gardner ) by firing squad. Seventeen of them were in the state of Texas.^[1]^[2] Washington carried out its last execution before abolishing capital punishment in 2023.

List of people executed in the United States in 2010

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 7, 2010	Vernon Lamont Smith	37	21	16	Male	Black	Ohio	Lethal injection	^[3]
2		Kenneth Mosley	51	38	13		Black	Texas		^[4]
3		Gerald James Bordelon	47	40	7		White	Louisiana		^[5]
4	January 12, 2010	Gary James Johnson	59	35	24		White	Texas		^[6]
5	January 14, 2010	Julius Recardo Young	60	44	16		Black	Oklahoma		^[7]
6	February 4, 2010	Mark Aaron Brown	37	21	16		Black	Ohio		^[8]
7	February 16, 2010	Martin Edward Grossman	45	19	26		White	Florida		^[9]
8	March 2, 2010	Michael Adam Sigala	32	22	10		Hispanic	Texas		^[10]
9	March 11, 2010	Joshua Maxwell	31	22	9		White	Texas		^[11]
10	March 16, 2010	Lawrence Raymond Reynolds Jr.	43	27	16			Ohio		^[12]
11	March 18, 2010	Paul Warner Powell	31	20	11			Virginia	Electrocution	^[13]
12	March 30, 2010	Franklin DeWayne Alix	34	22	12		Black	Texas	Lethal injection	^[14]
13	April 20, 2010	Darryl M. Durr	46	24	22		Black	Ohio		^[15]
14	April 22, 2010	William Josef Berkley	31	21	10		White	Texas		^[16]
15	April 27, 2010	Samuel Bustamante	40	28	12		Hispanic			^[17]
16	May 12, 2010	Kevin Scott Varga	41	29	12		White			^[18]
17	May 13, 2010	Michael Francis Beuke	48	21	27			Ohio		^[19]
18	May 13, 2010	Billy John Galloway	41	29	12			Texas		^[20]
19	May 19, 2010	Rogelio Reyes Cannady	37	21	16		Hispanic	Texas		^[21]
20	May 19, 2010	Paul Everette Woodward	62	38	24		White	Mississippi		^[22]
21	May 20, 2010	Gerald James Holland	72	49	23		White	Mississippi		^[23]
22	May 20, 2010	Darick Demorris Walker	37	24	13		Black	Virginia		^[24]
23	May 25, 2010	John Avalos Alba	54	36	18		Hispanic	Texas		^[25]
24	May 27, 2010	Thomas Warren Whisenhant	63	29	34		White	Alabama		^[26]
25	June 2, 2010	George Alarick Jones	36	19	17		Black	Texas		^[27]
26	June 9, 2010	Melbert Ray Ford Jr.	49	25	24		White	Georgia		^[28]
27	June 10, 2010	John Forrest Parker	42	19	23			Alabama		^[29]
28	June 15, 2010	David Lee Powell	59	27	32			Texas		^[30]
29	June 18, 2010	Ronnie Lee Gardner	49	24	25			Utah	Firing squad	^[31]
30	July 1, 2010	Michael James Perry	28	19	9			Texas	Lethal injection	^[32]
31	July 13, 2010	William L. Garner	37	19	18		Black	Ohio		^[33]
32	July 20, 2010	Derrick Leon Jackson	42	20	22		Black	Texas		^[34]
33	July 21, 2010	Joseph Daniel Burns	42	26	16		White	Mississippi		^[35]
34	August 10, 2010	Roderick Davie	38	19	19		Black	Ohio		^[36]
35	August 12, 2010	Michael Jeffrey Land	41	22	19		White	Alabama		^[37]
36	August 17, 2010	Peter Anthony Cantu	35	18	17		Hispanic	Texas		^[38]
37	September 9, 2010	Holly Wood	50	33	17		Black	Alabama		^[39]
38	September 10, 2010	Cal Coburn Brown	52		19		White	Washington		^[40]
39	September 23, 2010	Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis	41		8	Female		Virginia		^[41]
40	September 27, 2010	Brandon Joseph Rhode	31	18	13	Male		Georgia		^[42]
41	October 6, 2010	Michael W. Benge	49	31	18			Ohio		^[43]
42	October 14, 2010	Donald Ray Wackerly II	41	26	15			Oklahoma		^[44]
43	October 21, 2010	Larry Wayne Wooten	51	37	14		Black	Texas		^[45]
44	October 26, 2010	Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan	50	29	21		Native American	Arizona		^[46]
45	November 4, 2010	Phillip D. Hallford	63	39	24		White	Alabama		^[47]
46	December 16, 2010	John David Duty	58	49	9		White	Oklahoma		^[48]
		Average:	45 years	28 years	17 years

Demographics

Gender
Male	45	98%
Female	1	2%
Ethnicity
White	27	59%
Black	13	28%
Hispanic	5	11%
Native American	1	2%
State
Texas	17	37%
Ohio	8	17%
Alabama	5	11%
Mississippi	3	7%
Oklahoma	3	7%
Virginia	3	7%
Georgia	2	4%
Arizona	1	2%
Florida	1	2%
Louisiana	1	2%
Utah	1	2%
Washington	1	2%
Method
Lethal injection	44	96%
Electrocution	1	2%
Firing squad	1	2%
Month
January	5	11%
February	2	4%
March	5	11%
April	3	7%
May	9	20%
June	5	11%
July	4	9%
August	3	7%
September	4	9%
October	4	9%
November	1	2%
December	1	2%
Age
20–29	1	2%
30–39	14	30%
40–49	17	37%
50–59	9	20%
60–69	4	9%
70–79	1	2%
Total	46	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2011	43
2010	46
2009	52
Total	141

References

Preceded by 2009	List of people executed in the United States in 2010	Succeeded by 2011

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[dpic-1] "Execution List 2010". 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] "Vernon Lamont Smith Executed January 7, 2010 10:28 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[4] "Kenneth Mosley Executed January 7, 2010 06:16 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[5] "Gerald J. Bordelon Executed January 7, 2010 6:32 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Louisiana".

[6] "Gary James Johnson Executed January 12, 2010 06:26 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[7] "Julius Recardo Young Executed January 14, 2010 06:27 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[8] "Mark Aaron Brown Executed February 4, 2010 10:29 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[9] "Martin Edward Grossman Executed February 16, 2010 06:17 p.m. EST by Lethal Injection in Florida".

[10] "Michael Adam Sigala Executed March 2, 2010 06:20 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[11] "Joshua Maxwell Executed March 11, 2010 06:27 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[12] "Lawrence Raymond Reynolds Jr. Executed March 16, 2010 10:27 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[13] "Paul Warner Powell Executed March 18, 2010 9:09 p.m. by Electric Chair in Virginia".

[14] "Franklin DeWayne Alix Executed March 30, 2010 06:20 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[15] "Darryl M. Durr Executed April 20, 2010 10:36 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[16] "William Josef Berkley Executed April 22, 2010 06:18 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[17] "Samuel Bustamante Executed April 27, 2010 06:22 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[18] "Kevin Scott Varga Executed May 12, 2010 06:19 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[19] "Michael Francis Beuke Executed May 13, 2010 10:53 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[20] "Billy John Galloway Executed May 13, 2010 06:19 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[21] "Rogelio Reyes Cannady Executed May 19, 2010 06:19 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[22] "Paul Everette Woodward Executed May 19, 2010 at 6:39 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".

[23] "Gerald James Holland Executed May 20, 2010 at 6:14 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".

[24] "Darick Demorris Walker Executed May 20, 2010 9:24 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".

[25] "John Avalos Alba Executed May 25, 2010 06:19 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[26] "Thomas Warren Whisenhant Executed May 27, 2010 06:20 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[27] "George Alarick Jones Executed June 2, 2010 06:18 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[28] "Melbert Ray Ford Jr. Executed June 9, 2010 07:27 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[29] "John Forrest Parker Executed June 10, 2010 06:41 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[30] "David Lee Powell Executed June 15, 2010 06:10 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[31] "Ronnie Lee Gardner Executed June 18, 2010 12:17 a.m. MDT by Firing Squad in Utah".

[32] "Michael James Perry Executed July 1, 2010 06:17 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[33] "William L. Garner Executed July 13, 2010 10:38 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[34] "Derrick Leon Jackson Executed July 20, 2010 06:20 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[35] "Joseph Daniel Burns a/k/a/ JoJo Executed July 21, 2010 at 6:50 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".

[36] "Roderick Davie Executed August 10, 2010 10:31 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[37] "Michael Jeffrey Land Executed August 12, 2010 06:23 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[38] "Peter Anthony Cantu Executed August 17, 2010 06:17 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[39] "Holly Wood Executed September 9, 2010 06:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[40] "Cal Coburn Brown Executed September 10, 2010 12:56 a.m. PDT by Lethal Injection in Washington".

[41] "Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis Executed September 23, 2010 9:13 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".

[42] "Brandon Joseph Rhode Executed September 27, 2010 10:16 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".

[43] "Michael W. Benge Executed October 6, 2010 10:34 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".

[44] "Donald Ray Wackerly II Executed October 14, 2010 06:12 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

[45] "Larry Wayne Wooten Executed October 21, 2010 06:21 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".

[46] "Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan a/k/a Billy Patrick Wayne Hill Executed October 26, 2010 at 10:26 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Arizona".

[47] "Phillip D. Hallford Executed November 4, 2010 06:26 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Alabama".

[48] "John David Duty Executed December 16, 2010 06:18 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".

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v t e Capital punishment in the United States
Jurisdictions	Federal government Military Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming American Samoa Guam Puerto Rico Washington, D.C.
People executed by state	Federal government Military Alabama (pre-1972) Arizona Arkansas (pre-1972) California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida (pre-1972) Georgia (pre-1972) Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky (pre-1972) Louisiana (pre-1972) Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina (pre-1972) North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma (pre-1972) Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina (pre-1972) South Dakota Tennessee Texas 2020–present Utah Vermont Virginia Washington (pre-1972) West Virginia Wyoming Washington, D.C.
People executed by year	1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965–1972 1976–1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Scheduled executions
Issues and ethics	Botched executions Death-qualified jury Debate Dual sovereignty doctrine Execution drug shortage Exonerations Juveniles Last meal Participation of medical professionals Race and capital punishment White defendants executed for killing a black victim Wrongful executions
Other	Death row inmates Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals Death Penalty Information Center Most recent executions by state National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment Women executed since 1976 Women on death row

List of people executed in the United States in 2010

Contents

List of people executed in the United States in 2010

Demographics

Executions in recent years

See also

References