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Execution List 2016

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Twenty prisoners were executed in the United States in 2016. Five states carried out executions.

Date
1/7/16
Number Since 1976	1423
State	FL
Name	Oscar Ray Bolin Jr.
Age	53
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	3‑drug (midazolam)
Years from Sentence to Execution	23
1/20/16
Number Since 1976	1424
State	TX
Name	Richard Masterson
Age	43
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	13
1/21/16
Number Since 1976	1425
State	AL
Name	Christopher Brooks
Age	43
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	3‑drug (midazolam)
Years from Sentence to Execution	22
1/27/16
Number Since 1976	1426
State	TX
Name	James Freeman
Age	35
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	7
2/3/16
Number Since 1976	1427
State	GA
Name	Brandon Jones
Age	72
Race	Black
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	36
2/16/16
Number Since 1976	1428
State	TX
Name	Gustavo Garcia
Age	43
Race	Latino
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	24
2/17/16
Number Since 1976	1429
State	GA
Name	Travis Hittson
Age	45
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	22
3/9/16
Number Since 1976	1430
State	TX
Name	Coy Wesbrook
Age	58
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White, 1 Latino
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	17
3/22/16
Number Since 1976	1431
State	TX
Name	Adam Ward
Age	33
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	8
3/31/16
Number Since 1976	1432
State	GA
Name	Joshua Bishop
Age	41
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	20
4/6/16
Number Since 1976	1433
State	TX
Name	Pablo Vasquez
Age	38
Race	Latino
Victim Race	1 Latino
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	17
4/12/16
Number Since 1976	1434
State	GA
Name	Kenneth Fults
Age	47
Race	Black
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	18
4/27/16
Number Since 1976	1435
State	GA
Name	Daniel Lucas
Age	37
Race	White
Victim Race	3 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	16
5/11/16
Number Since 1976	1436
State	MO
Name	Earl Forrest
Age	66
Race	White
Victim Race	3 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	11
7/15/16
Number Since 1976	1437
State	GA
Name	John Conner
Age	60
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	34
10/5/16
Number Since 1976	1438
State	TX
Name	Barney Ronald Fuller Jr.^*
Age	53
Race	White
Victim Race	2 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	12
10/19/16
Number Since 1976	1439
State	GA
Name	Gregory Paul Lawler
Age	63
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	16
11/16/16
Number Since 1976	1440
State	GA
Name	Steven Frederick Spears^*
Age	54
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	9
12/6/16
Number Since 1976	1441
State	GA
Name	William Sallie
Age	50
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)
Years from Sentence to Execution	25
12/8/16
Number Since 1976	1442
State	AL
Name	Ronald Bert Smith Jr.
Age	45
Race	White
Victim Race	1 White
Method	Lethal Injection
Drug Protocol	3‑drug (midazolam)
Years from Sentence to Execution	21

Date	Number Since 1976	State	Name	Age	Race	Victim Race	Method	Drug Protocol	Years from Sentence to Execution
1/7/16	1423	FL	Oscar Ray Bolin Jr.	53	White	1 White	Lethal Injection	3‑drug (midazolam)	23
1/20/16	1424	TX	Richard Masterson	43	White	1 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	13
1/21/16	1425	AL	Christopher Brooks	43	White	1 White	Lethal Injection	3‑drug (midazolam)	22
1/27/16	1426	TX	James Freeman	35	White	1 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	7
2/3/16	1427	GA	Brandon Jones	72	Black	1 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	36
2/16/16	1428	TX	Gustavo Garcia	43	Latino	1 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	24
2/17/16	1429	GA	Travis Hittson	45	White	1 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	22
3/9/16	1430	TX	Coy Wesbrook	58	White	1 White, 1 Latino	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	17
3/22/16	1431	TX	Adam Ward	33	White	1 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	8
3/31/16	1432	GA	Joshua Bishop	41	White	1 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	20
4/6/16	1433	TX	Pablo Vasquez	38	Latino	1 Latino	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	17
4/12/16	1434	GA	Kenneth Fults	47	Black	1 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	18
4/27/16	1435	GA	Daniel Lucas	37	White	3 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	16
5/11/16	1436	MO	Earl Forrest	66	White	3 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	11
7/15/16	1437	GA	John Conner	60	White	1 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	34
10/5/16	1438	TX	Barney Ronald Fuller Jr.^*	53	White	2 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	12
10/19/16	1439	GA	Gregory Paul Lawler	63	White	1 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	16
11/16/16	1440	GA	Steven Frederick Spears^*	54	White	1 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	9
12/6/16	1441	GA	William Sallie	50	White	1 White	Lethal Injection	1‑drug (Pentobarbital)	25
12/8/16	1442	AL	Ronald Bert Smith Jr.	45	White	1 White	Lethal Injection	3‑drug (midazolam)	21

The three-drug protocol typically begins with an anesthetic or sedative, followed by pancuronium bromide to paralyze the inmate and potassium chloride to stop the inmate’s heart. The first drug used varies by state and is listed above for each execution.

ƒ female
* volunteer — an inmate who waived ordinary appeals that remained at the time of his or her execution
~ foreign national
¥ white defendant executed for murder of black victim

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