List of people executed in the United States in 2023

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This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2023. A total of twenty-four people, twenty-three male and one female, were executed in the United States in 2023, all by lethal injection. [1]

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List of people executed in the United States in 2023

No.Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethodRef.
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1January 3, 2023 Amber McLaughlin [lower-alpha 1] 493019FemaleWhite Missouri Lethal injection [6]
2January 10, 2023Robert Alan Fratta653728Male Texas [7]
3January 12, 2023Scott James Eizember624220 Oklahoma [8]
4February 1, 2023Wesley Lynn Ruiz432716HispanicTexas [9]
5February 7, 2023Leonard Sheldon Taylor584018BlackMissouri [10]
6February 8, 2023John Lezell Balentine542826Texas [11]
7February 23, 2023 Donald David Dillbeck 592732White Florida [12]
8March 7, 2023Gary Green513813BlackTexas [13]
9March 9, 2023 Arthur Brown Jr. 522131 [14]
10April 12, 2023 Louis Bernard Gaskin 562234Florida [15]
11May 3, 2023Darryl Brian Barwick1937White [16]
12June 6, 2023Michael Andrew Tisius4223Missouri [17]
13June 15, 2023 Duane Eugene Owen 622339Florida [18]
14July 20, 2023Jemaine Monteil Cannon5128BlackOklahoma [19]
15July 21, 2023James Edward Barber644222White Alabama [20]
16August 1, 2023 Johnny Allen Johnson 452421Missouri [21]
17August 3, 2023 James Phillip Barnes 612635Florida [22]
18September 21, 2023Anthony Castillo Sanchez441826HispanicOklahoma [23]
19October 3, 2023 Michael Duane Zack III 542727WhiteFlorida [24]
20October 10, 2023Jedidiah Isaac Murphy482523Texas [25]
21November 9, 2023Brent Ray Brewer531934 [26]
22November 16, 2023Casey Allen McWhorter491831Alabama [27]
23 David Santiago Renteria 533122Native AmericanTexas [28]
24November 30, 2023 Phillip Dean Hancock 5937WhiteOklahoma [29]
Average:54 years28 years26 years

Demographics

Gender
Male2396%
Female14%
Ethnicity
White1563%
Black625%
Hispanic28%
Native American14%
State
Texas 833%
Florida 625%
Missouri 417%
Oklahoma 417%
Alabama 28%
Method
Lethal injection 24100%
Month
January313%
February417%
March28%
April14%
May14%
June28%
July28%
August28%
September14%
October28%
November417%
December00%
Age
40–49729%
50–591250%
60–69521%
Total24100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2024 21
202324
2022 18
Total63

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Amber McLaughlin has also been identified as Scott A. McLaughlin in the death warrant and prison records. McLaughlin transitioned from male to female while incarcerated. [2] [3] [4] She thus became the first transgender woman executed in the United States. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Execution List 2023". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  2. ↑ Riess, Rebekah; Tucker, Emma (December 16, 2022). "Transgender death row inmate set to be executed in January files clemency application with Missouri governor". CNN . Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Transgender woman on Missouri's death row asks governor for mercy with execution just days away". CBS News . December 15, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Missouri Set to Execute Amber McLaughlin on January 3 in First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Person". Death Penalty Information Center . December 27, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ Padgett, Donald (December 15, 2022). "First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Woman Set in Missouri". The Advocate . Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  6. ↑ Madini, Doha (January 3, 2023). "Amber McLaughlin, the first openly transgender person to be executed in the U.S., dies by lethal injection". NBC News . Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  7. ↑ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (January 11, 2023). "Texas executes ex-officer who hired 2 people to kill wife". Associated Press . Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  8. ↑ Murphy, Sean (January 12, 2023). "Oklahoma executes man who killed elderly couple in 2003". Associated Press . Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  9. ↑ Sisco, Aila (February 1, 2023). "Wesley Ruiz's Final Words Before Texas Execution". Newsweek . Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  10. ↑ McDonald, Scott (February 7, 2023). "Leonard Taylor's Final Words Before Missouri Execution". Newsweek. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  11. ↑ Serrano, Alejandro (February 8, 2023). "Texas executes John Balentine for killing three teens in Amarillo". The Texas Tribune . Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  12. ↑ Varn, Kathryn (February 23, 2023). "Strapped to a gurney, death row inmate Donald Dillbeck saves his last words for DeSantis". Tallahassee Democrat . Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  13. ↑ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (March 8, 2023). "Texas inmate executed for killing wife and her daughter". Associated Press . Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  14. ↑ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (March 10, 2023). "Texas executes inmate for killing 4 during drug robbery". Associated Press . Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  15. ↑ Farrington, Brendan (April 13, 2023). "Florida executes 'ninja killer' for couple's 1989 death". Associated Press . Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Man executed in Florida for woman's 1986 stabbing death". Associated Press . May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Missouri executes Michael Tisius despite widespread pleas to spare his life". The Huffington Post . June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  18. ↑ Washington, Wayne (June 15, 2023). "Duane Owen executed in killings of babysitter, mom. What Karen Slattery's sister said". The Palm Beach Post . Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  19. ↑ Murphy, Sean (July 20, 2023). "Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman". Associated Press . Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  20. ↑ Gattis, Paul (July 21, 2023). "Alabama Death Row inmate James Barber executed for 2001 Madison County murder". al.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  21. ↑ Lieb, David A. (August 2, 2023). "Missouri man executed for 2002 abduction, killing of 6-year-old girl lured to abandoned factory". Associated Press . Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  22. ↑ Anderson, Curt (August 4, 2023). "Florida man who dropped appeals is executed for 1988 hammer killing of a nurse". Associated Press . Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  23. ↑ Murphy, Sean (September 21, 2023). "Man executed for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student". Associated Press . Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  24. ↑ Farrington, Brendan (October 3, 2023). "Man who killed 2 women he met a day apart in north Florida bars in 1996 is put to death". Associated Press . Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  25. ↑ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (October 10, 2023). "Texas executes man who questioned evidence presented at trial in deadly carjacking of elderly woman". Associated Press . Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  26. ↑ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (November 9, 2023). "Texas man who said death sentence was based on false expert testimony is executed for 1990 killing". Associated Press . Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  27. ↑ Chandler, Kim (November 16, 2023). "Alabama inmate executed for the shooting death of man in 1993 robbery". Associated Press . Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  28. ↑ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (November 16, 2023). "Texas man executed for 2001 killing of 5-year-old girl abducted from a store". Associated Press . Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  29. ↑ Clay, Nolan (November 30, 2023). "Phillip Hancock executed for 2001 double murder in Oklahoma City". The Oklahoman . Retrieved November 30, 2023.
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