This is a list of offenders executed in the United States in 2021. So far, five offenders have been executed in the United States in 2021, all by lethal injection.[1] In addition, thirteen offenders are currently scheduled to be executed in the remainder of the year.[2] Seven executions are scheduled in Texas[3] and one in Missouri.[4] On August 25, 2021, Oklahoma attorney general John M. O'Connor requested the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to set execution dates for seven death row inmates in Oklahoma who have exhausted all their appeals.[5]
List of offenders executed in the United States in 2021
Number | Date of execution | Name | Date of birth | Age of offender | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Source | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | |||||||||
1 | January 13, 2021 | Lisa Marie Montgomery | February 27, 1968 | 52 | 36 | 16 | Female | White | Federal Government | Lethal injection | [6] |
2 | January 14, 2021 | Corey Johnson | November 5, 1968 | 23 | 29 | Male | Black | [7] | |||
3 | January 16, 2021 | Dustin John Higgs | March 10, 1972 | 48 | 25 | [8] | |||||
4 | May 19, 2021 | Quintin Phillippe Jones | July 15, 1979 | 41 | 20 | 21 | Texas | [9] | |||
5 | June 30, 2021 | John William Hummel | November 4, 1975 | 45 | 34 | 11 | White | [10] | |||
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Average: | 48 years | 27 years | 20 years | |
List of offenders scheduled to be executed in the United States in 2021
Number | Date of execution | Name | Date of birth | Age of offender | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Source | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | |||||||||
1 | September 8, 2021 | John Henry Ramirez | June 29, 1984 | 37 | 20 | 17 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | Profile: [1] |
2 | September 28, 2021 | Rick Allan Rhoades | May 10, 1964 | 57 | 27 | 30 | White | Profile: [2] | |||
3 | October 5, 2021 | Ernest Lee Johnson | August 20, 1960 | 61 | 33 | 28 | Black | Missouri | Profile: [3] | ||
4 | October 7, 2021 | John Marion Grant | April 12, 1961 | 60 | 37 | 23 | Oklahoma | Profile: [4] | |||
5 | October 12, 2021 | Stephen Dale Barbee | March 30, 1967 | 54 | 17 | White | Texas | Profile: [5] | |||
6 | October 27, 2021 | Ruben Gutierrez | June 10, 1977 | 44 | 21 | 23 | Hispanic | Profile: [6] | |||
7 | October 28, 2021 | Julius Darius Jones | July 25, 1980 | 41 | 19 | 22 | Black | Oklahoma | Profile: [7] | ||
8 | November 3, 2021 | Fabian Hernandez | September 22, 1975 | 46 | 31 | 15 | Hispanic | Texas | Profile: [8] | ||
9 | November 10, 2021 | Kosoul Chanthakoummane | October 1, 1980 | 41 | 25 | 16 | Asian | Profile: [9] | |||
10 | November 17, 2021 | Ramiro Felix Gonzales | November 5, 1982 | 39 | 18 | 21 | Hispanic | Profile: [10] | |||
11 | November 18, 2021 | Bigler Jobe Stouffer II | September 25, 1942 | 79 | 42 | 37 | White | Oklahoma | Profile: [11] | ||
12 | December 9, 2021 | Wade Greely Lay | February 28, 1961 | 60 | 43 | 17 | |||||
13 | December 30, 2021 | Donald Anthony Grant | December 17, 1975 | 46 | 25 | 21 | Black | ||||
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Demographics
Gender | ||
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Male | 4 | 80% |
Female | 1 | 20% |
Ethnicity | ||
Black | 3 | 60% |
White | 2 | 40% |
State | ||
Federal Government | 3 | 60% |
Texas | 2 | 40% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 5 | 100% |
Month | ||
January | 3 | 60% |
February | 0 | 0% |
March | 0 | 0% |
April | 0 | 0% |
May | 1 | 20% |
June | 1 | 20% |
July | 0 | 0% |
August | 0 | 0% |
September | 0 | 0% |
October | 0 | 0% |
November | 0 | 0% |
December | 0 | 0% |
Age | ||
40 - 49 | 3 | 60% |
50 - 59 | 2 | 40% |
Day | ||
Monday | 0 | 0% |
Tuesday | 0 | 0% |
Wednesday | 3 | 60% |
Thursday | 1 | 20% |
Friday | 0 | 0% |
Saturday | 1 | 20% |
Sunday | 0 | 0% |
Total | 5 | 100% |
Executions in recent years
Number of executions | |
---|---|
2022 | — |
2021 | 5 |
2020 | 17 |
Total | 22 |
Canceled executions
A number of executions were canceled in 2021. Two executions in Tennessee were stayed indefinitely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][12] Three executions in Texas were also stayed in order to review intellectual disability claims.[13][14][15] An execution was stayed in Alabama after the Supreme Court of the United States upheld a ruling that the inmate's pastor must be with him during the execution.[16]
Three executions in Ohio were reprieved due to the unofficial moratorium in place on capital punishment in Ohio by Governor Mike DeWine, due to problems in securing the drugs needed for lethal injections.[17] All three of these executions were rescheduled for 2024.[18][19] An execution in Pennsylvania was also reprieved due to the moratorium in place on capital punishment in Pennsylvania by Governor Tom Wolf.[2] An execution in Idaho was stayed by the Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole after they granted a request for a commutation hearing. Attorneys from both sides agreed that the execution should be stayed until the hearing is concluded in November 2021.[20]
Two executions in South Carolina were stayed by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the state did not have a way of carrying out execution by firing squad. The new capital punishment law in the state requires inmates to pick between the electric chair or firing squad. South Carolina currently has no way of executing inmates via firing squad meaning the inmates had no choice but to be executed via electrocution. The court ruled the inmates must have the choice available to them before they can be executed.[21][22] The execution of Zane Floyd in Nevada was stayed by a federal judge, who ruled that the state needed more time to determine the constitutionality of the lethal injection drugs that would be used for his execution. The combination of drugs the state plans to execute him with has never been used before.[23][24]
See also
- List of death row inmates in the United States
- List of juvenile offenders executed in the United States since 1976
- List of most recent executions by jurisdiction
- List of people executed by the United States federal government
- List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present
- List of offenders scheduled to be executed in the United States
- List of women executed in the United States since 1976
References
- ^ "Execution List 2021". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ a b "Upcoming Executions". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Death Row Information - Scheduled Executions". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Missouri execution date set for Ernest Johnson". Associated Press. June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "Oklahoma Attorney General seeking execution dates for death row inmates including Julius Jones". KFOR-TV. August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ Tarm, Michael; Hollingsworth, Heather (January 12, 2021). "US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953". Associated Press. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ Tarm, Michael; Lavoie, Denise (January 15, 2021). "US executes Virginia gang killer despite COVID-19 infection". Associated Press. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ Romero, Dennis (January 16, 2021). "Dustin Higgs, last convict scheduled to die under Trump, is executed". NBCNews.com. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (May 19, 2021). "Absent media, Texas executes inmate who killed great aunt". Associated Press. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
- ^ Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (June 30, 2021). "Texas inmate executed for killing wife, father-in-law". Associated Press. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ Timms, Mariah (December 3, 2020). "Tennessee execution delayed a second time after attorneys catch COVID-19". The Tennessean. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Tennessee death row inmate Oscar Smith granted indefinite stay of execution due to COVID-19". WTVF. January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ "Appeals court stays Texas' first scheduled 2021 execution". San Francisco Chronicle. January 15, 2021. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ Haynes, Danielle (February 3, 2021). "Texas appeals court stays next week's execution". United Press International. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Haynes, Danielle (February 25, 2021). "Texas court stays execution on intellectual disability grounds". United Press International. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ^ Chandler, Kim (February 12, 2021). "No execution: Courts side with inmate wanting pastor present". ABC News. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Smith, Julie Carr; Amiri, Farnoush; Welsh-Huggins, Andrew (December 8, 2020). "Ohio governor: Lethal injection no longer execution option". Associated Press. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ Ingles, Jo (April 9, 2021). "Governor Issues Reprieve For Three Ohio Death Row Inmates". The Statehouse News Bureau. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Hofmann, Brian (April 9, 2021). "DeWine pushes back executions for three Ohio death row inmates to 2024". WCMH-TV. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Boone, Rebecca (May 19, 2021). "Idaho inmate's execution canceled, pending clemency hearing". Post Register. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ^ Lynch, Jamiel; Caldwell, Travis (June 17, 2021). "South Carolina court halts executions until the state's new firing squad option is finalized". CNN. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "South Carolina court blocks executions, saying inmates must have choice of firing squad". The Guardian. June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "First proposed Nevada execution in 15 years blocked by federal judge". KRNV-DT. June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ Ferrara, David (June 28, 2021). "Judge issues stay of execution for quadruple killer Zane Floyd". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
Preceded by 2020 |
List of offenders executed in the United States in 2021 |
Succeeded by 2022 |