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