List of people executed in the United States in 2024

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Twenty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2024, three by nitrogen hypoxia and twenty-two by lethal injection. [1] The first person executed in 2024, Kenneth Eugene Smith, became the first person in the United States and in the world to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia. [2]

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Three states saw their first executions in over a decade. Utah saw its first execution since 2010 in August. [3] [4] South Carolina carried out its first execution since 2011 in September. [5] Indiana conducted its first execution since 2009 in December. [6] September 2024 also saw the greatest number of inmates executed within a one-week span since July 2003. [7]

List of people executed in the United States in 2024

No.Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethodRef.
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1January 25, 2024 Kenneth Eugene Smith 582236MaleWhite Alabama Nitrogen hypoxia [8]
2February 28, 2024 Ivan Abner Cantu 502723Hispanic Texas Lethal injection [9]
3March 20, 2024 Willie James Pye 592831Black Georgia [10]
4April 4, 2024 Michael Dewayne Smith 411922 Oklahoma [11]
5April 9, 2024 Brian Joseph Dorsey 523418White Missouri [12]
6May 30, 2024 Jamie Ray Mills 503020Alabama [13]
7June 11, 2024 David Russell Hosier 695415Missouri [14]
8June 26, 2024 Ramiro Felix Gonzales 411823HispanicTexas [15]
9June 27, 2024 Richard Norman Rojem Jr. 662640WhiteOklahoma [16]
10July 18, 2024 Keith Edmund Gavin 643727BlackAlabama [17]
11August 7, 2024 Arthur Lee Burton 5427Texas [18]
12August 8, 2024 Taberon Dave Honie 482226Native American Utah [19]
13August 29, 2024 Loran Kenstley Cole 572730White Florida [20]
14September 20, 2024 Freddie Eugene Owens 461927Black South Carolina [21]
15September 24, 2024 Marcellus Scott Williams 552926Missouri [22]
16 Travis James Mullis 382117WhiteTexas [23]
17September 26, 2024 Emmanuel Antonia Littlejohn 522032BlackOklahoma [24]
18 Alan Eugene Miller 593425WhiteAlabamaNitrogen hypoxia [25]
19October 1, 2024 Garcia Glen White 612635BlackTexasLethal injection [26]
20October 17, 2024 Derrick Ryan Dearman 36279WhiteAlabama [27]
21November 1, 2024 Richard Bernard Moore 593425BlackSouth Carolina [28]
22November 21, 2024 Carey Dale Grayson 501931WhiteAlabamaNitrogen hypoxia [29]
23December 3, 2024 Christopher Leroy Collings 493217MissouriLethal injection [30]
24December 18, 2024 Joseph Edward Corcoran 2227 Indiana [31]
25December 19, 2024 Kevin Ray Underwood 452619Oklahoma [32]
Average:52 years27 years25 years

Demographics

Gender
Male25
Female0
Ethnicity
White13
Black9
Hispanic2
Native American1
State
Alabama 6
Texas 5
Missouri 4
Oklahoma 4
South Carolina 2
Florida 1
Georgia 1
Indiana 1
Utah 1
Method
Lethal injection 22
Nitrogen hypoxia 3
Month
January1
February1
March1
April2
May1
June3
July1
August3
September5
October2
November2
December3
Age
30–392
40–497
50–5912
60–694
Total25100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2025 —
202425
2023 24
Total49

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