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US executions in 2010

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

Executions
46
52 in 2009
States carrying out executions
12
Most: Texas (17)
Average age at execution
44.8
46 with a recorded age
Oldest
72
Gerald James Holland, Mississippi
Youngest
28
Michael James Perry, 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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9
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1
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Most recent executions in 2010

DateNameStateMethod
16 Dec 2010 John David Duty Oklahoma 3-drug (pentobarbital)
4 Nov 2010 Phillip D. Hallford Alabama 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
26 Oct 2010 Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan Arizona 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
21 Oct 2010 Larry Wayne Wooten Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
14 Oct 2010 Donald Ray Wackerly Oklahoma 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
6 Oct 2010 Michael Benge Ohio 1-drug (sodium thiopental)
27 Sep 2010 Brandon Joseph Rhode Georgia 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
23 Sep 2010 Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis Virginia 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
10 Sep 2010 Cal Coburn Brown Washington 1-drug (sodium thiopental)
9 Sep 2010 Holly Wood Alabama 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.