Federal Death Penalty

List of Federal Death Row Prisoners

Pie graph showing 41 total federal death-row prisoners, of which 18 (45%) are white, 15 (38%) are black, 6 (15%) are Latinx, and 1 (3%) are Asian

RACE: White = 18; Black = 15; Latino = 6; Asian = 1

GENDER: Males = 40

TOTAL = 40

NameRace/​EthnicityStateYear of SentenceOffense
Agofsky, ShannonWhiteTX2004Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the killing of a pris­on­er in a federal prison.
Allen, Billie Jerome**BlackMO1998Convicted and sen­tenced to death for his involve­ment in an armed bank rob­bery dur­ing which a bank guard was killed. (Co-defen­dant of Norris Holder.)
Barnette, Marcivicci AquiliaBlackNC1998Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the killing of his ex-girl­friend, as well as anoth­er man in a carjacking.
Basham, Brandon**WhiteSC2004Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the kid­nap­ping and death of a woman fol­low­ing an escape from prison. (Co-defen­dant of Chadrick Fulks)
Battle, AnthonyBlackGA1997Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the killing of a prison guard.
Bowers, RobertWhitePA2023Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the mass shoot­ing at Tree of Life Synagogue.
Brown, Meier JasonBlackGA2003Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the fatal stab­bing of a postal worker.
Caro, CarlosLatinoVA2007Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the killing of a pris­on­er in a federal prison.
Coonce, Wesley**WhiteMO2014Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the killing of a fel­low pris­on­er in the men­tal health unit of a fed­er­al prison. (Co-defen­dant of Charles Hall)
Council, BrandonBlackSC2019Convicted and sen­tenced to death for killing two bank employ­ees dur­ing the course of a bank robbery.
Cramer, Christopher**WhiteTX2018Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the killing of a fel­low pris­on­er in a fed­er­al prison. (Co-defen­dant of Ricky Fackrell)
Davis, Len+BlackLA2005Police offi­cer con­vict­ed and sen­tenced to death for ordered the killing of a wit­ness for an inter­nal affairs inves­ti­ga­tion into a police mis­con­duct com­plaint against him.
Ebron, Joseph+BlackTX2009Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the killing of a pris­on­er in a federal prison.
Fackrell, Ricky**WhiteTX2018Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the killing of a fel­low pris­on­er in a fed­er­al prison. (Co-defen­dant of Christopher Cramer)
Fields, EdwardWhiteOK2005Pled guilty to and sen­tenced to death for the fatal shoot­ings of two campers on federal land.
Fulks, Chadrick**WhiteSC2004Pled guilty and sen­tenced to death for the kid­nap­ping and death of a woman fol­low­ing an escape from prison. (Co-defen­dant of Brandon Basham.)
Gabrion, MarvinWhiteMI***2002Convicted and sen­tenced to death for klling a woman on federal land.
Garcia, Edgar**LatinoTX2010Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the fatal stab­bing of a fel­low pris­on­er while incar­cer­at­ed in a fed­er­al prison. (Co-defen­dant of Mark Snarr.)
Hager, Thomas+BlackVA2007Convicted and sen­tenced to death for a drug-related killing.
Hall, Charles**WhiteMO2014Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the killing of a fel­low pris­on­er in the men­tal health unit of a fed­er­al prison. (Co-defen­dant of Wesley Coonce.)
Holder, Norris**BlackMO1998Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the fatal shoot­ing of a secu­ri­ty guard dur­ing a bank rob­bery. (Co-defen­dant of Billie Allen.)
Jackson, Richard AllenWhiteNC2001Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the fatal shoot­ing of a woman while on fed­er­al prop­er­ty in North Carolina.
Kadamovas, Jurijus**WhiteCA2007Convicted and sen­tenced to death for his involve­ment in the killings and kid­nap­pings-for-ran­som of five Russian and Georgian immi­grants. (Co-defen­dant of Iouri Mikhel.)
Lawrence, DarylBlackOH2006Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the fatal shoot­ing of a spe­cial-duty police offi­cer dur­ing an attempt­ed bank robbery.
Mikhel, Iouri**WhiteCA2007Convicted and sen­tenced to death for his involve­ment in the killings and kid­nap­pings-for-ran­som of five Russian and Georgian immi­grants. (Co-defen­dant of Jurijus Kadamovas.)
Mikos, RonaldWhiteIL2005Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the killing of a fed­er­al grand jury wit­ness in a Medicare fraud inves­ti­ga­tion.+
Roane, Jr., James H.**BlackVA1993Convicted and sen­tenced to death for his par­tic­i­pa­tion in a series of drug-relat­ed killings. (Co-defen­dant of Corey Johnson & Richard Tipton.)
Robinson, Julius+BlackTX2002Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the killing of two men in drug-relat­ed inci­dents in Ft. Worth.
Roof, DylannWhiteSC2017Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the fatal shoot­ing of nine parish­ioners in a church in South Carolina.
Runyon, David+AsianVA2009Convicted and sen­tenced to death for his involve­ment in the death of a Naval offi­cer in a mur­der-for-hire plot in Newport News.
Sanchez, Jr., Ricardo**LatinoFL2009Convicted and sen­tenced to death for involve­ment in the drug-relat­ed killing of a fam­i­ly, includ­ing two chil­dren. (Co-defen­dant of Daniel Troya.)
Sanders, ThomasWhiteLA2014Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the kid­nap­ping result­ing in death of a 12-year old girl.
Savage, Kaboni+BlackPA2013Convicted and sen­tenced to death for his involve­ment in the killings of 12 peo­ple in con­nec­tion with a drug enterprise.
Snarr, Mark**WhiteTX2010Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the fatal stab­bing of a fel­low pris­on­er while incar­cer­at­ed in a fed­er­al prison. (Co-defen­dant of Edgar Garcia.)
Taylor, Rejon+BlackTN2008Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the car­jack­ing, kid­nap­ping, and death of a restaurant owner.
Tipton, Richard**BlackVA1993Convicted and sen­tenced to death for his par­tic­i­pa­tion in a series of drug-relat­ed killings. (Co-defen­dant of Corey Johnson & James H. Roane, Jr.)
Torrez, JorgeLatinoVA2014Ex-marine con­vict­ed and sen­tenced to death for the killing of a fel­low service member.
Troya, Daniel**LatinoFL2009Convicted and sen­tenced to death for involve­ment in the drug-relat­ed killings of a fam­i­ly, includ­ing two chil­dren. (Co-defen­dant of Ricardo Sanchez, Jr.)
Tsarnaev, DzhokharWhiteMA2015Convicted for offens­es com­mit­ted in the Boston Marathon bomb­ing and sen­tenced to death for two of the victims killed.
Umana, Alejandro+LatinoNC2010Convicted and sen­tenced to death for the fatal shoot­ing of two broth­ers in a North Carolina restaurant.

Note: Names in [ ] are defen­dants whose con­vic­tion or death sen­tence have been reversed by the courts but the rever­sal is not yet final, or who are await­ing cap­i­tal retri­als or resen­tenc­ings after an ini­tial con­vic­tion or death sen­tence was over­turned. Those await­ing retri­al or resen­tenc­ing are marked with a caret (^). From time to time, this list may include defen­dants whose cas­es are marked with an aster­isk (*). This indi­cates that the defen­dant has received a ver­dict of death from the jury, but the judge has not yet issued a for­mal sen­tence. In the fed­er­al sys­tem, the judge is oblig­ed to fol­low a unan­i­mous jury rec­om­men­da­tion. (Source: Federal Capital Habeas Project.)

Because of dif­fer­ent def­i­n­i­tions of what con­sti­tutes being ​“on death row,” some orga­ni­za­tions such as the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel or the Bureau of Justice Statistics may have a slight­ly dif­fer­ent list of those cur­rent­ly under fed­er­al sen­tence of death. The DPIC total includes indi­vid­u­als whose cap­i­tal con­vic­tions and/​or death sen­tences have been over­turned and who face con­tin­u­ing jeop­ardy of the death penal­ty until their retri­al or resen­tenc­ing pro­ceed­ings are com­plet­ed, although those indi­vid­u­als do not have a valid death sen­tence and are pre­sumed inno­cent of the death penalty.

** Has co-defen­dant, as not­ed, also on death row.

*** States in bold have abol­ished the death penalty.

+ Has co-defendant(s) not on death row.

*States with­out their own death penal­ty law when the fed­er­al sen­tence was imposed. Illinois, Maryland, Connecticut, and Virginia no longer have the death penal­ty, but the fed­er­al death sen­tences in each state came when the state’s death penal­ty was still in effect.