List of people executed in the United States in 2023

This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2023. A total of twenty-four people, twenty-three male and one female, were executed in the United States in 2023, all by lethal injection.^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 2023

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 3, 2023	Amber McLaughlin[a]	49	30	19	Female	White	Missouri	Lethal injection	[6]
2	January 10, 2023	Robert Alan Fratta	65	37	28	Male		Texas		[7]
3	January 12, 2023	Scott James Eizember	62	42	20			Oklahoma		[8]
4	February 1, 2023	Wesley Lynn Ruiz	43	27	16		Hispanic	Texas		[9]
5	February 7, 2023	Leonard Sheldon Taylor	58	40	18		Black	Missouri		[10]
6	February 8, 2023	John Lezell Balentine	54	28	26			Texas		[11]
7	February 23, 2023	Donald David Dillbeck	59	27	32		White	Florida		[12]
8	March 7, 2023	Gary Green	51	38	13		Black	Texas		[13]
9	March 9, 2023	Arthur Brown Jr.	52	21	31					[14]
10	April 12, 2023	Louis Bernard Gaskin	56	22	34			Florida		[15]
11	May 3, 2023	Darryl Brian Barwick		19	37		White			[16]
12	June 6, 2023	Michael Andrew Tisius	42		23			Missouri		[17]
13	June 15, 2023	Duane Eugene Owen	62	23	39			Florida		[18]
14	July 20, 2023	Jemaine Monteil Cannon	51		28		Black	Oklahoma		[19]
15	July 21, 2023	James Edward Barber	64	42	22		White	Alabama		[20]
16	August 1, 2023	Johnny Allen Johnson	45	24	21			Missouri		[21]
17	August 3, 2023	James Phillip Barnes	61	26	35			Florida		[22]
18	September 21, 2023	Anthony Castillo Sanchez	44	18	26		Hispanic	Oklahoma		[23]
19	October 3, 2023	Michael Duane Zack III	54	27	27		White	Florida		[24]
20	October 10, 2023	Jedidiah Isaac Murphy	48	25	23			Texas		[25]
21	November 9, 2023	Brent Ray Brewer	53	19	34					[26]
22	November 16, 2023	Casey Allen McWhorter	49	18	31			Alabama		[27]
23		David Santiago Renteria	53	31	22		Native American	Texas		[28]
24	November 30, 2023	Phillip Dean Hancock	59	37			White	Oklahoma		[29]
		Average:	54 years	28 years	26 years

Demographics

Gender
Male	23	96%
Female	1	4%
Ethnicity
White	15	63%
Black	6	25%
Hispanic	2	8%
Native American	1	4%
State
Texas	8	33%
Florida	6	25%
Missouri	4	17%
Oklahoma	4	17%
Alabama	2	8%
Method
Lethal injection	24	100%
Month
January	3	13%
February	4	17%
March	2	8%
April	1	4%
May	1	4%
June	2	8%
July	2	8%
August	2	8%
September	1	4%
October	2	8%
November	4	17%
December	0	0%
Age
40–49	7	29%
50–59	12	50%
60–69	5	21%
Total	24	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2024	25
2023	24
2022	18
Total	67

See also

• List of death row inmates in the United States
• List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976
• List of most recent executions by jurisdiction
• List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present
• List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States
• List of women executed in the United States since 1976

Notes

1. Amber McLaughlin has also been identified as Scott A. McLaughlin in the death warrant and prison records. McLaughlin transitioned from male to female while incarcerated.^[2][3][4] She thus became the first transgender woman executed in the United States.^[5]

References

1. "Execution List 2023". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
2. Riess, Rebekah; Tucker, Emma (December 16, 2022). "Transgender death row inmate set to be executed in January files clemency application with Missouri governor". CNN. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
3. "Transgender woman on Missouri's death row asks governor for mercy with execution just days away". CBS News. December 15, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
4. "Missouri Set to Execute Amber McLaughlin on January 3 in First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Person". Death Penalty Information Center. December 27, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
5. Padgett, Donald (December 15, 2022). "First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Woman Set in Missouri". The Advocate. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
6. Madini, Doha (January 3, 2023). "Amber McLaughlin, the first openly transgender person to be executed in the U.S., dies by lethal injection". NBC News. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
7. Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (January 11, 2023). "Texas executes ex-officer who hired 2 people to kill wife". Associated Press. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
8. Murphy, Sean (January 12, 2023). "Oklahoma executes man who killed elderly couple in 2003". Associated Press. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
9. Sisco, Aila (February 1, 2023). "Wesley Ruiz's Final Words Before Texas Execution". Newsweek. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
10. McDonald, Scott (February 7, 2023). "Leonard Taylor's Final Words Before Missouri Execution". Newsweek. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
11. Serrano, Alejandro (February 8, 2023). "Texas executes John Balentine for killing three teens in Amarillo". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
12. Varn, Kathryn (February 23, 2023). "Strapped to a gurney, death row inmate Donald Dillbeck saves his last words for DeSantis". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
13. Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (March 8, 2023). "Texas inmate executed for killing wife and her daughter". Associated Press. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
14. Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (March 10, 2023). "Texas executes inmate for killing 4 during drug robbery". Associated Press. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
15. Farrington, Brendan (April 13, 2023). "Florida executes 'ninja killer' for couple's 1989 death". Associated Press. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
16. "Man executed in Florida for woman's 1986 stabbing death". Associated Press. May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
17. "Missouri executes Michael Tisius despite widespread pleas to spare his life". The Huffington Post. June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
18. Washington, Wayne (June 15, 2023). "Duane Owen executed in killings of babysitter, mom. What Karen Slattery's sister said". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
19. Murphy, Sean (July 20, 2023). "Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman". Associated Press. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
20. Gattis, Paul (July 21, 2023). "Alabama Death Row inmate James Barber executed for 2001 Madison County murder". al.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
21. Lieb, David A. (August 2, 2023). "Missouri man executed for 2002 abduction, killing of 6-year-old girl lured to abandoned factory". Associated Press. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
22. Anderson, Curt (August 4, 2023). "Florida man who dropped appeals is executed for 1988 hammer killing of a nurse". Associated Press. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
23. Murphy, Sean (September 21, 2023). "Man executed for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student". Associated Press. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
24. Farrington, Brendan (October 3, 2023). "Man who killed 2 women he met a day apart in north Florida bars in 1996 is put to death". Associated Press. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
25. Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (October 10, 2023). "Texas executes man who questioned evidence presented at trial in deadly carjacking of elderly woman". Associated Press. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
26. Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (November 9, 2023). "Texas man who said death sentence was based on false expert testimony is executed for 1990 killing". Associated Press. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
27. Chandler, Kim (November 16, 2023). "Alabama inmate executed for the shooting death of man in 1993 robbery". Associated Press. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
28. Lozano, Juan A.; Graczyk, Michael (November 16, 2023). "Texas man executed for 2001 killing of 5-year-old girl abducted from a store". Associated Press. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
29. Clay, Nolan (November 30, 2023). "Phillip Hancock executed for 2001 double murder in Oklahoma City". The Oklahoman. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

Preceded by 2022

List of people executed       in the United States in    2023

Succeeded by 2024