# List of people executed in the United States in 2020

Seventeen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2020, sixteen by lethal injection and one by electrocution. 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.

## List of people executed in the United States in 2020

| No. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Age of person | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. |
| No. | Date of execution | Name | At execution | At offense | Age difference | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. |
| 1 | January 15, 2020 | John Steven Gardner | 64 | 49 | 15 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 2 | January 29, 2020 | Donnie Cleveland Lance | 66 | 43 | 23 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 3 | February 6, 2020 | Abel Revill Ochoa | 47 | 29 | 18 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 4 | February 20, 2020 | Nicholas Todd Sutton | 58 | 23 | 35 | Male | White | Tennessee | Electrocution | |
| 5 | March 5, 2020 | Nathaniel Woods | 43 | 27 | 16 | Male | Black | Alabama | Lethal injection | |
| 6 | May 19, 2020 | Walter Barton | 64 | 35 | 29 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 7 | July 8, 2020 | Billy Joe Wardlow | 45 | 18 | 27 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 8 | July 14, 2020 | Daniel Lewis Lee | 47 | 22 | 25 | Male | White | Federal government | Lethal injection | |
| 9 | July 16, 2020 | Wesley Ira Purkey | 68 | 46 | 22 | Male | White | Federal government | Lethal injection | |
| 10 | July 17, 2020 | Dustin Lee Honken | 52 | 25 | 27 | Male | White | Federal government | Lethal injection | |
| 11 | August 26, 2020 | Lezmond Charles Mitchell | 38 | 20 | 18 | Male | Native American | Federal government | Lethal injection | |
| 12 | August 28, 2020 | Keith Dwayne Nelson | 45 | 24 | 21 | Male | White | Federal government | Lethal injection | |
| 13 | September 22, 2020 | William Emmett LeCroy Jr. | 50 | 31 | 19 | Male | White | Federal government | Lethal injection | |
| 14 | September 24, 2020 | Christopher Andre Vialva | 40 | 19 | 21 | Male | Black | Federal government | Lethal injection | |
| 15 | November 19, 2020 | Orlando Cordia Hall | 49 | 23 | 26 | Male | Black | Federal government | Lethal injection | |
| 16 | December 10, 2020 | Brandon Anthony Micah Bernard | 40 | 18 | 22 | Male | Black | Federal government | Lethal injection | |
| 17 | December 11, 2020 | Alfred Bourgeois | 56 | 38 | 18 | Male | Black | Federal government | Lethal injection | |
| | | 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). Tennessee also postponed the executions of four inmates who were due to be executed between June and December. 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. She was executed the following year, on January 13, 2021.