Execution Database

Instructions and Usage Notes

To watch an explainer video on how to use the Execution Database, click here.

* Searches for executions in regions will also retrieve federal death sentences that were imposed in those areas. To limit your search only to state-court death sentences, select “State” in the “Jurisdiction Type” filter and click the “APPLY” button.

• Results will display in chronological order by default. To sort by other criteria, click on the headings for those fields in the search results.
• Search results are displayed below the search options.
• If no options are checked, the search will display all executions.
• To download the database as a spreadsheet (csv format), click here.
• This list includes all executions since 1976. For a historical database of executions, visit our Espy Database page.
• Geographical regions are listed as determined by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Federal Executions are included in the region in which the crime occurred.
• For Federal Executions sort by the federal yes/no column.
• The “Race of Victim” filter will display all executions involving any victim of the selected race, including cases that involved multiple victims of different races.
• Information in this database is obtained from news reports, state Departments of Corrections and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Older county and victim-gender information was provided by Professor Frank Baumgartner of the University of North Carolina. Victim information listed is for the death sentence which was carried out; defendants may have been given additional death sentences or lesser prison terms for other victims.