List of people executed in the United States in 2018

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Twenty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2018; of whom 23 died by lethal injection and two, in Tennessee, by electrocution, marking the first calendar year since 2000 in which more than one inmate was executed in that way. [1]

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List of people executed in the United States in 2018

No.Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethodRef.
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1January 18, 2018 Anthony Allen Shore 5524–3322–31MaleWhite Texas Lethal injection [2] [3]
2January 30, 2018William Earl Rayford644618Black [4]
3February 1, 2018 John David Battaglia 624517White [5]
4February 22, 2018Eric Scott Branch472126 Florida [6]
5March 15, 2018Michael Wayne Eggers503317 Alabama [7]
6 Carlton Michael Gary 6726–2740–41Black Georgia [8]
7March 27, 2018 Rosendo Rodriguez III 382513HispanicTexas [9]
8April 19, 2018 Walter Leroy Moody Jr. 835429WhiteAlabama [10]
9April 25, 2018Erick Daniel Davila312110BlackTexas [11] [12]
10May 4, 2018 Robert Earl Butts Jr. 401822Georgia [13]
11May 16, 2018Juan Edward Castillo372215HispanicTexas [14] [15]
12June 27, 2018 Daniel Paul "Danny" Bible 6627–3135–39White [16] [17]
13July 17, 2018Christopher Anthony Young342113Black [18] [19]
14July 18, 2018 Robert J. Van Hook 582533White Ohio [20]
15August 9, 2018 William Ray "Billy" Irick 5926 Tennessee [21]
16August 14, 2018 Carey Dean Moore 602139 Nebraska [22]
17September 26, 2018Troy James Clark513021Texas [23]
18September 27, 2018Daniel Clate Acker462818 [24]
19October 29, 2018 Rodney Scott Berget 56488 South Dakota [25]
20November 1, 2018 Edmund George Zagorski 632835Tennessee Electrocution [26]
21November 14, 2018Roberto Moreno Ramos643727HispanicTexasLethal injection [27]
22December 4, 2018 Joseph Christopher Garcia 472918 [28]
23December 6, 2018 David Earl Miller 612338WhiteTennesseeElectrocution [29]
24December 11, 2018Alvin Avon Braziel Jr.431825BlackTexasLethal injection [30]
25December 13, 2018Jose Antonio Jimenez552827HispanicFlorida [31]
Average:53 years29 years24 years

Demographics

Gender
Male25100%
Female00%
Ethnicity
White1456%
Black624%
Hispanic520%
State
Texas 1352%
Tennessee 312%
Alabama 28%
Florida 28%
Georgia 28%
Nebraska 14%
Ohio 14%
South Dakota 14%
Method
Lethal injection 2392%
Electrocution 28%
Month
January28%
February28%
March312%
April28%
May28%
June14%
July28%
August28%
September28%
October14%
November28%
December416%
Age
30–39416%
40–49520%
50–59728%
60–69832%
70–7900%
80–8914%
Total25100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2019 22
201825
2017 23
Total70

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