Twenty-eight people, twenty-seven male and one female, were executed in the United States in 2015, all by lethal injection. One person, Alfredo Rolando Prieto, was a foreign national from El Salvador.
List of people executed in the United States in 2015 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 13, 2015 66 4917Male White GeorgiaLethal injection 2 January 15, 2015 47 30 Black Oklahoma 3 42 2121 White Florida 4 January 21, 2015 41 20 Hispanic Texas 5 January 27, 2015 54 30 24Black Georgia 6 January 29, 2015 57 39 18Texas 7 February 4, 2015 52 38 14White 8 February 11, 2015 47 22 25 Missouri 9 March 11, 2015 46 29 17 Hispanic Texas 10 March 17, 2015 74 56 18White Missouri 11 April 9, 2015 42 30 12 Texas 12 April 14, 2015 52 35 17 Black Missouri 13 April 15, 2015 34 20 14 HispanicTexas 14 May 12, 2015 32 19 13 Black 15 June 3, 2015 67 35 32 White 16 June 9, 2015 48 33 15Black Missouri 17 June 18, 2015 45 3114 Texas 18 July 14, 2015 55 41 White Missouri 19 August 12, 2015 27 21 6 Hispanic Texas 20 September 1, 2015 50 24 26 Black Missouri 21 September 30, 2015 47 28 19 Female White Georgia 22 October 1, 2015 49 23 26MaleHispanic Virginia 23 October 6, 2015 35 18 17Texas 24 October 14, 2015 33 19 14 25 October 29, 2015 59 29 30 White Florida 26 November 18, 2015 36 21 15 Black Texas 27 November 19, 2015 50 28 22 WhiteGeorgia 28 December 9, 2015 47 24 23 Black Average: 48 years 29 years 19 years
Demographics Gender Male 27 96% Female 1 4% Ethnicity White 11 39% Black 10 36% Hispanic 7 25% State Texas 13 46% Missouri 6 21% Georgia 5 18% Florida 2 7% Oklahoma 1 4% Virginia 1 4% Method Lethal injection 28 100% Month January 6 21% February 2 7% March 2 7% April 3 11% May 1 4% June 3 11% July 1 4% August 1 4% September 2 7% October 4 14% November 2 7% December 1 4% Age 20–29 1 4% 30–39 5 18% 40–49 11 39% 50–59 8 29% 60–69 2 7% 70–79 1 4% Total 28 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2016 20 2015 28 2014 35 Total 83
See also List of death row inmates in the United States List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976 List of most recent executions by jurisdiction List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States List of women executed in the United States since 1976
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