--- title: '2024' subtitle: 'Execution List' canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/2024' section: listOfDefendantsExecutedByYear date: '2024-01-25T18:55:00-05:00' updated: '2025-04-11T22:34:10-04:00' source: 'Death Penalty Information Center' --- Last Updated: December 19, 2024 This page will be updated at 12 noon (Eastern Time) each day to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours. ### 25 prisoners have been executed ### in 9 states in the United States in 2024. ! ### Executions in 2024 | **Date** | **Number Since 1976** | **State** | **Name** | **Age** | **Race** | **Victim Race** | **Method** | **Drug Protocol** | **Years from Sentence to Execution** | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1/25/2024 | 1583 | AL | Kenneth Eugene Smith | 58 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Gas | Nitrogen Gas | 35 | | 2/28/2024 | 1584 | TX | Ivan Cantu | 50 | Latino | 1 Latino Male 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 22 | | 3/20/2024 | 1585 | GA | Willie James Pye | 59 | Black | 1 Black Female | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 27 | | 04/4/2024 | 1586 | OK | Michael Dewayne Smith | 41 | Black | 1 Black Female 1 Asian Male | Lethal Injection | 3-drug protocol (Midazolam, vecuronium bromide, potassium chloride) | 21 | | 04/9/2024 | 1587 | MO | Brian Dorsey | 52 | White | 1 White Female 1 White Male | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 15 | | 05/30/2024 | 1588 | AL | Jamie Ray Mills | 50 | White | 1 White Female 1 White Male | Lethal Injection | 3-drug lethal injection (beginning with Midazolam) | 16 | | 06/11/2024 | 1589 | MO | David R. Hosier | 69 | White | 1 White Female 1 White Male | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 10 | | 06/26/2024 | 1590 | TX | Ramiro Felix Gonzales | 41 | Latino | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 17 | | 06/27/2024 | 1591 | OK | Richard Norman Rojem Jr. | 66 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3-drug protocol (Midazolam, vecuronium bromide, potassium chloride) | 38 | | 07/18/2024 | 1592 | AL | Keith Edmund Gavin | 64 | Black | 1 White Male | Lethal Injection | 3-drug lethal injection (beginning with Midazolam) | 24 | | 8/7/2024 | 1593 | TX | Arthur Lee Burton | 54 | Black | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 26 | | 8/8/2024 | 1594 | UT | Taberon Dave Honie | 48 | Native American of Alaskan Native | 1 Native American of Alaskan Native Female | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 25 | | 8/29/2024 | 1595 | FL | Loran Kenstley Cole | 57 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3-drug lethal injection (beginning with Etomidate) | 28 | | 9/20/2024 | 1596 | SC | Freddie "Khalil" Owens | 46 | Black | 1 Black Female | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 25 | | 9/24/2024 | 1597 | MO | Marcellus "Khalifa" Williams | 55 | Black | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 23 | | 9/24/2024 | 1598 | TX | Travis James Mullis | 38 | White | 1 White Male | Lethal Injection | 1-drug lethal injection: pentobarbital | 13 | | 09/26/2024 | 1599 | OK | Emmanuel Antonio Littlejohn | 52 | Black | 1 White Male | Lethal Injection | 3-drug protocol (Midazolam, vecuronium bromide, potassium chloride) | 30 | | 09/26/2024 | 1600 | AL | Alan Eugene Miller | 59 | White | 3 White Males | Lethal Gas | Nitrogen Gas | 24 | | 10/1/2024 | 1601 | TX | Garcia Glen White | 61 | Black | 2 Black Females | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 28 | | 10/17/2024 | 1602 | AL | Derrick Ryan Dearman | 36 | White | 3 White Males 2 White Females | Lethal Injection | 3-drug lethal injection (beginning with Midazolam) | 6 | | 11/01/2024 | 1603 | SC | Richard Bernard Moore | 59 | Black | 1 White Male | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 23 | | 11/21/2024 | 1604 | AL | Carey Dale Grayson | 50 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Gas | Nitrogen Gas | 28 | | 12/3/2024 | 1605 | MO | Christopher Leroy Collings | 49 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 12 | | 12/18/2024 | 1606 | IN | Joseph Edward Corcoran | 49 | White | 4 White Males | Lethal Injection | 1-drug (pentobarbital) | 25 | | 12/19/2024 | 1607 | OK | Kevin Ray Underwood | 45 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3-drug protocol (Midazolam, vecuronium bromide, potassium chloride) | 16 | Most states carry out executions with a three-drug lethal-injection protocol. Others use a single drug. The three-drug protocol typically begins with an anesthetic or sedative, followed by a second drug to paralyze the prisoner and a third drug—typically potassium chloride—to stop the prisoner’s heart. The first drug used varies by state and is listed above for each execution. ƒ female \* volunteer - a prisoner who waived ordinary appeals that remained at the time of his or her execution ~ foreign national ¥ white defendant executed for murder of black victim [![Dashboard 1 ](https://public.tableau.com/static/images/Ex/ExecutionsbyStateYear/Dashboard1/1_rss.png)](#) var divElement = document.getElementById('viz1728489933026'); var vizElement = divElement.getElementsByTagName('object')[0]; if ( divElement.offsetWidth > 800 ) { vizElement.style.width='800px';vizElement.style.height='602px';} else if ( divElement.offsetWidth > 500 ) { vizElement.style.width='800px';vizElement.style.height='602px';} else { vizElement.style.width='100%';vizElement.style.height='727px';} var scriptElement = document.createElement('script'); scriptElement.src = 'https://public.tableau.com/javascripts/api/viz_v1.js'; vizElement.parentNode.insertBefore(scriptElement, vizElement);