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US executions in 2006

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

Executions
53
60 in 2005
States carrying out executions
14
Most: Texas (24)
Average age at execution
41.7
53 with a recorded age
Oldest
76
Clarence Ray Allen, California
Youngest
27
Justin Chaz Fuller, Texas

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 2006

DateNameStateMethod
13 Dec 2006 Angel Diaz Florida 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
9 Nov 2006 John Yancey Schmitt Virginia 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
8 Nov 2006 Willie Shannon Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
1 Nov 2006 Donell Okeith Jackson Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
26 Oct 2006 Larry E. Hutcherson Alabama 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
25 Oct 2006 Danny H. Rolling Florida 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
25 Oct 2006 Gregory Summers Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
24 Oct 2006 Jeffrey Lundgren Ohio 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
18 Oct 2006 Arthur Rutherford Florida 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
18 Oct 2006 Bobby Glen Wilcher Mississippi 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.