Forty-three people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2011, all by lethal injection. Fifteen of them were in the state of Texas. One (Humberto Leal Garcia) was a foreign national from Mexico, while another (Manuel Valle) was a foreign national from Cuba. Two notable executions were of Troy Davis, and the white supremacist murderer Lawrence Brewer, both carried out on September 21. Delaware would carry out its last involuntary execution with the last overall occurring the following year.
List of people executed in the United States in 2011 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 6, 2011 39 24 15Male BlackOklahomaLethal injection 2 January 11, 2011 38 21 17 White 3 January 13, 2011 52 29 23Black Alabama 4 January 25, 2011 45 23 22 Georgia 5 February 9, 2011 47 27 20White Missouri 6 February 15, 2011 31 18 13 Texas 7 February 17, 2011 59 31 28 Ohio 8 February 22, 2011 42 33 9Black Texas 9 March 10, 2011 37 20 17 Ohio 10 March 29, 2011 47 26 21 Arizona 11 March 31, 2011 45 20 25 White Alabama 12 April 12, 2011 49 26 23 Black Ohio 13 May 3, 2011 46 36 10White Texas 14 May 6, 2011 36 30 6 South Carolina 15 May 10, 2011 52 40 12Mississippi 16May 17, 2011 38 22 16 Black 17 63 36 27White Ohio 18 May 19, 2011 43 23 20 Alabama 19 May 25, 2011 56 29 27 Arizona 20 June 1, 2011 42 20 22 BlackTexas 21June 16, 2011 32 12 White 22 41 25 16Black Alabama 23 June 21, 2011 32 19 13 Texas 24 June 23, 2011 55 22 33White Georgia 25 June 30, 2011 49 26 23 Arizona 26 July 7, 2011 38 21 17 Hispanic Texas 27 July 19, 2011 52 28 24White Arizona 28 July 20, 2011 41 31 10 Texas 29 July 21, 2011 37 19 18 Georgia 30 July 29, 2011 38 18 20 Delaware 31 August 10, 2011 33 24 9 Hispanic Texas 32 August 18, 2011 30 2010 Black Virginia 33 September 13, 2011 31 21WhiteTexas 34September 21, 2011 44 31 13 35 42 20 22Black Georgia 36 September 22, 2011 37 19 17 Alabama 37 September 28, 2011 61 27 34 Hispanic Florida 38 October 20, 2011 38 32 6 White Alabama 39 October 27, 2011 39 28 10 Hispanic Texas 40November 15, 2011 66 36 29 Black Ohio 41 65 43 22 White Florida 42 November 16, 2011 46 34 12 Hispanic Texas 43 November 18, 2011 54 30 24 White Idaho Average: 44 years 27 years 18 years
Demographics Gender Male 43 100% Female 0 0% Ethnicity White 23 53% Black 15 35% Hispanic 5 12% State Texas 13 30% Alabama 6 14% Ohio 5 12% Arizona 4 9% Georgia 4 9% Florida 2 5% Mississippi 2 5% Oklahoma 2 5% Delaware 1 2% Idaho 1 2% Missouri 1 2% South Carolina 1 2% Virginia 1 2% Method Lethal injection 43 100% Month January 4 9% February 4 9% March 3 7% April 1 2% May 7 16% June 6 14% July 5 12% August 2 5% September 5 12% October 2 5% November 4 9% December 0 0% Age 30–39 17 40% 40–49 15 35% 50–59 7 16% 60–69 4 9% Total 43 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2012 43 2011 43 2010 46 Total 132
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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