List of offenders executed in the United States in 2017 - wikipedia List of offenders executed in the United States in 2017 This is a list of offenders executed in the United States in 2017. A total of twenty - three criminal offenders -- all male -- were executed in the United States in 2017, all by lethal injection. The State of Arkansas executed four individuals in April, ending a hiatus on executions in the state which had lasted for over 11 years. Contents 1 List of offenders executed in the United States in 2017 2 Demographics 3 Executions in recent years 4 Double execution in Arkansas 5 See also 6 References List of offenders executed in the United States in 2017 Number Date of execution Name Date of birth Age of offender Gender Ethnicity State Method Source At execution At offense Age difference January 11, 2017 Christopher Chubasco Wilkins September 29, 1968 48 37 11 Male White Texas Lethal injection January 18, 2017 Ricky Javon Gray March 9, 1977 39 28 Black Virginia January 26, 2017 Terry Darnell Edwards August 10, 1973 43 15 Texas January 31, 2017 Mark Anthony Christeson February 20, 1979 37 18 19 White Missouri 5 March 7, 2017 Rolando Ruiz, Jr. July 4, 1972 44 20 24 Hispanic Texas 6 March 14, 2017 James Eugene Bigby April 8, 1955 61 32 29 White 7 April 20, 2017 Ledell T. Lee July 31, 1965 51 27 24 Black Arkansas 8 April 24, 2017 Jack Harold Jones, Jr. August 10, 1964 52 30 22 White 9 Marcel Wayne Williams August 20, 1970 46 24 Black 10 April 27, 2017 Kenneth Dewayne Williams February 23, 1979 38 20 18 11 May 17, 2017 John W. Ledford III December 29, 1971 45 25 White Georgia 12 May 26, 2017 Thomas Douglas `` Tommy '' Arthur December 20, 1941 75 40 35 Alabama 13 June 8, 2017 Robert Bryant Melson June 5, 1971 46 22 24 Black 14 July 6, 2017 William Charles Morva February 9, 1982 35 24 11 White Virginia 15 July 26, 2017 Ronald Ray Phillips October 10, 1973 43 19 24 Ohio 16 July 27, 2017 Taichin Preyor September 2, 1970 46 33 13 Black Texas 17 August 24, 2017 Mark James Asay March 12, 1964 53 23 30 White Florida 18 September 13, 2017 Gary Wayne Otte December 21, 1971 45 20 25 Ohio 19 October 5, 2017 Michael Ray Lambrix March 29, 1960 57 22 35 Florida 20 October 12, 2017 Robert Lynn Pruett September 18, 1979 38 20 18 Texas 21 October 19, 2017 Torrey Twane McNabb June 9, 1977 40 20 Black Alabama 22 November 8, 2017 Patrick Charles Hannon October 24, 1964 53 26 27 White Florida 23 Ruben Cardenas Ramirez April 7, 1970 47 21 Hispanic Texas Average : 47 years 25 years 22 years Demographics Gender Male 23 100 % Female 0 0 % Ethnicity White 13 56 % Black 8 35 % Hispanic 9 % State Texas 7 30 % Arkansas 17 % Alabama 13 % Florida 13 % Ohio 9 % Virginia 9 % Georgia 4 % Missouri 4 % Month January 17 % February 0 0 % March 9 % April 17 % May 9 % June 4 % July 13 % August 4 % September 4 % October 13 % November 9 % December 0 0 % Age 30 - 39 5 22 % 40 - 49 11 48 % 50 - 59 5 22 % 60 - 69 4 % 70 - 79 4 % Day Monday 9 % Tuesday 13 % Wednesday 7 30 % Thursday 10 43 % Friday 4 % Saturday 0 0 % Sunday 0 0 % Total 23 100 % Executions in recent years Number of executions 2018 18 2017 23 2016 20 Total 61 Double execution in Arkansas See also : Capital punishment in Arkansas and List of individuals executed in Arkansas On April 24, 2017, Arkansas carried out back - to - back executions. Convicted rapist and murderer Jack Jones, age 52, was pronounced dead at 7 : 20 pm Monday. Approximately three hours later, convicted rapist and murderer Marcel Williams, age 46, was pronounced dead at 10 : 33 pm. Jones was sentenced to death for the 1995 rape and murder of Mary Phillips ( August 18, 1959 - June 6, 1995 ) and the near - fatal assault of her then - 10 - year - old daughter, Lacy Phillips ( born July 9, 1984 ), during a botched robbery in Bald Knob, Arkansas. Williams was sent to death row for the 1994 rape and murder of 22 - year - old Stacy Errickson, whom he kidnapped from a gas station in central Arkansas. The last double execution in Arkansas was on September 8, 1999. By conducting the double execution in 2017, Arkansas became the first U.S. state to put more than one inmate to death on the same day in 17 years. The last state to do so was Texas, which executed two murderers in August 2000. Oklahoma planned a double execution in 2014 but scrapped plans for the second one after the first ( the execution of Clayton Lockett ) went awry. Arkansas executed four men in an eight - day period in 1960. The only quicker pace included quadruple executions in 1926 and 1930. 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 offenders scheduled to be executed in the United States List of women executed in the United States since 1976 References Jump up ^ `` Offender Information -- Christopher Wilkins '', Texas Department of Criminal Justice Jump up ^ `` Offender Information -- Terry Edwards '', Texas Department of Criminal Justice Jump up ^ `` Offender Information -- Rolando Ruiz Jr. '', Texas Department of Criminal Justice Jump up ^ `` Remorseful hit man in Texas murder - for - hire slaying executed ''. CBS News. Jump up ^ `` Offender Information -- James Bigby '', Texas Department of Criminal Justice Jump up ^ `` Tarrant County man who killed father and baby in 1987, pointed gun at judge is executed ''. Dallas News. Jump up ^ Arkansas Puts Ledell Lee to Death, in Its First Execution Since 2005 Jump up ^ Fourth and final Arkansas inmate Kenneth Williams executed Jump up ^ Tommy Arthur, Inmate Who Escaped Death 7 Times, Is Executed Jump up ^ Robert Bryant Melson executed for 1994 triple slaying Jump up ^ William Morva executed by lethal injection for 2006 killings Jump up ^ `` Ohio executed a prisoner for the first time in three years ''. NBC News. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Offender Information - Taichin Preyor ''. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved July 28, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Texas executes man who killed woman at her apartment in 2004 ''. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 28. Jump up ^ `` For the first time since 1970s, White man executed for racial killings in Florida ''. New York Times. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Ohio executes double murderer Gary Otte as he sings Hymn ''. NBC News. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Florida executes man convicted of killings 2 decades ago ''. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Texas executes inmate convicted of fatally stabbing a prison guard ''. Washington Post. Retrieved 13 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Torrey McNabb executed for murder of Montgomery police officer ''. Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved 20 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Florida executes Patrick Hannon for killing two men in 1991 ''. Fox News. Retrieved 9 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` The Latest : Texas executes Mexican citizen for 1997 slaying ''. ABC News. Retrieved 8 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Mexican man executed after appeals fail ''. San Antonio Express - News. Retrieved 8 November 2017. 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