List of people executed in the United States in 2020

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This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2020. A total of seventeen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2020, sixteen by lethal injection and one by electrocution.[1] The Federal government of the United States executed ten people in 2020, ending a hiatus on federal executions which had lasted for over 17 years. State executions dropped significantly in 2020 compared to previous years, primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[2]

List of people executed in the United States in 2020[]

No. Date of execution Name Date of birth Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 15, 2020 John Steven Gardner January 3, 1956 64 49 15 Male White Texas Lethal injection [3]
2 January 29, 2020 Donnie Cleveland Lance December 23, 1953 66 43 23 Georgia [4]
3 February 6, 2020 Abel Revill Ochoa January 23, 1973 47 29 18 Hispanic Texas [5]
4 February 20, 2020 Nicholas Todd Sutton July 15, 1961 58 23 35 White Tennessee Electrocution [6]
5 March 5, 2020 Nathaniel Woods October 24, 1976 43 27 16 Black Alabama Lethal injection [7]
6 May 19, 2020 Walter Barton January 24, 1956 64 35 29 White Missouri [8]
7 July 8, 2020 Billy Joe Wardlow November 25, 1974 45 18 27 Texas [9]
8 July 14, 2020 Daniel Lewis Lee January 31, 1973 47 22 25 Federal government [10]
9 July 16, 2020 Wesley Ira Purkey January 6, 1952 68 46 22 [11][12]
10 July 17, 2020 Dustin Lee Honken March 22, 1968 52 25 27 [13]
11 August 26, 2020 Lezmond Charles Mitchell September 17, 1981 38 20 18 Native American [14]
12 August 28, 2020 Keith Dwayne Nelson November 23, 1974 45 24 21 White [15]
13 September 22, 2020 William Emmett LeCroy Jr. April 12, 1970 50 31 19 [16]
14 September 24, 2020 Christopher Andre Vialva May 10, 1980 40 19 21 Black [17]
15 November 19, 2020 Orlando Cordia Hall April 24, 1971 49 23 26 [18][19]
16 December 10, 2020 Brandon Bernard July 3, 1980 40 18 22 [20]
17 December 11, 2020 Alfred Bourgeois June 20, 1964 56 38 18 [21]
Average: 51 years 29 years 22 years

Demographics[]

Gender
Male 17 100%
Female 0 0%
Ethnicity
White 10 59%
Black 5 29%
Hispanic 1 6%
Native American 1 6%
State
Federal government 10 59%
Texas 3 18%
Alabama 1 6%
Georgia 1 6%
Missouri 1 6%
Tennessee 1 6%
Method
Lethal injection 16 94%
Electrocution 1 6%
Month
January 2 12%
February 2 12%
March 1 6%
April 0 0%
May 1 6%
June 0 0%
July 4 24%
August 2 12%
September 2 12%
October 0 0%
November 1 6%
December 2 12%
Age
30–39 1 6%
40–49 8 47%
50–59 4 24%
60–69 4 24%
Total 17 100%

Executions in recent years[]

Number of executions
2021 11
2020 17
2019 22
Total 50

COVID-19-related problems with scheduling executions[]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of executions that had been planned for 2020 were postponed and/or rescheduled. Texas postponed the executions of seven inmates who were due to be executed between March and September, beginning with Carlos Trevino, whose execution was postponed three times (first on March 11, then June 3, and finally September 30).[22][23][24][25] Tennessee also postponed the executions of four inmates who were due to be executed between June and December.[26][27][28][29] In addition, the December 8 execution of Lisa Montgomery by the federal government was postponed by the DC District Court after both of her defense attorneys caught COVID-19.[30] She was executed the following year, on January 13, 2021.[31]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Execution List 2020". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  2. ^ Giuliani-Hoffman, Francesca (December 17, 2020). "The US government has executed 10 people this year -- the most since 1896". CNN. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  3. ^ McCullough, Jolie (2020-01-15). "Texas carries out nation's first execution of 2020 for domestic violence slaying in Collin County". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  4. ^ "Georgia man put to death for the 1997 killings of 2 people". AP NEWS. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  5. ^ "Texas executes Abel Ochoa, who killed five family members in Dallas shooting". The Texas Tribune. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  6. ^ "Tennessee execution: Nicholas Todd Sutton executed by electric chair". The Tennessean. 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  7. ^ "Nathaniel Woods executed in Alabama after Supreme Court denies stay". ABC News. 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  8. ^ "Missouri executes man convicted of murder despite calls to examine innocence claim". The Kansas City Star. 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  9. ^ "Texas executes Billy Wardlow for 1993 murder". UPI. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  10. ^ "Daniel Lewis Lee executed after Supreme Court clears the way for first federal execution in 17 years". CNN. 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  11. ^ "Wesley I. Purkey, Plaintiff v. William P. Barr et al., Defendants" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States. 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  12. ^ "Wesley Ira Purkey executed in Terre Haute, 2nd man put to death this week". Indy Star. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  13. ^ "Dustin Lee Honken: US government executes 3rd federal inmate this week". CNN. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  14. ^ "Lezmond Mitchell executed inside federal prison in Terre Haute". azcentral. 2020-08-26. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  15. ^ "U.S. executes Keith Dwayne Nelson for 1999 rape, murder of Kansas girl". UPI. 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  16. ^ "US government executes killer obsessed with witchcraft". The AP. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  17. ^ "US executes first Black federal inmate in more than 17 years". CBS News. 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  18. ^ "Inmate Information – Orlando Cordia Hall", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  19. ^ "U.S. carries out 8th federal execution of 2020". UPI. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  20. ^ "Brandon Bernard executed in Trump's final days". BBC News. 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  21. ^ "Alfred Bourgeois executed: Child killer second to have lethal injection in two days". The Mirror. 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  22. ^ "Fourth Texas Execution Postponed Because Of Coronavirus". WOAI (AM). 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  23. ^ "Fifth Texas Execution Delayed in Midst of Virus Outbreak". KXAS-TV. 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  24. ^ "Execution Delayed for Man Condemned in TCU Professor's Death". KXAS-TV. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  25. ^ "Texas Delays 7th Execution After Attorneys Raise Concerns Over Coronavirus Pandemic". CBS DFW. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  26. ^ "Tennessee supreme court stays execution of death row inmate due to covid-19 pandemic". Newsweek. 2020-04-19. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  27. ^ "Second Tennessee execution stayed over coronavirus concerns; Byron Black's date set for April 2021". The Tennessean. 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  28. ^ "Harold Nichols: Governor delays August execution over coronavirus concerns". The Tennessean. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  29. ^ "Governor grants 'temporary reprieve from execution' for Pervis Payne". WSMV-TV. 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  30. ^ "First federal execution of a woman in decades halted after lawyers diagnosed with Covid". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  31. ^ "US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953". Associated Press. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
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