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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

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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

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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

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Number of executions
2017 23
2016 20
2015 28
Total 71

Record number of executions in Georgia

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Main articles: List of people executed in Georgia (U.S. state) and Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state)

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

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Main article: Last meal
  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Execution List 2016". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Inmate Release Information Detail – Inmate 519220". Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  3. ^ Cotterell, Bill (January 7, 2016). "Florida killer put to death in first U.S. execution of year". Yahoo! News. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Inmate Information – Richard Allen Masterson". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Inmate Information – James Garrett Freeman". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News.
  11. ^ "Georgia executes Brandon Astor Jones". February 3, 2016. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  12. ^ "Inmate Information – Gustavo Julian Garcia". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  13. ^ McCullough, Jolie (February 16, 2016). "Inmate executed after 24 years on death row". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Inmate Information – Coy Wayne Wesbrook", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  16. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  17. ^ "Inmate Information – Adam Kelly Ward", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  18. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  19. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  20. ^ "Inmate Information – Pablo Lucio Vasquez", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  21. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  22. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  23. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  24. ^ "Capital Punishment in Missouri - Current Inmates", missourideathrow.com; accessed February 3, 2018.
  25. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  26. ^ "Georgia executes man on death row for 34 years for 1982 killing of a friend", Chicago Tribune; accessed February 3, 2018.
  27. ^ "Inmate Information – Barney Ronald Fuller, Jr.", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  28. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  29. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  30. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  31. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  32. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  33. ^ 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.
  34. ^ "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  35. ^ "Meals to die for", Adrian Hatwell
  36. ^ Sargent, Ewan (December 22, 2016). "Meals to die for: Kiwi photographer captures last meals of executed prisoners". Stuff. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
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