Executions

Execution List 2016

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

DateNumber
Since 1976
StateNameAgeRaceVictim RaceMethodDrug ProtocolYears 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