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List of people executed in the United States in 2016

List of people executed in the United States in 2016

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This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2016. A total of twenty people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2016, all by lethal injection. The state of Georgia executed nine people, setting a record for the most executions conducted there in a calendar year.[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 2016

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Record number of executions in Georgia

In 2016, the State of Georgia executed nine people. This set a record for the most executions conducted in Georgia in a calendar year. Prior to this, the most executions conducted in the state were five executions. This happened in 1987 and again in 2015.[33]

Last meals

  • Henry Hargreaves, a Brooklyn-based photographer, recreated (and then photographed) the last meals served to all twenty men executed in 2016. Through his series, entitled A Year of Killing, Hargreaves sought to educate people about the use of the death penalty. This work is a sequel to his 2011 series No Seconds, which recreated the last meals ordered by famous criminals like Ted Bundy.[34][35]
  • In 2016, the most-ordered food was steak, followed by pizza, although some of the condemned prisoners elected to forgo a special last meal.[36]

See also


References

  1. "Execution List 2016". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  2. Cotterell, Bill (January 7, 2016). "Florida killer put to death in first U.S. execution of year". Yahoo! News. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  3. "Texas executes its first inmate of 2016 after late appeals". January 20, 2016. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  4. Smith, Jordan (2016-01-19). "Did a Dubious Confession Sway a Medical Examiner's Autopsy in a Texas Death Penalty Case?". The Intercept. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  5. "Texas executes its first inmate of 2016 after late appeals". January 20, 2016. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  6. "Georgia executes Brandon Astor Jones". February 3, 2016. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  7. McCullough, Jolie (February 16, 2016). "Inmate executed after 24 years on death row". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  8. "Georgia executes ex-Navy sailor for 1992 murder of shipmate". February 17, 2016. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  9. "Inmate Information – Coy Wayne Wesbrook", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  10. "Inmate Information – Adam Kelly Ward", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  11. "Inmate Information – Pablo Lucio Vasquez", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  12. "Capital Punishment in Missouri - Current Inmates", missourideathrow.com; accessed February 3, 2018.
  13. "Inmate Information – Barney Ronald Fuller, Jr.", Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  14. Cook, Rhonda (December 7, 2016). "Georgia executes William Sallie for 1990 murder of father-in-law". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  15. "Meals to die for", Adrian Hatwell
  16. Sargent, Ewan (December 22, 2016). "Meals to die for: Kiwi photographer captures last meals of executed prisoners". Stuff. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
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2016
Succeeded by
2017

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