List of people executed in Mississippi

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi since capital punishment was resumed in 1976.

Since 1976, 21 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi. Of the 21 people executed, 4 were executed via gas chamber and 17 via lethal injection.[1]

# Name Race Age Sex Date of
Execution		 Method of
Execution		 Victim(s) Governor
1 Jimmy Lee Gray White 34 M September 2, 1983 Gas chamber[lower-alpha 1] Deressa Jean Scales William Winter
2 Edward Earl Johnson Black 26 M May 20, 1987 Walnut Grove police officer J. T. Trest William Allain
3 Connie Ray Evans Black 27 M July 8, 1987 Arun Pahwa
4 Leo Edwards, Jr. Black 36 M June 21, 1989 Linzy Don Dixon Ray Mabus
5 Tracy Alan Hansen White 39 M July 17, 2002 Lethal injection Mississippi Highway Patrol officer David Bruce Ladner Ronnie Musgrove
6 Jessie Derrell Williams White 51 M December 11, 2002 Karon Ann Pierce
7 John B. Nixon White 77 M December 14, 2005 Virginia Tucker Haley Barbour
8 Bobby Glen Wilcher White 43 M October 18, 2006 Katie Bell Moore and Velma Odell Noblin
9 Earl Wesley Berry White 49 M May 21, 2008 Mary Bounds
10 Dale Leo Bishop White 34 M July 23, 2008 Marcus James Gentry
11 Paul Everette Woodward White 62 M May 19, 2010 Rhonda Crane
12 Gerald James Holland White 72 M May 20, 2010 Krystal King
13 Joseph Daniel Burns White 42 M July 21, 2010 Floyd Melvin McBride
14 Benny Joe Stevens White 52 M May 10, 2011 Glenda Reid, Wesley Lee Reid, Dylan Lee, and Heath Pounds
15 Rodney Gray Black 39 M May 17, 2011 Grace Blackwell
16 Edwin Hart Turner White 38 M February 8, 2012 Eddie Brooks and Everett Curry Phil Bryant
17 Larry Matthew Puckett White 35 M March 20, 2012 Rhonda Hatten Griffis
18 William Gerald Mitchell Black 61 M March 22, 2012 Patty Milliken
19 Henry Curtis Jackson Black 47 M June 5, 2012 Shunterica Lonnett Jackson, Dominique Devro Jackson, Antonio Terrell Jackson, and Andrew Odutola Kuyoro, Jr.
20 Jan Michael Brawner White 34 M June 12, 2012 Candice Paige Brawner, Barbara Faye Brawner, Carl Albert Craft, and Martha Jane Craft
21 Gary Carl Simmons, Jr. White 49 M June 20, 2012 Jeffrey Wolfe

See also

Notes
  1. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, Mississippi is the state with the highest amount of executions via gas chamber.

References
  1. "Searchable Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
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