List of offenders executed in the United States in 2016

This is a list of offenders executed in the United States in 2016. A total of twenty criminal offenders – all male – were executed in the United States in 2016, all by lethal injection. The state of Georgia executed nine individuals, setting a record for the most executions conducted there in a calendar year.

List of offenders executed in the United States in 2016
Number Date of execution Name Date of birth Age of offender Gender Ethnicity State Method Source
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 7, 2016 Oscar Ray Bolin, Jr. January 22, 1962 53 24 29 Male White Florida Lethal injection [1]
2 January 20, 2016 Richard Allen Masterson March 5, 1972 43 28 15 Texas [2][3]
3 January 21, 2016 Christopher Eugene Brooks December 13, 1972 20 23 Alabama [4]
4 January 27, 2016 James Garrett Freeman November 12, 1980 35 26 9 Texas [5][6][7]
5 February 3, 2016 Brandon Astor Jones February 13, 1943 72 36 36 Black Georgia [8]
6 February 16, 2016 Gustavo Julian Garcia September 27, 1972 43 18 25 Hispanic Texas [9][10]
7 February 17, 2016 Travis Clinton Hittson January 22, 1971 45 21 24 White Georgia [11]
8 March 9, 2016 Coy Wayne Wesbrook February 1, 1958 58 39 19 Texas [12][13]
9 March 22, 2016 Adam Kelly Ward August 11, 1982 33 22 11 [14][15]
10 March 31, 2016 Joshua Daniel Bishop January 27, 1975 41 19 22 Georgia [16]
11 April 6, 2016 Pablo Lucio Vasquez August 11, 1977 38 20 18 Hispanic Texas [17][18]
12 April 12, 2016 Kenneth Earl Fults November 12, 1968 47 27 20 Black Georgia [19]
13 April 27, 2016 Daniel Anthony Lucas October 22, 1978 37 19 18 White [20]
14 May 11, 2016 Earl Mitchell Forrest II July 12, 1949 66 53 13 Missouri [21][22]
15 July 15, 2016 John Wayne Conner May 1956 60 25 35 Georgia [23]
16 October 5, 2016 Barney Ronald Fuller, Jr. August 12, 1958 58 44 14 Texas [24][25]
17 October 19, 2016 Gregory Paul Lawler December 29, 1952 63 19 Georgia [26]
18 November 16, 2016 Steven Frederick Spears July 18, 1962 54 39 15 [27]
19 December 6, 2016 William Cary Sallie February 22, 1966 50 24 26 [28]
20 December 8, 2016 Ronald Bert Smith, Jr. January 13, 1971 45 23 22 Alabama [29]
 
 		 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%
Day
Monday 0 0%
Tuesday 4 20%
Wednesday 11 55%
Thursday 4 20%
Friday 1 5%
Saturday 0 0%
Sunday 0 0%
Total 20 100%

Executions in recent years
Number of executions
2017 23
2016 20
2015 28
Total 71

Record number of executions in Georgia
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 individuals. 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.[30]

Last meals
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.[31][32]
  • In 2016, the most-ordered food was steak, followed by pizza, although some of the condemned prisoners elected to forgo a special last meal.[33]

See also

References
  1. Cotterell, Bill (January 7, 2016). "Florida killer put to death in first U.S. execution of year". Yahoo! News. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  2. "Offender Information – Richard Allen Masterson". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Offender Information – James Garrett Freeman". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  6. "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.
  7. "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News.
  8. "Georgia executes Brandon Astor Jones". February 3, 2016. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  9. "Offender Information – Gustavo Julian Garcia". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  10. McCullough, Jolie (February 16, 2016). "Inmate executed after 24 years on death row". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  11. "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.
  12. "Offender Information – Coy Wayne Wesbrook", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  13. "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  14. "Offender Information – Adam Kelly Ward", Texas Department of Criminal Justice, tdcj.state.tx.us; accessed February 3, 2018.
  15. "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  16. "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  17. "Offender Information – Pablo Lucio Vasquez", 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. "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  21. "Capital Punishment in Missouri - Current Inmates", missourideathrow.com; accessed February 3, 2018.
  22. "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  23. "Georgia executes man on death row for 34 years for 1982 killing of a friend", Chicago Tribune; accessed February 3, 2018.
  24. "Offender Information – Barney Ronald Fuller, Jr.", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  25. "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  26. "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  27. "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  28. "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  29. "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  30. Georgia executes William Sallie for 1990 murder of father-in-law
  31. "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News
  32. "Meals to die for", Adrian Hatwell
  33. 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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2016		 Succeeded by
2017
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