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US executions in 1996

Final figures for the year, from the Death Penalty Information Center's records.

Executions
45
56 in 1995
States carrying out executions
19
Most: Virginia (8)
Average age at execution
41.1
45 with a recorded age
Oldest
56
Douglas Franklin Wright, Oregon
Youngest
29
Daren Lee Bolton, Arizona

By state

By method

By drug protocol

Lethal injections only. Select a protocol to read how it works.

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Most recent executions in 1996

DateNameStateMethod
16 Dec 1996 Ronald Lee Hoke Virginia 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
12 Dec 1996 Lem David Tuggle Virginia 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
11 Dec 1996 Richard Stephen Zeitvogel Missouri 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
10 Dec 1996 Larry Allen Stout Virginia 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
6 Dec 1996 John Mills Jr. Florida Electrocution
3 Dec 1996 Gregory Warren Beaver Virginia 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
22 Nov 1996 Frank Middleton Jr. South Carolina 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
21 Nov 1996 Ronald Bennett Virginia 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
15 Nov 1996 Doyle Cecil Lucas South Carolina 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
15 Nov 1996 Ellis Wayne Felker Georgia Electrocution

Every execution is listed in the full table.

Executions every year since 1977

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Highest year: 1999 (98 executions). Total since 1977: 1,686.