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US executions in 2014

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

Executions
35
39 in 2013
States carrying out executions
7
Most: Missouri (10)
Average age at execution
47.8
35 with a recorded age
Oldest
63
John Ruthell Henry, Florida
Youngest
29
Anthony Dewayne Doyle, 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 2014

DateNameStateMethod
10 Dec 2014 Paul Goodwin Missouri 1-drug (pentobarbital)
9 Dec 2014 Robert Wayne Holsey Georgia 1-drug (pentobarbital)
19 Nov 2014 Leon Taylor Missouri 1-drug (pentobarbital)
13 Nov 2014 Chadwick Banks Florida 3-drug (midazolam hydrochloride)
28 Oct 2014 Miguel Angel Paredes Texas 1-drug (pentobarbital)
17 Sep 2014 Lisa Ann Coleman Texas 1-drug (pentobarbital)
10 Sep 2014 Earl Ringo Jr. Missouri 1-drug (pentobarbital)
10 Sep 2014 Willie Tyrone Trottie Texas 1-drug (pentobarbital)
6 Aug 2014 Michael Shane Worthington Missouri 1-drug (pentobarbital)
23 Jul 2014 Joseph Rudolph Wood III Arizona 2-drug (midazolam/hydromorphone)

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.