# List of people executed by lethal injection

Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person by a government for the express purpose of causing immediate death. While Nazi Germany was known to execute enemies of the state using an injection of lethal drugs, the first country to legalize and formally implement what is referred to today as lethal injection was the United States. The state of Texas adopted it as its form on capital punishment in 1977 and executed the first person by it, Charles Brooks Jr., in 1982. The practice was subsequently adopted by the other US states using capital punishment. As of 2025, the method is available for use by 27 US states, as well as by their federal government and military.
Lethal injection was proposed and adopted on the grounds it was more humane than the methods of execution in place at the time, such as the electric chair and gas chamber. Opponents of lethal injection reject this argument, noting multiple cases where executions have been either painful, prolonged, or both. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, lethal injections have the highest rate of botched executions of any method used in the US, with 7.12% of executions using this method between 1982 and 2010 considered to have not gone according to plan. A study published in The Lancet in 2005 found that in 43% of cases of lethal injection, the blood level of hypnotics was insufficient to guarantee unconsciousness. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled 7–2 in 2008 (Baze v. Rees), 5–4 in 2015 (Glossip v. Gross), and 5–4 in 2019 (Bucklew v. Precythe) that lethal injection does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
Lethal injection was also adopted as a method of execution by Guatemala in 1996, China in 1997, the Philippines in 1999, Thailand in 2003, Taiwan in 2005, Vietnam in 2013, the Maldives in 2014 and Nigeria in 2015. The Philippines abolished the death penalty in 2006. While the death penalty still exists in the Maldives and Guatemala, no executions have been carried out there since 1954 and 2000 respectively. Taiwan has never actually used the method, instead carrying out all executions by single gunshot. The US and China are the two biggest users of this method of execution. The US had executed 1,428 people via lethal injection as of February 2025. The number of people executed annually in China is thought to surpass all other countries combined, though the actual number is a state secret, and the percentage of people killed via lethal injection and the other method of execution used there, firing squad, is also unclear.
This alphabetical list features notable individuals up to January 2025, and only those where lethal injection can be reliably sourced to be the method of execution. The criterion for notability is either an article on the individual, or the crime they were executed for, in the English Wikipedia. This inevitably causes a bias towards US executions, as notable individuals in other countries such as Thailand and Vietnam may only have articles in their own language. A complete list of all executions in the United States can be found here.

## Executions

| Name | Born | Died | Age | Nationality | Executed in | Executed for |
| Jesús Ledesma Aguilar | 1963 | 2006 | 42 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Charles Albanese | 1937 | 1995 | 58 | American | Illinois | Murder (3 counts) |
| Jack Alderman | 1951 | 2008 | 57 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Franklin DeWayne Alix | 1975 | 2010 | 34 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Clarence Ray Allen | 1930 | 2006 | 76 | American | California | Murder (3 counts) |
| Wanda Jean Allen | 1959 | 2001 | 41 | American | Oklahoma | Murder |
| James Allridge | 1962 | 2004 | 41 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Ronald Allridge | 1960 | 1995 | 34 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Robert Anderson | 1966 | 2006 | 40 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Stephen Wayne Anderson | 1953 | 2002 | 48 | American | California | Murder |
| Alojs Andritzki | 1914 | 1943 | 28 | German | Nazi Germany | Making "hostile statements" |
| Edgar Tamayo Arias | 1967 | 2014 | 46 | Mexican | Texas | Murder |
| John Arnold | 1955 | 1998 | 43 | American | South Carolina | Murder |
| Mark James Asay | 1964 | 2017 | 53 | American | Florida | Murder (2 counts) |
| Herman Ashworth | 1973 | 2005 | 32 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Frank Jarvis Atwood | 1956 | 2022 | 66 | American | Arizona | Murder |
| James Autry | 1954 | 1984 | 29 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Manny Babbitt | 1949 | 1999 | 50 | American | California | Murder |
| Wesley Baker | 1958 | 2005 | 47 | American | Maryland | Murder |
| John Richard Baltazar | 1972 | 2003 | 30 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Yuan Baojing | 1966 | 2006 | 40 | Chinese | China | Murder |
| Velma Barfield | 1932 | 1984 | 52 | American | North Carolina | Murder |
| James Phillip Barnes | 1962 | 2023 | 61 | American | Florida | Murder |
| Odell Barnes | 1968 | 2000 | 31 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Rocky Barton | 1956 | 2006 | 49 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Suzanne Basso | 1954 | 2014 | 59 | American | Texas | Murder |
| John Battaglia | 1955 | 2018 | 62 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Donald Beardslee | 1943 | 2005 | 61 | American | California | Murder (2 counts) |
| Napoleon Beazley | 1976 | 2002 | 25 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Betty Lou Beets | 1937 | 2000 | 62 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Rodney Berget | 1962 | 2018 | 56 | American | South Dakota | Murder |
| Glenn Lee Benner II | 1962 | 2006 | 43 | American | Ohio | Murder (2 counts) |
| Brandon Bernard | 1980 | 2020 | 40 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| Earl Wesley Berry | 1959 | 2008 | 49 | American | Mississippi | Murder |
| Wilford Berry Jr. | 1962 | 1999 | 36 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Danny Bible | 1951 | 2018 | 66 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Kenneth Biros | 1958 | 2009 | 51 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Arthur Gary Bishop | 1952 | 1988 | 35 | American | Utah | Murder (5 counts) |
| Christopher Black Sr. | 1959 | 2003 | 43 | American | Texas | Murder (3 counts) |
| Oscar Ray Bolin Jr. | 1962 | 2016 | 53 | American | Florida | Murder (3 counts) |
| William Bonin | 1947 | 1996 | 49 | American | California | Murder (14 counts) |
| Gerald James Bordelon | 1962 | 2010 | 47 | American | Louisiana | Murder |
| Andrée Borrel | 1919 | 1944 | 24 | French | Nazi-occupied France | Being a Special Operations Executive member |
| Alfred Bourgeois | 1964 | 2020 | 56 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| Marion Bowman Jr. | 1980 | 2025 | 44 | American | South Carolina | Murder |
| Lester Leroy Bower Jr. | 1947 | 2015 | 67 | American | Texas | Murder (4 counts) |
| Gary Ray Bowles | 1962 | 2019 | 57 | American | Florida | Murder (6 counts) |
| Charles Anthony Boyd | 1959 | 1999 | 39 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Titus Brandsma | 1881 | 1942 | 61 | Dutch | Nazi Germany | Ordering Catholic newspapers not to print Nazi documents |
| David M. Brewer | 1959 | 2003 | 44 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Charles Brooks Jr. | 1942 | 1982 | 40 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Arthur Brown Jr. | 1970 | 2023 | 52 | American | Texas | Murder (4 counts) |
| John A. Brown Jr. | 1962 | 1997 | 35 | American | Louisiana | Murder |
| Vernon Brown | 1953 | 2005 | 51 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Robert Anthony Buell | 1940 | 2002 | 62 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Robert Earl Butts Jr. | 1977 | 2018 | 40 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Carl Wayne Buntion | 1944 | 2022 | 78 | American | Texas | Murder |
| John William Byrd Jr. | 1963 | 2002 | 38 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Genaro Ruiz Camacho | 1954 | 1998 | 43 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Ivan Cantu | 1973 | 2024 | 50 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Ruben Cantu | 1966 | 2003 | 26 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Scott Carpenter | 1975 | 1997 | 22 | American | Oklahoma | Murder |
| Desmond Keith Carter | 1967 | 2002 | 35 | American | North Carolina | Murder |
| Richard Cartwright | 1974 | 2005 | 31 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Edward Castro | 1950 | 2000 | 50 | American | Florida | Murder |
| Tomás Cerrate Hernández | 1961c. 1961 | 2000 | 39 | Guatemalan | Guatemala | Murder |
| Amílcar Cetino Pérez | 1965c. 1965 | 2000 | 35 | Guatemalan | Guatemala | Murder |
| Oba Chandler | 1946 | 2011 | 65 | American | Florida | Murder (3 counts) |
| Marco Allen Chapman | 1971 | 2008 | 37 | American | Kentucky | Murder (2 counts) |
| Juan Rodriguez Chavez | 1968 | 2003 | 34 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Elroy Chester | 1969 | 2013 | 43 | American | Texas | Murder |
| James B. Clark Jr. | 1957 | 1996 | 39 | American | Delaware | Murder |
| James Lee Clark | 1968 | 2007 | 38 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Joseph Lewis Clark | 1949 | 2006 | 57 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Terry D. Clark | 1956 | 2001 | 45 | American | New Mexico | Murder |
| Keith Bernard Clay | 1968 | 2003 | 35 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Hoyt Franklin Clines | 1956 | 1994 | 37 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Robert Glen Coe | 1956 | 2000 | 44 | American | Tennessee | Murder |
| Carroll Cole | 1938 | 1985 | 47 | American | Nevada | Murder |
| Loran Kenstley Cole | 1966 | 2024 | 57 | American | Florida | Murder |
| Alton Coleman | 1955 | 2002 | 46 | American | Ohio | Murder (2 counts) |
| Charles Coleman | 1947 | 1990 | 43 | American | Oklahoma | Murder |
| Lisa Ann Coleman | 1975 | 2014 | 38 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Robert Dale Conklin | 1961 | 2005 | 44 | American | Georgia | Malice murder |
| Richard Cooey | 1967 | 2008 | 41 | American | Ohio | Murder (2 counts) |
| Joseph Edward Corcoran | 1975 | 2024 | 49 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| Manuel Martínez Coronado | 1954c. 1964 | 1998 | 33 | Guatemalan | Guatemala | Murder (7 counts) |
| David Neal Cox | 1970 | 2021 | 50 | American | Mississippi | Murder |
| Gary Lee Davis | 1944 | 1997 | 53 | American | Colorado | Murder |
| Girvies Davis | 1958 | 1995 | 37 | American | Illinois | Murder (4 counts) |
| Troy Davis | 1968 | 2011 | 42 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| David Thomas Dawson | 1957 | 2006 | 48 | American | Montana | Murder (3 counts) |
| Lü Debin | 1953 | 2005 | 52 | Chinese | China | Murder |
| Carlos DeLuna | 1962 | 1989 | 27 | American | Texas | Murder |
| James Demouchette | 1955 | 1992 | 37 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Adremy Dennis | 1976 | 2004 | 28 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Andrew Grant DeYoung | 1974 | 2011 | 37 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder (2 counts) |
| Ángel Nieves Díaz | 1951 | 2006 | 55 | Puerto Rican | Florida | Murder |
| Donald Dillbeck | 1963 | 2023 | 59 | American | Florida | Murder |
| Clarence Wayne Dixon | 1955 | 2022 | 66 | American | Arizona | Murder |
| Leon David Dorsey IV | 1975 | 2008 | 32 | American | Texas | Murder (3 counts) |
| Marion Dudley | 1972 | 2006 | 33 | American | Texas | Murder (4 counts) |
| John David Duty | 1952 | 2010 | 58 | American | Oklahoma | Murder |
| James Otto Earhart | 1943 | 1999 | 56 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Leo Echegaray | 1960 | 1999 | 38 | Filipino | Philippines | Rape of a minor |
| James Homer Elledge | 1942 | 2001 | 58 | American | Washington State | Murder |
| Licho Escamilla | 1982c. 1982 | 2015 | 33 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Barry Lee Fairchild | 1954 | 1995 | 41 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Stanley Faulder | 1937 | 1999 | 61 | Canadian | Texas | Murder |
| John Joseph Fautenberry | 1963 | 2009 | 46 | American | Ohio | Murder (5 counts) |
| John Errol Ferguson | 1948 | 2013 | 65 | American | Florida | Murder (8 counts) |
| Samuel Russell Flippen | 1969 | 2006 | 36 | American | North Carolina | Murder |
| Melbert Ford | 1960 | 2010 | 49 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder (2 counts) |
| Richard Edwin Fox | 1956 | 2003 | 47 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Joseph Paul Franklin | 1950 | 2013 | 63 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| James Garrett Freeman | 1980 | 2016 | 35 | American | Texas | Murder |
| John Wayne Gacy | 1942 | 1994 | 52 | American | Illinois | Murder (12 counts) |
| Gustavo Julian Garcia | 1972 | 2016 | 43 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Humberto Leal Garcia | 1973 | 2011 | 38 | Mexican | Texas | Murder |
| Juan Martin Garcia | 1980 | 2015 | 35 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Joseph Gardner | 1970 | 2008 | 38 | American | South Carolina | Murder |
| Mark Gardner | 1956c. 1956 | 1999 | 42–43 | American | Arkansas | Murder (3 counts) |
| Johnny Frank Garrett | 1963 | 1992 | 28 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Carlton Gary | 1950 | 2018 | 67 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder (3 counts) |
| Juan Garza | 1956 | 2001 | 44 | American | Indiana | Murder (3 counts) |
| Louis Gaskin | 1967 | 2023 | 56 | American | Florida | Murder (2 counts) |
| Keith Edmund Gavin | 1960 | 2024 | 64 | American | Alabama | Capital murder |
| Michael Carl George | 1957 | 1997 | 39 | American | Virginia | Murder |
| Jason Getsy | 1975 | 2009 | 33 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Lewis Eugene Gilbert | 1971 | 2003 | 31 | American | Oklahoma | Murder |
| Tyrone Delano Gilliam Jr. | 1966 | 1998 | 32 | American | Maryland | Murder |
| Kelly Gissendaner | 1968 | 2015 | 47 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Giuseppe Girotti | 1905 | 1945 | 39 | Italian | Nazi Germany | Aiding Jews |
| David Alan Gore | 1953 | 2012 | 58 | American | Florida | Murder (6 counts) |
| Marshall Lee Gore | 1963 | 2013 | 50 | American | Florida | Murder (2 counts) |
| John Marion Grant | 1961 | 2021 | 60 | American | Oklahoma | Murder |
| Kenneth Granviel | 1950 | 1996 | 45 | American | Texas | Murder (7 counts) |
| Thomas J. Grasso | 1962 | 1995 | 32 | American | Oklahoma | Murder |
| Marlin Gray | 1967 | 2005 | 38 | American | Missouri | Murder (2 counts) |
| Randy Greenawalt | 1949 | 1997 | 47 | American | Arizona | Murder (4 counts) |
| Douglas Edward Gretzler | 1951 | 1998 | 47 | American | Arizona | Murder (2 counts) |
| Timothy Lane Gribble | 1963 | 2000 | 36 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Jeffery Lee Griffin | 1955 | 1992 | 37 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Larry Griffin | 1954 | 1995 | 40 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Martin Grossman | 1965 | 2010 | 45 | American | Florida | Murder |
| Scott Hain | 1970 | 2003 | 32 | American | Oklahoma | Murder (2 counts) |
| Orlando Hall | 1971 | 2020 | 49 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| Phillip Dean Hancock | 1964 | 2023 | 59 | American | Oklahoma | murder (2 counts) |
| Terry Hankins | 1974 | 2009 | 34 | American | Texas | Murder (5 counts) |
| Robert Wayne Harris | 1972 | 2012 | 40 | American | Texas | Murder (5 counts) |
| Edward Lee Harper Jr. | 1949 | 1999 | 50 | American | Kentucky | Murder |
| Edward Hartman | 1964 | 2003 | 39 | American | North Carolina | Murder |
| Samuel Christopher Hawkins | 1943 | 1995 | 52 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Larry Allen Hayes | 1948 | 2003 | 54 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Gary M. Heidnik | 1943 | 1999 | 55 | American | Pennsylvania | Murder (2 counts) |
| John Ruthell Henry | 1951 | 2014 | 63 | American | Florida | Murder (2 counts) |
| Richard Henyard | 1974 | 2008 | 34 | American | Florida | Murder (2 counts) |
| Ramon Torres Hernandez | 1971 | 2012 | 41 | American | Texas | Murder |
| John R. Hicks | 1956 | 2005 | 49 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Dustin John Higgs | 1972 | 2021 | 48 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| Clarence Hill | 1957 | 2006 | 48 | American | Florida | Murder |
| David Mark Hill | 1960 | 2008 | 48 | American | South Carolina | Murder (3 counts) |
| Paul Jennings Hill | 1954 | 2003 | 49 | American | Florida | Murder (2 counts) |
| Warren Hill | 1960 | 2015 | 54 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Daniel Hittle | 1950 | 2000 | 50 | American | Texas | Murder |
| James William Holmes | 1956 | 1994 | 37 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Taberon Honie | 1975 | 2024 | 48 | American | Utah | Murder |
| Dustin Lee Honken | 1968 | 2020 | 52 | American | Indiana | Murder (5 counts) |
| John Michael Hooker | 1953 | 2003 | 49 | American | Oklahoma | Murder (2 counts) |
| Murray Hooper | 1945 | 2022 | 76 | American | Arizona | Murder (2 counts) |
| Mark Hopkinson | 1949 | 1992 | 42 | American | Wyoming | Murder (4 counts) |
| David Hosier | 1955 | 2024 | 69 | American | Missouri | Murde |
| Tracy Housel | 1958 | 2002 | 43 | British/American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Ronald Ray Howard | 1973 | 2005 | 32 | American | Texas | Murder |
| James Hubbard | 1930 | 2004 | 74 | American | Alabama | Murder |
| Shawn Paul Humphries | 1971 | 2005 | 34 | American | South Carolina | Murder |
| Flint Gregory Hunt | 1959 | 1997 | 38 | American | Maryland | Murder |
| Bert Leroy Hunter | 1947 | 2000 | 53 | American | Missouri | Murder (2 counts) |
| James W. Hutchins | 1929 | 1984 | 54 | American | North Carolina | Murder (3 counts) |
| Phillip Ingle | 1961 | 1995 | 34 | American | North Carolina | Murder (4 counts) |
| Billy Ray Irick | 1958 | 2018 | 59 | American | Tennessee | Murder |
| Antonio James | 1954 | 1996 | 42 | American | Louisiana | Murder |
| Joe Nathan James Jr. | 1972 | 2022 | 50 | American | Alabama | Murder |
| Desmond Domnique Jennings | 1971 | 1999 | 28 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Joseph Paul Jernigan | 1954 | 1993 | 39 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Yang Jia | 1980 | 2008 | 28 | Chinese | China | Murder (6 counts) |
| Corey Johnson | 1968 | 2021 | 52 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| David Dewayne Johnson | 1963 | 2000 | 37 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Ernest Lee Johnson | 1960 | 2021 | 61 | American | Missouri | Murder (3 counts) |
| Kevin Johnson Jr. | 1985 | 2022 | 37 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Johnny Allen Johnson | 1978 | 2023 | 45 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Richard Charles Johnson | 1963 | 2002 | 39 | American | South Carolina | Murder |
| Shannon M. Johnson | 1983 | 2012 | 28 | American | Delaware | Murder |
| Brandon Astor Jones | 1943 | 2016 | 72 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Jack Harold Jones Jr. | 1964 | 2017 | 52 | American | Arkansas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Louis Jones Jr. | 1950 | 2003 | 53 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| Quintin Phillippe Jones | 1979 | 2021 | 41 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Xia Junfeng | 1972 | 2009 | 37 | Chinese | China | Murder (2 counts) |
| Mir Aimal Kansi | 1964 | 2002 | 38 | Pakistani | Virginia | Murder |
| Marvallous Matthew Keene | 1973 | 2009 | 36 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Cheng Kejie | 1933 | 2000 | 66 | Chinese | China | Accepting bribes |
| Alvin Andrew Kelly | 1951 | 2008 | 57 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Naw Kham | 1969 | 2013 | 43 | Burmese | China | Murder |
| Andrew Kokoraleis | 1960c. 1963 | 1999 | 35 | American | Illinois | Murder |
| Thomas Knight | 1951 | 2014 | 62 | American | Florida | Murder |
| Robert Wesley Knighton | 1941 | 2003 | 62 | American | Oklahoma | Murder (2 counts) |
| Michał Kozal | 1893 | 1943 | 49 | Polish | Nazi Germany | Refusing to preach in German |
| Andrew Lackey | 1983 | 2013 | 29 | American | Alabama | Murder |
| Robert Charles Ladd | 1957 | 2015 | 57 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Edward Lagrone | 1957 | 2004 | 46 | American | Texas | Murder (3 counts) |
| Donnie Cleveland Lance | 1953 | 2020 | 66 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder (2 counts) |
| Jeffrey Landrigan | 1960c. 1960 | 2010 | 50 | American | Arizona | Murder |
| Terry Langford | 1966 | 1998 | 31 | American | Montana | Murder (2 counts) |
| Anthony LaRette | 1951 | 1995 | 44 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| William LeCroy Jr. | 1970 | 2020 | 50 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| Daniel Lewis Lee | 1973 | 2020 | 47 | American | Indiana | Murder (3 counts) |
| Ledell Lee | 1965 | 2017 | 51 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Vera Leigh | 1903 | 1944 | 41 | British | Nazi-occupied France | Being a French Resistance fighter |
| Teresa Lewis | 1969 | 2010 | 41 | American | Virginia | Murder (2 counts) |
| Liu Liankun | 1933 | 1999 | 66 | Chinese | China | Treason |
| Stanley Dewaine Lingar | 1963 | 2001 | 37 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Clayton Lockett | 1975 | 2014 | 38 | American | Oklahoma | Murder |
| David Martin Long | 1953 | 1999 | 46 | American | Texas | Murder (3 counts) |
| Robert Joseph Long | 1953 | 2019 | 65 | American | Florida | Murder (10 counts) |
| Theerasak Longji | 1992 | 2018 | 26 | Thai | Thailand | Murder |
| Richard Longworth | 1968 | 2005 | 37 | American | South Carolina | Murder |
| Daniel Anthony Lucas | 1978 | 2016 | 37 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Jeffrey Lundgren | 1950 | 2006 | 56 | American | Ohio | Murder (5 counts) |
| William Earl Lynd | 1955 | 2008 | 53 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Robbie Lyons | 1972 | 2003 | 31 | American | North Carolina | Murder |
| Daryl Linnie Mack | 1958 | 2006 | 47 | American | Nevada | Murder |
| Kelvin Shelby Malone | 1961 | 1999 | 38 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| John Marek | 1961 | 2009 | 47 | American | Florida | Murder |
| Ernest Martin | 1960 | 2003 | 42 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Leslie Dale Martin | 1967 | 2002 | 35 | American | Louisiana | Murder |
| Jason Massey | 1973 | 2001 | 28 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Robert Lee Massie | 1941 | 2001 | 59 | American | California | Murder |
| Alan Matheney | 1950 | 2005 | 54 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| Kimberly McCarthy | 1961 | 2013 | 52 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Amber McLaughlin | 1973 | 2023 | 49 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Stephen Albert McCoy | 1948 | 1989 | 40 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Kenneth McDuff | 1946 | 1998 | 52 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Dennis B. McGuire | 1960 | 2014 | 53 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Steven Van McHone | 1970 | 2005 | 35 | American | North Carolina | Murder (2 counts) |
| Duncan McKenzie | 1951 | 1995 | 43 | American | Montana | Murder |
| Timothy McVeigh | 1968 | 2001 | 33 | American | Indiana | 11 federal charges, including 8 counts of murder |
| José Medellín | 1975 | 2008 | 33 | Mexican | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Robert Melson | 1971 | 2017 | 46 | American | Alabama | Murder (3 counts) |
| George Mercer | 1944 | 1989 | 44 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Scott Andrew Mink | 1963 | 2004 | 40 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Lezmond Charles Mitchell | 1981 | 2020 | 38 | Native American | Indiana | Murder |
| Harry Mitts Jr. | 1952 | 2013 | 61 | American | Ohio | Aggravated murder (two counts) |
| Stephen Anthony Mobley | 1965 | 2005 | 39 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Lisa Marie Montgomery | 1968 | 2021 | 52 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| Walter Moody | 1935 | 2018 | 83 | American | Alabama | Murder |
| Carey Dean Moore | 1957 | 2018 | 60 | American | Nebraska | Murder |
| Richard Bernard Moore | 1965 | 2024 | 59 | American | South Carolina | Murder |
| Harry Charles Moore | 1941 | 1997 | 56 | American | Oregon | Murder (2 counts) |
| Eliseo Moreno | 1959 | 1987 | 27 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Stephen Morin | 1951 | 1985 | 34 | American | Texas | Murder (3 counts) |
| William Morva | 1982 | 2017 | 35 | American | Virginia | Murder (2 counts) |
| Leon Moser | 1942 | 1995 | 52 | American | Pennsylvania | Murder (3 counts) |
| John Allen Muhammad | 1960 | 2009 | 48 | American | Virginia | Murder |
| Dawud M. Mu'Min | 1953 | 1997 | 44 | American | Virginia | Murder |
| Eric Nance | 1960 | 2005 | 45 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Jay Wesley Neill | 1965 | 2002 | 37 | American | Oklahoma | Murder (4 counts) |
| Keith Dwayne Nelson | 1974 | 2020 | 45 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| Steven Lawayne Nelson | 1987 | 2025 | 45 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Eric Nenno | 1961 | 2007 | 47 | American | Texas | Murder (4 counts) |
| Christopher Newton | 1969 | 2007 | 40 | American | Texas | Murder (3 counts) |
| Frances Newton | 1965 | 2005 | 37 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| John B. Nixon | 1928 | 2005 | 77 | American | Mississippi | Murder |
| Riley Dobi Noel | 1972 | 2003 | 31 | American | Arkansas | Murder (3 counts) |
| Roderick Nunley | 1965 | 2015 | 50 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Ronald Clark O'Bryan | 1944 | 1984 | 39 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Robert Earl O'Neal | 1961 | 1995 | 34 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Steven Oken | 1962 | 2004 | 42 | American | Maryland | Murder (2 counts) |
| Sonya Olschanezky | 1923 | 1944 | 20 | German | Nazi-occupied France | Being a Special Operations Executive member |
| Curtis Osborne | 1970 | 2008 | 37 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Gary Otte | 1971 | 2017 | 45 | American | Ohio | Murder (2 counts) |
| Duane Owen | 1961 | 2023 | 62 | American | Florida | Murder (2 counts) |
| Freddie Eugene Owens | 1978 | 2024 | 46 | American | South Carolina | Murder |
| Elijah Page | 1981 | 2007 | 25 | American | South Dakota | Murder |
| Donald L. Palmer | 1965 | 2012 | 47 | American | Ohio | Murder (2 counts) |
| Manuel Pardo Jr. | 1956 | 2012 | 56 | American | Florida | Murder (8 counts) |
| Joseph Mitchell Parsons | 1964 | 1999 | 35 | American | Utah | Murder |
| James Emery Paster | 1945 | 1989 | 44 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Kelsey Patterson | 1954 | 2004 | 50 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Steven Brian Pennell | 1957 | 1992 | 34 | American | Delaware | Murder (2 counts) |
| Reginald Perkins | 1955 | 2009 | 53 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Michael James Perry | 1982 | 2010 | 28 | American | Texas | Murder (3 counts) |
| Ronald Phillips | 1973 | 2017 | 43 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| John Plath | 1954 | 1998 | 43 | American | South Carolina | Murder |
| Gilbert Ray Postelle | 1986 | 2022 | 35 | American | Oklahoma | Murder (4 counts) |
| Alfredo Rolando Prieto | 1965 | 2015 | 49 | Salvadoran | Virginia | Murder |
| Thomas Harrison Provenzano | 1949 | 2000 | 51 | American | Florida | Murder |
| Marion Albert Pruett | 1949 | 1999 | 49 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Robert Lynn Pruett | 1979 | 2017 | 38 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Wesley Ira Purkey | 1952 | 2020 | 68 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| Willie James Pye | 1965 | 2024 | 59 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Wen Qiang | 1956 | 2010 | 54 | Chinese | China | Accepting bribes, rape |
| Luis L. Ramirez | 1963 | 2005 | 42 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Ricky Ray Rector | 1950 | 1992 | 42 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| James Allen Red Dog | 1954 | 1993 | 39 | American | Delaware | Murder |
| Matthew Reeves | 1977 | 2022 | 44 | American | Alabama | Murder |
| Ángel Maturino Reséndiz | 1960 | 2006 | 45 | Mexican | Texas | Murder |
| Charles Russell Rhines | 1956 | 2019 | 63 | American | South Dakota | Murder |
| Brandon Joseph Rhode | 1979 | 2010 | 31 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Paul Ezra Rhoades | 1957 | 2011 | 54 | American | Idaho | Murder (3 counts) |
| Darrell Keith Rich | 1955 | 2000 | 45 | American | California | Murder (4 counts) |
| Michael Wayne Richard | 1959 | 2007 | 47 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Darryl Richley | 1951 | 1994 | 43 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Earl Richmond | 1961 | 2005 | 43 | American | North Carolina | Murder (3 counts) |
| Christina Marie Riggs | 1971 | 2000 | 28 | American | Arkansas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Roy Michael Roberts | 1952 | 1999 | 46 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Johnny Leartice Robinson | 1952 | 2004 | 51 | American | Florida | Murder |
| David Rocheville | 1968 | 1999 | 31 | American | South Carolina | Murder |
| Richard Norman Rojem Jr. | 1957 | 2024 | 66 | American | Oklahoma | Murder |
| Rosendo Rodriguez | 1980 | 2018 | 38 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Danny Rolling | 1954 | 2006 | 52 | American | Florida | Murder (5 counts) |
| Lao Rongzhi | 1974 | 2023 | 38 | Chinese | China | Murder (7 counts) |
| Michael Bruce Ross | 1959 | 2005 | 45 | American | Connecticut | Murder (8 counts) |
| Vaughn Ross | 1971 | 2013 | 41 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Diana Rowden | 1915 | 1944 | 29 | British | Nazi-occupied France | Being a Special Operations Executive member |
| Robert Dale Rowell | 1955 | 2005 | 50 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Cheng Ruilong | 1973 | 2010 | 37 | Chinese | China | Murder (11 counts) |
| Jeremy Vargas Sagastegui | 1970 | 1998 | 27 | American | Washington State | Murder (3 counts) |
| Anthony Castillo Sanchez | 1978 | 2023 | 45 | American | Oklahoma | Murder |
| Shaka Sankofa | 1963 | 2000 | 36 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Robert Sawyer | 1951c. 1951 | 1993 | 42 | American | Louisiana | Murder |
| Mark Dean Schwab | 1968 | 2008 | 39 | American | Florida | Murder |
| Jay D. Scott | 1952 | 2001 | 48 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Sean Sellers | 1969 | 1999 | 29 | American | Oklahoma | Murder (3 counts) |
| Tommy Lynn Sells | 1964 | 2014 | 49 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Akmal Shaikh | 1956 | 2009 | 53 | British | China | Drug trafficking |
| Michael Eugene Sharp | 1954 | 1997 | 43 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Anthony Allen Shore | 1962 | 2018 | 55 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Ronald Gene Simmons | 1940 | 1990 | 49 | American | Arkansas | Murder (16 counts) |
| Terry Melvin Sims | 1942 | 2000 | 58 | American | Florida | Murder |
| Charles Laverne Singleton | 1959 | 2004 | 44 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Jaturun Siripongs | 1951 | 1999 | 47 | Thai | California | Murder (2 counts) |
| Dennis Skillicorn | 1959 | 2009 | 49 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Andrew Lavern Smith | 1960 | 1998 | 38 | American | South Carolina | Murder (2 counts) |
| Michael Dewayne Smith | 1982 | 2024 | 41 | American | Oklahoma | Murder (2 counts) |
| Clay King Smith | 1970 | 2001 | 30 | American | Arkansas | Murder (5 counts) |
| James Edward Smith | 1952 | 1990 | 37 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Kermit Smith Jr. | 1957 | 1995 | 37 | American | North Carolina | Murder |
| William Smith | 1957 | 2005 | 47 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Richard Snell | 1930 | 1995 | 64 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Roger Dale Stafford | 1951 | 1995 | 43 | American | Oklahoma | Murder (9 counts) |
| Brian Steckel | 1968 | 2005 | 36 | American | Delaware | Murder |
| Raymond Lee Stewart | 1952 | 1996 | 44 | American | Illinois | Murder (3 counts) |
| Winford LaVern Stokes Jr. | 1951 | 1990 | 39 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Tommy David Strickler | 1965 | 1999 | 33 | American | Virginia | Murder |
| Mark Anthony Stroman | 1969 | 2011 | 41 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Elias Syriani | 1938 | 2005 | 67 | American | North Carolina | Murder |
| Richard Lee Tabler | 1979 | 2025 | 46 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Feltus Taylor | 1962 | 2000 | 38 | American | Louisiana | Murder |
| Michael Anthony Taylor | 1967 | 2014 | 47 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Steven Ray Thacker | 1970 | 2013 | 42 | American | Oklahoma | Murder |
| John Thanos | 1949 | 1994 | 45 | American | Maryland | Murder (3 counts) |
| Shannon Charles Thomas | 1971 | 2005 | 34 | American | Texas | Murder (3 counts) |
| Thomas Martin Thompson | 1955 | 1998 | 43 | American | California | Murder |
| William Paul Thompson | 1938 | 1989 | 51 | American | Nevada | Murder |
| Michael Torrence | 1961 | 1996 | 35 | American | South Carolina | Murder |
| Kevin Ray Underwood | 1979 | 2024 | 45 | American | Oklahoma | Murder |
| Karla Faye Tucker | 1959 | 1998 | 38 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Robert Van Hook | 1960 | 2018 | 58 | American | Ohio | Murder |
| Pablo Lucio Vasquez | 1977 | 2016 | 38 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Christopher Andre Vialva | 1980 | 2020 | 40 | American | Indiana | Murder |
| Charles Walker | 1940 | 1990 | 50 | American | Illinois | Murder (2 counts) |
| Adam Kelly Ward | 1982 | 2016 | 33 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Thomas Lee Ward | 1936 | 1995 | 59 | American | Louisiana | Murder |
| Liu Wei | 1969 | 2015 | 45 | Chinese | China | Murder |
| Keith Wells | 1962 | 1994 | 31 | American | Idaho | Murder (2 counts) |
| Coy Wayne Wesbrook | 1958 | 2016 | 58 | American | Texas | Murder (5 counts) |
| Thomas Warren Whisenhant | 1947 | 2010 | 63 | American | Alabama | Murder |
| Garcia Glen White | 1963 | 2024 | 61 | American | Texas | Murder (3 counts) |
| William Dean Wickline Jr. | 1952 | 2004 | 52 | American | Ohio | Murder (2 counts) |
| Ponchai Wilkerson | 1971 | 2000 | 28 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Christopher Chubasco Wilkins | 1968 | 2017 | 48 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Alan Willett | 1947 | 1999 | 52 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Dobie Gillis Williams | 1961 | 1999 | 37 | American | Louisiana | Murder |
| Keith Daniel Williams | 1947 | 1996 | 48 | American | California | Murder (3 counts) |
| Kenneth Dewayne Williams | 1979 | 2017 | 38 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Marcel Wayne Williams | 1970 | 2017 | 46 | American | Arkansas | Murder |
| Marcellus Williams | 1968 | 2024 | 55 | American | Missouri | Murder |
| Stanley Williams | 1953 | 2005 | 51 | American | California | Murder (4 counts) |
| Willie Williams | 1956 | 2006 | 48 | American | Ohio | Murder (4 counts) |
| Cameron Todd Willingham | 1968 | 2004 | 36 | American | Texas | Murder (3 counts) |
| Marion Wilson Jr. | 1976 | 2019 | 42 | American | Georgia (US) | Murder |
| Marvin Lee Wilson | 1958 | 2012 | 54 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Hastings Arthur Wise | 1954 | 2005 | 51 | American | South Carolina | Murder (4 counts) |
| Joseph Wood | 1958 | 2014 | 55 | American | Arizona | Murder (2 counts) |
| Bobby Wayne Woods | 1965 | 2009 | 44 | American | Texas | Murder |
| Nathaniel Woods | 1976 | 2020 | 43 | American | Alabama | Murder |
| Stephen Michael Woods | 1980 | 2011 | 31 | American | Texas | Murder (2 counts) |
| Philip Workman | 1953 | 2007 | 53 | American | Tennessee | Murder |
| Douglas Franklin Wright | 1940 | 1996 | 56 | American | Oregon | Murder (3 counts) |
| Matthew Eric Wrinkles | 1960 | 2009 | 49 | American | Indiana | Murder (3 counts) |
| Aileen Wuornos | 1956 | 2002 | 46 | American | Florida | Murder (7 counts) |
| Zheng Xiaoyu | 1944 | 2007 | 62 | Chinese | China | Corruption |
| Wu Xieyu | 1994 | 2024 | 29 | Chinese | China | Murder |
| Michael Duane Zack III | 1968 s | 2023 | 54 | American | Florida | Murder |
| Keith Zettlemoyer | 1955 | 1995 | 39 | American | Pennsylvania | Murder |
| William G. Zuern Jr. | 1958 | 2004 | 45 | American | Ohio | Murder |