This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2018. A total of 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]
No. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | ||||||||
1 | January 18, 2018 | Anthony Allen Shore | 55 | 24–33 | 22–31 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | [2] [3] |
2 | January 30, 2018 | William Earl Rayford | 64 | 46 | 18 | Black | [4] | |||
3 | February 1, 2018 | John David Battaglia | 62 | 45 | 17 | White | [5] | |||
4 | February 22, 2018 | Eric Scott Branch | 47 | 21 | 26 | Florida | [6] | |||
5 | March 15, 2018 | Michael Wayne Eggers | 50 | 33 | 17 | Alabama | [7] | |||
6 | Carlton Michael Gary | 67 | 26–27 | 40–41 | Black | Georgia | [8] | |||
7 | March 27, 2018 | Rosendo Rodriguez III | 38 | 25 | 13 | Hispanic | Texas | [9] | ||
8 | April 19, 2018 | Walter Leroy Moody Jr. | 83 | 54 | 29 | White | Alabama | [10] | ||
9 | April 25, 2018 | Erick Daniel Davila | 31 | 21 | 10 | Black | Texas | [11] [12] | ||
10 | May 4, 2018 | Robert Earl Butts Jr. | 40 | 18 | 22 | Georgia | [13] | |||
11 | May 16, 2018 | Juan Edward Castillo | 37 | 22 | 15 | Hispanic | Texas | [14] [15] | ||
12 | June 27, 2018 | Daniel Paul "Danny" Bible | 66 | 27–31 | 35–39 | White | [16] [17] | |||
13 | July 17, 2018 | Christopher Anthony Young | 34 | 21 | 13 | Black | [18] [19] | |||
14 | July 18, 2018 | Robert J. Van Hook | 58 | 25 | 33 | White | Ohio | [20] | ||
15 | August 9, 2018 | William Ray "Billy" Irick | 59 | 26 | Tennessee | [21] | ||||
16 | August 14, 2018 | Carey Dean Moore | 60 | 21 | 39 | Nebraska | [22] | |||
17 | September 26, 2018 | Troy James Clark | 51 | 30 | 21 | Texas | [23] | |||
18 | September 27, 2018 | Daniel Clate Acker | 46 | 28 | 18 | [24] | ||||
19 | October 29, 2018 | Rodney Scott Berget | 56 | 48 | 8 | South Dakota | [25] | |||
20 | November 1, 2018 | Edmund George Zagorski | 63 | 28 | 35 | Tennessee | Electrocution | [26] | ||
21 | November 14, 2018 | Roberto Moreno Ramos | 64 | 37 | 27 | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | [27] | |
22 | December 4, 2018 | Joseph Christopher Garcia | 47 | 29 | 18 | [28] | ||||
23 | December 6, 2018 | David Earl Miller | 61 | 23 | 38 | White | Tennessee | Electrocution | [29] | |
24 | December 11, 2018 | Alvin Avon Braziel Jr. | 43 | 18 | 25 | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | [30] | |
25 | December 13, 2018 | Jose Antonio Jimenez | 55 | 28 | 27 | Hispanic | Florida | [31] | ||
Average: | 53 years | 29 years | 24 years | |||||||
Gender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 25 | 100% |
Female | 0 | 0% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 14 | 56% |
Black | 6 | 24% |
Hispanic | 5 | 20% |
State | ||
Texas | 13 | 52% |
Tennessee | 3 | 12% |
Alabama | 2 | 8% |
Florida | 2 | 8% |
Georgia | 2 | 8% |
Nebraska | 1 | 4% |
Ohio | 1 | 4% |
South Dakota | 1 | 4% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 23 | 92% |
Electrocution | 2 | 8% |
Month | ||
January | 2 | 8% |
February | 2 | 8% |
March | 3 | 12% |
April | 2 | 8% |
May | 2 | 8% |
June | 1 | 4% |
July | 2 | 8% |
August | 2 | 8% |
September | 2 | 8% |
October | 1 | 4% |
November | 2 | 8% |
December | 4 | 16% |
Age | ||
30–39 | 4 | 16% |
40–49 | 5 | 20% |
50–59 | 7 | 28% |
60–69 | 8 | 32% |
70–79 | 0 | 0% |
80–89 | 1 | 4% |
Total | 25 | 100% |
Number of executions | |
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2019 | 22 |
2018 | 25 |
2017 | 23 |
Total | 70 |
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