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This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2017 . A total of twenty-three people, all male, were
executed in the United States in 2017, all by
lethal injection . The state of
Arkansas executed four people in April, ending a hiatus on executions in the state which had lasted for over 11 years.
[1]
List of people executed in the United States in 2017
No.
Date of execution
Name
Age of person
Gender
Ethnicity
State
Method
Ref.
At execution
At offense
Age difference
1
January 11, 2017
Christopher Chubasco Wilkins
48
37
11
Male
White
Texas
Lethal injection
[2]
[3]
2
January 18, 2017
Ricky Javon Gray
39
28
Black
Virginia
[4]
3
January 26, 2017
Terry Darnell Edwards
43
15
Texas
[5]
[6]
4
January 31, 2017
Mark Anthony Christeson
37
18
19
White
Missouri
[7]
5
March 7, 2017
Rolando Ruiz Jr.
44
20
24
Hispanic
Texas
[8]
[9]
6
March 14, 2017
James Eugene Bigby
61
32
29
White
[10]
[11]
7
April 20, 2017
Ledell T. Lee
51
27
24
Black
Arkansas
[12]
8
April 24, 2017
Jack Harold Jones Jr.
52
30
22
White
[13]
[14]
9
Marcel Wayne Williams
46
24
Black
10
April 27, 2017
Kenneth Dewayne Williams
38
20
18
[15]
11
May 17, 2017
John W. Ledford III
45
25
White
Georgia
[16]
12
May 26, 2017
Thomas Douglas "Tommy" Arthur
75
40
35
Alabama
[17]
13
June 8, 2017
Robert Bryant Melson
46
22
24
Black
[18]
14
July 6, 2017
William Charles Morva
35
24
11
White
Virginia
[19]
15
July 26, 2017
Ronald Ray Phillips
43
19
24
Ohio
[20]
16
July 27, 2017
Taichin Preyor
46
33
13
Black
Texas
[21]
[22]
17
August 24, 2017
Mark James Asay
53
23
30
White
Florida
[23]
18
September 13, 2017
Gary Wayne Otte
45
20
25
Ohio
[24]
19
October 5, 2017
Michael Ray Lambrix
57
22
35
Florida
[25]
20
October 12, 2017
Robert Lynn Pruett
38
20
18
Texas
[26]
21
October 19, 2017
Torrey Twane McNabb
40
20
Black
Alabama
[27]
22
November 8, 2017
Patrick Charles Hannon
53
26
27
White
Florida
[28]
23
Ruben Cardenas Ramirez
47
21
Hispanic
Texas
[29]
[30]
Average:
47 years
25 years
22 years
Demographics
Gender
Male
23
100%
Female
0
0%
Ethnicity
White
13
56%
Black
8
35%
Hispanic
2
9%
State
Texas
7
30%
Arkansas
4
17%
Alabama
3
13%
Florida
3
13%
Ohio
2
9%
Virginia
2
9%
Georgia
1
4%
Missouri
1
4%
Method
Lethal injection
23
100%
Month
January
4
17%
February
0
0%
March
2
9%
April
4
17%
May
2
9%
June
1
4%
July
3
13%
August
1
4%
September
1
4%
October
3
13%
November
2
9%
December
0
0%
Age
30–39
5
22%
40–49
11
48%
50–59
5
22%
60–69
1
4%
70–79
1
4%
Total
23
100%
Executions in recent years
Number of executions
2018
25
2017
23
2016
20
Total
68
Double execution in Arkansas
On April 24, 2017, Arkansas carried out
back-to-back executions. Convicted rapist and murderer
Jack Harold Jones , age 52, was pronounced dead at 7:20 pm Monday. Approximately three hours later, convicted rapist and murderer Marcel Williams, age 46, was pronounced dead at 10:33 pm. Jones was sentenced to death for the 1995 rape and murder of Mary Phillips (August 18, 1959 – June 6, 1995) and the near-fatal assault of her then-10-year-old daughter, Lacy Phillips (born July 9, 1984), during a botched robbery in
Bald Knob, Arkansas . Williams was sent to death row for the 1994 rape and murder of 22-year-old Stacy Errickson, whom he kidnapped from a gas station in central Arkansas.
The last double execution in Arkansas was on September 8, 1999.
[31] By conducting the double execution in 2017, Arkansas became the first U.S. state to put more than one inmate to death on the same day in 17 years. The last state to do so was Texas,
which executed two murderers in August 2000 . Oklahoma planned a double execution in 2014 but scrapped plans for the second one after the first (the
execution of Clayton Lockett ) went awry.
[32]
Arkansas executed four men in an eight-day period in 1960. The only quicker pace included quadruple executions in 1926 and 1930.
[32]
See also
References
^
"Execution List 2017" .
Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved October 17, 2021 .
^
"Inmate Information – Christopher Wilkins" , Texas Department of Criminal Justice
^ McCann, Erin (January 12, 2017).
"Texas Carries Out Nation's First Execution of 2017" .
The New York Times . Retrieved January 12, 2017 .
^ Ansari, Azadeh; Marco, Tony (January 19, 2017).
"Virginia executes convicted family killer Ricky Gray" .
CNN . Retrieved January 19, 2017 .
^
"Inmate Information – Terry Edwards" , Texas Department of Criminal Justice
^ Dart, Tom (January 27, 2017).
"Texas prisoner dies of lethal injection after last-minute appeal fails" .
The Guardian . Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
^
"Missouri man executed for 1998 murder of mother, 2 children" .
CBS News . January 31, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
^
"Inmate Information – Rolando Ruiz Jr." , Texas Department of Criminal Justice
^
"Remorseful hit man in Texas murder-for-hire slaying executed" .
CBS News . March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017 .
^
"Inmate Information – James Bigby" , Texas Department of Criminal Justice
^ Chiquillo, Julieta (March 14, 2017).
"Tarrant County man who killed father and baby in 1987, pointed gun at judge is executed" .
The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved March 15, 2017 .
^ Blinder, Alan; Fernandez, Manny (April 21, 2017).
"Arkansas Puts Ledell Lee to Death, in Its First Execution Since 2005" .
The New York Times . Archived from
the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2017 .
^
"Arkansas executes murderers Jack Jones and Marcel Williams" .
BBC News . April 25, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2017 .
^ Pilkington, Ed; Lartey, Jamiles; Rosenberg, Jacob (April 25, 2017).
"Arkansas carries out first double execution in the US for 16 years" .
The Guardian . Retrieved April 25, 2017 .
^ Pilkington, Ed; Rosenberg, Jacob (April 28, 2017).
"Fourth and final Arkansas inmate Kenneth Williams executed" .
The Guardian . Retrieved April 28, 2017 .
^ Sharman, Jon (May 18, 2017).
"Death row inmate eats 5,500-calorie final meal featuring filet mignon steak wrapped in bacon and fried pork chops" .
The Independent . Retrieved May 18, 2017 .
^ Connor, Tracy (May 25, 2017).
"Tommy Arthur, Inmate Who Escaped Death 7 Times, Is Executed" .
NBC News . Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
^ Hrynkiw, Ivanaki (June 8, 2017).
"Robert Bryant Melson executed for 1994 triple slaying" .
The Birmingham News . Retrieved June 9, 2017 .
^ Freeman, Jr., Vernon; Burkett, Jon (July 6, 2017).
"William Morva executed by lethal injection for 2006 killings" .
WTVR-TV . Retrieved July 7, 2017 .
^ Connor, Tracy (July 26, 2017).
"Ronald Phillips Executed in Ohio, Ending Three-Year Break" .
NBC News . Retrieved July 27, 2017 .
^
"Inmate Information - Taichin Preyor" . Texas Department of Criminal Justice . Retrieved July 28, 2017 .
^
"Texas executes man who killed woman at her apartment in 2004" .
CBS News . July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017 .
^ Burch, Audra D.S. (August 24, 2017).
"For First Time Since 1970s, White Man Executed for Racial Killings in Florida" .
The New York Times . Archived from
the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
^ Connor, Tracy (September 13, 2017).
"Ohio Executes Double Murderer Gary Otte as He Sings Hymn" .
NBC News . Retrieved September 14, 2017 .
^ Dearen, Jason (October 6, 2017).
"Florida executes man convicted of killing 2 decades ago" .
Chicago Tribune . Retrieved October 6, 2017 .
^ Schmidt, Samantha (October 13, 2017).
"Texas executes inmate convicted of fatally stabbing a prison guard" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved October 13, 2017 .
^ Lyman, Brian (October 19, 2017).
"Torrey McNabb's final words for Alabama before execution: 'I hate you' " .
Montgomery Advertiser . Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
^
"Florida executes Patrick Hannon for killing two men in 1991" .
Fox News . November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
^
"The Latest: Texas executes Mexican citizen for 1997 slaying" .
Associated Press . November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
^ Blakinger, Keri (November 8, 2017).
"Mexican man executed after appeals fail" .
San Antonio Express-News . Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
^
"Arkansas executes 2 inmates in one night" .
WKBW-TV . April 24, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2018 .
^
a
b Burke, Liz (April 26, 2017).
"Arkansas goes ahead with double execution" .
News.com.au . Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
Preceded by
2016
List of people executed in the United States in 2017
Succeeded by
2018