Recent Death Sentences By Name, Race, County, And Year

2022 Death Sentences by Name, Race, and County

Twenty-one new death sentences were imposed across the United States in 2022, the fewest in any year other than the pandemic-affected years of 2020 and 2021.

Twelve states imposed death sentences in 2022. Florida imposed five. Alabama imposed three. California, Texas, and North Carolina each imposed two. Those five states are the only states to have imposed more than a single death sentence this year. They are also the five states with the largest death rows in the U.S.
 

No U.S. county imposed more than a single new death sentence in 2022.

Eleven death sentences (55%) were imposed on defendants of color. Eight Black defendants and three Latino defendants were sentenced to death. Most cases involved defendants and victims of the same race, but one Black defendant was sentenced to death for the murder of a white woman and one white defendant was sentenced to death for the murder of his biracial daughter. At least four cases involved multiple victims of different races.

Note: In March 2023, DPIC learned of one additional death sentence that was imposed in 2022. This page originally reported 20 death sentences, but has been updated to reflect the death sentence imposed on Leo Boatman in Florida.

Defendants Sentenced to Death in 2022

First NameLast NameStateDate Sentence Formally ImposedCountyRace of DefendantNumber/Race of Victim(s)Age at Crime
WarrenHardyAlabama8/25/2022MadisonBlack1 White Female27
JimmySpencerAlabama11/14/2022MarshallWhite2 White females, 1 White Male53
BrandonSykesAlabama4/5/2022LamarBlack1 Black Female33
ChristopherMontoyaArizona4/12/2022MaricopaWhite1 White Female32
JesseGomezCalifornia3/4/2022San DiegoLatino1 Asian Male52
NoelHerreraCalifornia3/15/2022TulareLatino
 
2 Latino Males, 1 Unknown Male
 
27,31,34
 
LeoBoatmanFlorida11/09/2022BradfordWhite1 White Male33
TyroneJohnsonFlorida12/12/2022HillsboroughBlack1 Black Female, 1 Black Male41
Markeith
 
Loyd
 
Florida
 
3/3/2022
 
Orange
 
Black
 
1 Black Female
 
41
 
Everett
 
Miller
 
Florida
 
5/13/2022
 
Osceola
 
Black1 Black Male, 1 Latino Male
 
45
William
 
Roberts
 
Florida
 
7/28/2022
 
Lake
 
White
 
1 White Female
 
56
RickyDuboseGeorgia6/16/2022PutnamWhite1 Black Male, 1 White Male24
Kevin
 
Daigle
 
Louisiana
 
10/20/2022Calcasieu
 
White
 
1 White Male
 
54
 
Martez
 
Abram
 
Mississippi
 
12/2/2022
 
DeSoto
 
Black
 
1 Black Male, 1 White Male
 
39
 
Richard
 
Emery 
 
Missouri
 
11/3/2022 
 
St. Charles 
 
White 
 
3 White Females, 1 White Male
 
42
Joshua
 
Burgess
 
North Carolina
 
6/3/2022
 
Union
 
White
 
1 Black Female
 
24
 
Tillman
 
Freeman III
 
North Carolina
 
4/19/2022
 
Hoke
 
Black
 
2 Black Females
 
30
 
David
 
Ware
 
Oklahoma
 
5/13/2022
 
Tulsa
 
White
 
1 White Male
 
32
 
Davone
 
Anderson
 
Pennsylvania
 
5/31/2022
 
Cumberland
 
Black
 
1 Black Female, 1 White Female
 
25
 
Taylor
 
Parker
 
Texas
 
11/9/2022
 
Bowie
 
White
 
1 White Female
 
27
Robert
 
Solis
 
Texas
 
10/26/2022
 
Harris
 
Latino
 
1 Asian Male
 
47
 

2022 Death Sentences by Race of Defendant and Victim

2022 Death Sentences by County

2022 Death Sentences by State