# List of people executed in Mississippi

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.
Since 1976, 23 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi. Of the 23 people executed, 4 were executed via gas chamber and 19 via lethal injection.

## List of people executed in Mississippi since 1976

| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 1 | Jimmy Lee Gray | White | 34 | M | September 2, 1983 | Jackson | Gas chamber | Deressa Jean Scales | William Winter |
| 2 | Edward Earl Johnson | Black | 26 | M | May 20, 1987 | Leake | Gas chamber | Walnut Grove police officer J. T. Trest | William Allain |
| 3 | Connie Ray Evans | Black | 27 | M | July 8, 1987 | Hinds | Gas chamber | Arun Pahwa | William Allain |
| 4 | Leo E. Edwards Jr. | Black | 36 | M | June 21, 1989 | Hinds | Gas chamber | Linzy Don Dixon | Ray Mabus |
| 5 | Tracy Alan Hansen | White | 39 | M | July 17, 2002 | Harrison | Lethal injection | Mississippi Highway Patrol officer David Bruce Ladner | Ronnie Musgrove |
| 6 | Jessie Derrell Williams | White | 51 | M | December 11, 2002 | Jackson | Lethal injection | Karon Ann Pierce | Ronnie Musgrove |
| 7 | John B. Nixon | White | 77 | M | December 14, 2005 | Rankin | Lethal injection | Virginia Tucker | Haley Barbour |
| 8 | Bobby Glen Wilcher | White | 43 | M | October 18, 2006 | Scott | Lethal injection | Katie Bell Moore and Velma Odell Noblin | Haley Barbour |
| 9 | Earl Wesley Berry | White | 49 | M | May 21, 2008 | Chickasaw | Lethal injection | Mary Bounds | Haley Barbour |
| 10 | Dale Leo Bishop | White | 34 | M | July 23, 2008 | Lee | Lethal injection | Marcus James Gentry | Haley Barbour |
| 11 | Paul Everette Woodward | White | 62 | M | May 19, 2010 | Perry | Lethal injection | Rhonda Crane | Haley Barbour |
| 12 | Gerald James Holland | White | 72 | M | May 20, 2010 | Harrison | Lethal injection | Krystal King | Haley Barbour |
| 13 | Joseph Daniel Burns | White | 42 | M | July 21, 2010 | Lee | Lethal injection | Floyd Melvin McBride | Haley Barbour |
| 14 | Benny Joe Stevens | White | 52 | M | May 10, 2011 | Marion | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Haley Barbour |
| 15 | Rodney Gray | Black | 39 | M | May 17, 2011 | Newton | Lethal injection | Grace Blackwell | Haley Barbour |
| 16 | Edwin Hart Turner | White | 38 | M | February 8, 2012 | Carroll | Lethal injection | Eddie Brooks and Everett Curry | Phil Bryant |
| 17 | Larry Matthew Puckett | White | 35 | M | March 20, 2012 | Forrest | Lethal injection | Rhonda Hatten Griffis | Phil Bryant |
| 18 | William Gerald Mitchell | Black | 61 | M | March 22, 2012 | Harrison | Lethal injection | Patty Milliken | Phil Bryant |
| 19 | Henry Curtis Jackson | Black | 47 | M | June 5, 2012 | Leflore | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Phil Bryant |
| 20 | Jan Michael Brawner | White | 34 | M | June 12, 2012 | Tate | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Phil Bryant |
| 21 | Gary Carl Simmons Jr. | White | 49 | M | June 20, 2012 | Jackson | Lethal injection | Jeffrey Wolfe | Phil Bryant |
| 22 | David Neal Cox Sr. | White | 50 | M | November 17, 2021 | Union | Lethal injection | Kim Kirk Cox | Tate Reeves |
| 23 | Thomas Edwin Loden Jr. | White | 58 | M | December 14, 2022 | Itawamba | Lethal injection | Leesa Marie Gray | Tate Reeves |

## Demographics

Race :
| White | 17 | 74% |
| Black | 6 | 26% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 2 | 9% |
| 30–39 | 8 | 35% |
| 40–49 | 5 | 22% |
| 50–59 | 4 | 17% |
| 60–69 | 2 | 9% |
| 70-79 | 2 | 9% |
| Sex |||
| Male | 23 | 100% |
| Date of execution |||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 4 | 17% |
| 1990–1999 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000–2009 | 6 | 26% |
| 2010–2019 | 11 | 48% |
| 2020–2029 | 2 | 9% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 19 | 83% |
| Gas chamber | 4 | 17% |
| Governor (Party) |||
| Cliff Finch (D) | 0 | 0% |
| William F. Winter (D) | 1 | 4% |
| William Allain (D) | 2 | 9% |
| Ray Mabus (D) | 1 | 4% |
| Kirk Fordice (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Ronnie Musgrove (D) | 2 | 9% |
| Haley Barbour (R) | 9 | 39% |
| Phil Bryant (R) | 6 | 26% |
| Tate Reeves (R) | 2 | 9% |
| Total | 23 | 100% |