Forty-three people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2012, all by lethal injection. Fifteen of them were in the state of Texas. Delaware conducted its final execution in 2012 before the state abolished the death penalty in 2016.
List of people executed in the United States in 2012 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 5, 2012 49 32 17Male White OklahomaLethal injection 2 January 26, 2012 38 20 18 Hispanic Texas 3 February 8, 2012 38 22 16White Mississippi 4 February 15, 2012 65 33 32 Florida 5February 29, 2012 63 35 28 Arizona 6 41 3011 HispanicTexas 7 March 7, 2012 52 41White 8 March 8, 2012 47 27 20 Arizona 9 March 15, 2012 46 34 12 Oklahoma 10 March 20, 2012 35 18 17Mississippi 11 March 22, 2012 61 46 15 Black 12 March 28, 2012 47 36 11 Hispanic Texas 13 April 12, 2012 58 29 29White Florida 14 April 18, 2012 49 22 27 Ohio 15 April 20, 2012 28 6 Black Delaware 16 April 25, 2012 63 44 19 White Arizona 17 April 26, 2012 29 19 10 Black Texas 18 May 1, 2012 57 20 37 White Oklahoma 19 June 5, 2012 47 26 21 Black Mississippi 20June 12, 2012 53 25 28White Idaho 21 34 23 11Mississippi 22 June 20, 2012 49 33 16 23 June 27, 2012 24 25 Hispanic Arizona 24 July 18, 2012 33 19 14BlackTexas 25 August 7, 2012 54 34 20 26 August 8, 2012 51 25 26White Arizona 27 August 14, 2012 40 21 19 Oklahoma 28September 20, 2012 47 24 23 Ohio 29 40 28 12 BlackTexas 30 September 25, 2012 48 38 10 White 31 October 10, 2012 44 32 12 Black 32 October 15, 2012 50 48 2White South Dakota 33 October 24, 2012 40 19 21 Texas 34 October 30, 2012 60 37 23 South Dakota 35 October 31, 2012 41 32 9 Texas 36 November 6, 2012 56 30 26Black Oklahoma 37 November 8, 2012 33 23 10 Texas 38 November 13, 2012 38 15 White Ohio 39 November 14, 2012 41 30 11 HispanicTexas 40 November 15, 2012 46 22 24 Black 41 December 4, 2012 38 18 20 Hispanic Oklahoma 42 December 5, 2012 60 38 22 White Arizona 43 December 11, 2012 56 29 27 Hispanic Florida Average: 47 years 29 years 18 years
Demographics Gender Male 43 100% Female 0 0% Ethnicity White 25 58% Black 11 26% Hispanic 7 16% State Texas 15 35% Arizona 6 14% Mississippi 6 14% Oklahoma 6 14% Florida 3 7% Ohio 3 7% South Dakota 2 5% Delaware 1 2% Idaho 1 2% Method Lethal injection 43 100% Month January 2 5% February 4 9% March 6 14% April 5 12% May 1 2% June 5 12% July 1 2% August 3 7% September 5 12% October 3 7% November 5 12% December 3 7% Age 20–29 2 5% 30–39 9 21% 40–49 17 40% 50–59 9 21% 60–69 6 14% Total 43 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2013 39 2012 43 2011 43 Total 125
See also List of death row inmates in the United States List of most recent executions by jurisdiction List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States
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