# List of people executed in the United States in 2008

Thirty-seven people were executed in the United States in 2008. Eighteen of them were in the state of Texas. One (James Earl Reed) was executed via electrocution. Executions were not carried out in the United States between September 2007 and April 2008, due to certiorari in Baze v. Rees, which questioned the constitutionality of lethal injection. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed all executions for seven months until a decision was made, meaning executions did not begin until May, with none having taken place since that of Michael Wayne Richard the previous September.

## List of people executed in the United States in 2008

| 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 | May 6, 2008 | William Earl Lynd | 53 | 33 | 20 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 2 | May 21, 2008 | Earl Wesley Berry | 49 | 28 | 21 | Male | White | Mississippi | Lethal injection | |
| 3 | May 27, 2008 | Kevin Green | 31 | 21 | 10 | Male | Black | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 4 | June 4, 2008 | Curtis Osborne | 38 | 20 | 18 | Male | Black | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 5 | June 6, 2008 | David Mark Hill | 48 | 36 | 12 | Male | White | South Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| 6 | June 11, 2008 | Karl Eugene Chamberlain | 37 | 21 | 16 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 7 | June 17, 2008 | Terry Lyn Short | 47 | 34 | 13 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 8 | June 20, 2008 | James Earl Reed | 49 | 35 | 14 | Male | Black | South Carolina | Electrocution | |
| 9 | June 25, 2008 | Robert Stacy Yarbrough | 30 | 18 | 12 | Male | Black | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 10 | July 1, 2008 | Mark Dean Schwab | 39 | 22 | 17 | Male | White | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 11 | July 10, 2008 | Carlton Akee Turner | 29 | 19 | 10 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 12 | July 10, 2008 | Kent Jermaine Jackson | 26 | 18 | 8 | Male | Black | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 13 | July 23, 2008 | Dale Leo Bishop | 34 | 25 | 9 | Male | White | Mississippi | Lethal injection | |
| 14 | July 23, 2008 | Derrick J. Sonnier | 40 | 23 | 17 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 15 | July 24, 2008 | Christopher Scott Emmett | 36 | 29 | 7 | Male | White | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 16 | July 31, 2008 | Larry Donnell Davis | 40 | 27 | 13 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 17 | August 5, 2008 | José Ernesto Medellín Rojas | 33 | 18 | 15 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 18 | August 7, 2008 | Heliberto Chi | 29 | 22 | 7 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 19 | August 12, 2008 | Leon David Dorsey IV | 32 | 18 | 14 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 20 | August 14, 2008 | Michael Anthony Rodriguez | 45 | 38 | 7 | Male | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 21 | September 16, 2008 | Jack Edward Alderman | 57 | 23 | 34 | Male | White | Georgia | Lethal injection | |
| 22 | September 17, 2008 | William Alfred Murray | 39 | 28 | 11 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 23 | September 23, 2008 | Richard Henyard | 34 | 18 | 16 | Male | Black | Florida | Lethal injection | |
| 24 | September 25, 2008 | Jesse James Cummings Jr. | 52 | 35 | 17 | Male | White | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 25 | October 14, 2008 | Richard Wade Cooey II | 41 | 19 | 22 | Male | White | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 26 | October 14, 2008 | Alvin Andrew Kelly | 57 | 33 | 24 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 27 | October 16, 2008 | Kevin Michael Watts | 27 | 21 | 6 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 28 | October 21, 2008 | Joseph Ray Ries | 29 | 19 | 10 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 29 | October 28, 2008 | Eric Charles Nenno | 47 | 33 | 14 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 30 | October 30, 2008 | Gregory Edward Wright | 42 | 31 | 11 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 31 | November 6, 2008 | Elkie Lee Taylor | 46 | 31 | 15 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 32 | November 12, 2008 | George H. Whitaker III | 37 | 23 | 14 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 33 | November 13, 2008 | Denard Sha Manns | 42 | 32 | 10 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 34 | November 19, 2008 | Gregory L. Bryant-Bey | 53 | 37 | 16 | Male | Black | Ohio | Lethal injection | |
| 35 | November 20, 2008 | Robert Jean Hudson | 45 | 36 | 9 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 36 | November 21, 2008 | Marco Allen Chapman | 37 | 30 | 7 | Male | White | Kentucky | Lethal injection | |
| 37 | December 5, 2008 | Joseph Martin Luther Gardner | 38 | 22 | 16 | Male | Black | South Carolina | Lethal injection | |
| | | Average: | 40 years | 26 years | 14 years | | | | | |

## Demographics

Gender :
| Male | 37 | 100% |
| Female | 0 | 0% |
| Ethnicity |||
| Black | 17 | 46% |
| White | 17 | 46% |
| Hispanic | 3 | 8% |
| State |||
| Texas | 18 | 49% |
| Georgia | 3 | 8% |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 8% |
| South Carolina | 3 | 8% |
| Virginia | 3 | 8% |
| Florida | 2 | 5% |
| Mississippi | 2 | 5% |
| Ohio | 2 | 5% |
| Kentucky | 1 | 3% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 36 | 97% |
| Electrocution | 1 | 3% |
| Month |||
| January | 0 | 0% |
| February | 0 | 0% |
| March | 0 | 0% |
| April | 0 | 0% |
| May | 3 | 8% |
| June | 6 | 16% |
| July | 7 | 19% |
| August | 4 | 11% |
| September | 4 | 11% |
| October | 6 | 16% |
| November | 6 | 16% |
| December | 1 | 3% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 5 | 14% |
| 30–39 | 14 | 38% |
| 40–49 | 13 | 35% |
| 50–59 | 5 | 14% |
| Total | 37 | 100% |

## Executions in recent years

Number of executions :
| 2009 | 52 |
| 2008 | 37 |
| 2007 | 42 |
| Total | 131 |