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US executions in 2001

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

Executions
66
85 in 2000
States carrying out executions
15
Most: Oklahoma (19)
Average age at execution
42.5
66 with a recorded age
Oldest
63
Fred Marion Gilreath Jr., Georgia
Youngest
26
Christopher J. Beck, Virginia

By state

By method

By drug protocol

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

By month

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Most recent executions in 2001

DateNameStateMethod
12 Dec 2001 Vincent Cooks Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
11 Dec 2001 Byron Ashley Parker Georgia 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
6 Dec 2001 Sahib Al-Mosawi Oklahoma 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
4 Dec 2001 Lois Nadean Smith Oklahoma 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
30 Nov 2001 John Hardy Rose North Carolina 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
15 Nov 2001 Fred Marion Gilreath Jr. Georgia 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
15 Nov 2001 Emerson Rudd Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
14 Nov 2001 Jeffrey Tucker Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
6 Nov 2001 Jose Martinez High Georgia 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
6 Nov 2001 Terry D. Clark New Mexico 3-drug (sodium thiopental)

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.