Twenty people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2016, all by lethal injection. The state of Georgia executed nine people, setting a record for the most executions conducted there in a calendar year.

List of people executed in the United States in 2016 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 7, 2016 53 24 29MaleWhite FloridaLethal injection 2 January 20, 2016 43 28 15 Texas 3 January 21, 2016 20 23 Alabama 4 January 27, 2016 35 26 9 Texas "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News. 5 February 3, 2016 72 36 36 Black Georgia 6 February 16, 2016 43 18 25 Hispanic Texas 7 February 17, 2016 45 21 24White Georgia 8 March 9, 2016 58 39 19Texas "Inmate Information – Coy Wayne Wesbrook", Texas Department of Criminal Justice"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News 9 March 22, 2016 33 22 11 "Inmate Information – Adam Kelly Ward", Texas Department of Criminal Justice"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News 10 March 31, 2016 41 19 22 Georgia "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News 11 April 6, 2016 38 20 18 Hispanic Texas "Inmate Information – Pablo Lucio Vasquez", Texas Department of Criminal Justice"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News 12 April 12, 2016 47 27 20 BlackGeorgia "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News 13 April 27, 2016 37 19 18White "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News 14 May 11, 2016 66 53 13 Missouri "Capital Punishment in Missouri - Current Inmates", missourideathrow.com; accessed February 3, 2018."Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News 15 July 15, 2016 60 25 35 Georgia "Georgia executes man on death row for 34 years for 1982 killing of a friend", Chicago Tribune; accessed February 3, 2018. 16 October 5, 2016 58 44 14 Texas "Inmate Information – Barney Ronald Fuller, Jr.", Texas Department of Criminal Justice"Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News 17 October 19, 2016 63 19Georgia "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News 18 November 16, 2016 54 39 15 "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News 19 December 6, 2016 50 24 26 "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News 20 December 8, 2016 45 23 22 Alabama "Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News Average: 49 years 29 years 20 years

Demographics Gender Male 20 100% Female 0 0% Ethnicity White 16 80% Black 2 10% Hispanic 2 10% State Georgia 9 45% Texas 7 35% Alabama 2 10% Florida 1 5% Missouri 1 5% Method Lethal injection 20 100% Month January 4 20% February 3 15% March 3 15% April 3 15% May 1 5% June 0 0% July 1 5% August 0 0% September 0 0% October 2 10% November 1 5% December 2 10% Age 30–39 4 20% 40–49 7 35% 50–59 5 25% 60–69 3 15% 70–79 1 5% Total 20 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 2017 23 2016 20 2015 28 Total 71

Record number of executions in Georgia

In 2016, the State of Georgia executed nine people. This set a record for the most executions conducted in Georgia in a calendar year. Prior to this, the most executions conducted in the state were five executions. This happened in 1987 and again in 2015.

Last meals

Henry Hargreaves, a Brooklyn-based photographer, recreated (and then photographed) the last meals served to all twenty men executed in 2016. Through his series, entitled A Year of Killing, Hargreaves sought to educate people about the use of the death penalty. This work is a sequel to his 2011 series No Seconds, which recreated the last meals ordered by famous criminals like Ted Bundy."Last meals of 2016's death row inmates", CBS News"Meals to die for", Adrian Hatwell In 2016, the most-ordered food was steak, followed by pizza, although some of the condemned prisoners elected to forgo a special last meal.

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 executed in Georgia (U.S. state) List of women executed in the United States since 1976

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