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]

List of people executed in the United States in 2023

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 3, 2023 Amber McLaughlin[a] 49 30 19 Female White Missouri Lethal injection [6]
2 January 10, 2023 Robert Alan Fratta 65 37 28 Male Texas [7]
3 January 12, 2023 Scott James Eizember 62 42 20 Oklahoma [8]
4 February 1, 2023 Wesley Lynn Ruiz 43 27 16 Hispanic Texas [9]
5 February 7, 2023 Leonard Sheldon Taylor 58 40 18 Black Missouri [10]
6 February 8, 2023 John Lezell Balentine 54 28 26 Texas [11]
7 February 23, 2023 Donald David Dillbeck 59 27 32 White Florida [12]
8 March 7, 2023 Gary Green 51 38 13 Black Texas [13]
9 March 9, 2023 Arthur Brown Jr. 52 21 31 [14]
10 April 12, 2023 Louis Bernard Gaskin 56 22 34 Florida [15]
11 May 3, 2023 Darryl Brian Barwick 19 37 White [16]
12 June 6, 2023 Michael Andrew Tisius 42 23 Missouri [17]
13 June 15, 2023 Duane Eugene Owen 62 23 39 Florida [18]
14 July 20, 2023 Jemaine Monteil Cannon 51 28 Black Oklahoma [19]
15 July 21, 2023 James Edward Barber 64 42 22 White Alabama [20]
16 August 1, 2023 Johnny Allen Johnson 45 24 21 Missouri [21]
17 August 3, 2023 James Phillip Barnes 61 26 35 Florida [22]
18 September 21, 2023 Anthony Castillo Sanchez 44 18 26 Hispanic Oklahoma [23]
19 October 3, 2023 Michael Duane Zack III 54 27 27 White Florida [24]
20 October 10, 2023 Jedidiah Isaac Murphy 48 25 23 Texas [25]
21 November 9, 2023 Brent Ray Brewer 53 19 34 [26]
22 November 16, 2023 Casey Allen McWhorter 49 18 31 Alabama [27]
23 David Santiago Renteria 53 31 22 Native American Texas [28]
24 November 30, 2023 Phillip Dean Hancock 59 37 White Oklahoma [29]
Average: 54 years 28 years 26 years

Demographics

Gender
Male 23 96%
Female 1 4%
Ethnicity
White 15 63%
Black 6 25%
Hispanic 2 8%
Native American 1 4%
State
Texas 8 33%
Florida 6 25%
Missouri 4 17%
Oklahoma 4 17%
Alabama 2 8%
Method
Lethal injection 24 100%
Month
January 3 13%
February 4 17%
March 2 8%
April 1 4%
May 1 4%
June 2 8%
July 2 8%
August 2 8%
September 1 4%
October 2 8%
November 4 17%
December 0 0%
Age
40–49 7 29%
50–59 12 50%
60–69 5 21%
Total 24 100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2024 5
2023 24
2022 18
Total 47

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]

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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