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This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2016 . A total of twenty people, all male, were
executed in the
United States in 2016, all by
lethal injection . The state of
Georgia executed nine people, setting a record for the most executions conducted there in a calendar year.
[1]
List of people executed in the United States in 2016
No.
Date of execution
Name
Age of person
Gender
Ethnicity
State
Method
Ref.
At execution
At offense
Age difference
1
January 7, 2016
Oscar Ray Bolin Jr.
53
24
29
Male
White
Florida
Lethal injection
[2]
[3]
2
January 20, 2016
Richard Allen Masterson
43
28
15
Texas
[4]
[5]
[6]
3
January 21, 2016
Christopher Eugene Brooks
20
23
Alabama
[7]
4
January 27, 2016
James Garrett Freeman
35
26
9
Texas
[8]
[9]
[10]
5
February 3, 2016
Brandon Astor Jones
72
36
36
Black
Georgia
[11]
6
February 16, 2016
Gustavo Julian Garcia
43
18
25
Hispanic
Texas
[12]
[13]
7
February 17, 2016
Travis Clinton Hittson
45
21
24
White
Georgia
[14]
8
March 9, 2016
Coy Wayne Wesbrook
58
39
19
Texas
[15]
[16]
9
March 22, 2016
Adam Kelly Ward
33
22
11
[17]
[18]
10
March 31, 2016
Joshua Daniel Bishop
41
19
22
Georgia
[19]
11
April 6, 2016
Pablo Lucio Vasquez
38
20
18
Hispanic
Texas
[20]
[21]
12
April 12, 2016
Kenneth Earl Fults
47
27
20
Black
Georgia
[22]
13
April 27, 2016
Daniel Anthony Lucas
37
19
18
White
[23]
14
May 11, 2016
Earl Mitchell Forrest II
66
53
13
Missouri
[24]
[25]
15
July 15, 2016
John Wayne Conner
60
25
35
Georgia
[26]
16
October 5, 2016
Barney Ronald Fuller Jr.
58
44
14
Texas
[27]
[28]
17
October 19, 2016
Gregory Paul Lawler
63
19
Georgia
[29]
18
November 16, 2016
Steven Frederick Spears
54
39
15
[30]
19
December 6, 2016
William Cary Sallie
50
24
26
[31]
20
December 8, 2016
Ronald Bert Smith Jr.
45
23
22
Alabama
[32]
Average:
49 years
29 years
20 years
Demographics
Gender
Male
20
100%
Female
0
0%
Ethnicity
White
16
80%
Black
2
10%
Hispanic
2
10%
State
Georgia
9
45%
Texas
7
35%
Alabama
2
10%
Florida
1
5%
Missouri
1
5%
Method
Lethal injection
20
100%
Month
January
4
20%
February
3
15%
March
3
15%
April
3
15%
May
1
5%
June
0
0%
July
1
5%
August
0
0%
September
0
0%
October
2
10%
November
1
5%
December
2
10%
Age
30–39
4
20%
40–49
7
35%
50–59
5
25%
60–69
3
15%
70–79
1
5%
Total
20
100%
Executions in recent years
Number of executions
2017
23
2016
20
2015
28
Total
71
Record number of executions in Georgia
In 2016, the State of Georgia executed nine people . This set a record for the most executions conducted in Georgia in a calendar year. Prior to this, the most executions conducted in the state were five executions. This happened in 1987 and again
in 2015 .
[33]
Last meals
Henry Hargreaves , a Brooklyn-based photographer, recreated (and then photographed) the
last meals served to all twenty men executed in 2016. Through his series, entitled A Year of Killing , Hargreaves sought to educate people about the use of the death penalty. This work is a sequel to his 2011 series No Seconds , which recreated the last meals ordered by famous criminals like
Ted Bundy .
[34]
[35]
In 2016, the most-ordered food was steak, followed by pizza, although some of the condemned prisoners elected to forgo a special last meal.
[36]
See also
References
^
"Execution List 2016" .
Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved October 17, 2021 .
^
"Inmate Release Information Detail – Inmate 519220" .
Florida Department of Corrections . Retrieved January 18, 2021 .
^ Cotterell, Bill (January 7, 2016).
"Florida killer put to death in first U.S. execution of year" .
Yahoo! News . Retrieved January 18, 2021 .
^
"Inmate Information – Richard Allen Masterson" .
Texas Department of Criminal Justice . Retrieved January 18, 2021 .
^
"Texas executes its first inmate of 2016 after late appeals" . January 20, 2016. Archived from
the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2021 .
^ Smith, Jordan (2016-01-19).
"Did a Dubious Confession Sway a Medical Examiner's Autopsy in a Texas Death Penalty Case?" . The Intercept . Retrieved 2024-03-30 .
^
"A man convicted of a woman's rape and murder was put to death Thursday in Alabama's first execution since 2013" . January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2021 .
^
"Inmate Information – James Garrett Freeman" .
Texas Department of Criminal Justice . Retrieved January 18, 2021 .
^
"Texas executes its first inmate of 2016 after late appeals" . January 20, 2016. Archived from
the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2021 .
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News .
^
"Georgia executes Brandon Astor Jones" . February 3, 2016. Archived from
the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-18 .
^
"Inmate Information – Gustavo Julian Garcia" .
Texas Department of Criminal Justice . Retrieved January 18, 2021 .
^ McCullough, Jolie (February 16, 2016).
"Inmate executed after 24 years on death row" .
The Texas Tribune . Retrieved January 18, 2021 .
^
"Georgia executes ex-Navy sailor for 1992 murder of shipmate" . February 17, 2016. Archived from
the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-18 .
^
"Inmate Information – Coy Wayne Wesbrook" , Texas Department of Criminal Justice
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^
"Inmate Information – Adam Kelly Ward" , Texas Department of Criminal Justice
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^
"Inmate Information – Pablo Lucio Vasquez" , Texas Department of Criminal Justice
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^
"Capital Punishment in Missouri - Current Inmates" , missourideathrow.com; accessed February 3, 2018.
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^
"Georgia executes man on death row for 34 years for 1982 killing of a friend" , Chicago Tribune ; accessed February 3, 2018.
^
"Inmate Information – Barney Ronald Fuller, Jr." , Texas Department of Criminal Justice
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^ Cook, Rhonda (December 7, 2016).
"Georgia executes William Sallie for 1990 murder of father-in-law" .
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Archived from
the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2021 .
^
"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates" , CBS News
^
"Meals to die for" , Adrian Hatwell
^ Sargent, Ewan (December 22, 2016).
"Meals to die for: Kiwi photographer captures last meals of executed prisoners" . Stuff . Retrieved January 18, 2021 .
Preceded by
2015
List of people executed in the United States in 2016
Succeeded by
2017