Forty-six people, forty-five male and one female, were executed in the United States in 2010, forty-four by lethal injection, one () by electrocution, and one () by firing squad. Seventeen of them were in the state of Texas. Washington carried out its last execution (Cal Brown) before abolishing capital punishment in 2018.
List of people executed in the United States in 2010 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 7, 2010 37 21 16MaleBlack OhioLethal injection 2 51 38 13 Texas 3 47 40 7White Louisiana 4 January 12, 2010 59 35 24 Texas 5 January 14, 2010 60 4416Black Oklahoma 6 February 4, 2010 37 21 Ohio 7 February 16, 2010 45 19 26 White Florida 8 March 2, 2010 32 22 10 HispanicTexas 9 March 11, 2010 31 9White 10 March 16, 2010 43 27 16 Ohio 11 March 18, 2010 31 20 11 Virginia Electrocution 12 March 30, 2010 34 22 12Black TexasLethal injection 13 April 20, 2010 46 24 22 Ohio 14 April 22, 2010 31 21 10 WhiteTexas 15 April 27, 2010 40 2812 Hispanic 16 May 12, 2010 41 29White 17May 13, 2010 48 21 27 Ohio 18 41 29 12Texas 19May 19, 2010 37 21 16 Hispanic 20 62 38 24WhiteMississippi 21May 20, 2010 72 49 23 22 37 24 13 Black Virginia 23 May 25, 2010 54 36 18 Hispanic Texas 24 May 27, 2010 63 29 34 White Alabama 25 June 2, 2010 36 19 17 Black Texas 26 June 9, 2010 49 25 24White Georgia 27 June 10, 2010 42 19 23 Alabama 28 June 15, 2010 59 27 32 Texas 29 June 18, 2010 49 24 25 Utah Firing squad 30 July 1, 2010 28 19 9 TexasLethal injection 31 July 13, 2010 37 18Black Ohio 32 July 20, 2010 42 20 22 Texas 33 July 21, 2010 26 16 White Mississippi 34 August 10, 2010 38 1919 Black Ohio 35 August 12, 2010 41 22 White Alabama 36 August 17, 2010 35 1817 Hispanic Texas 37 September 9, 2010 50 33 Black Alabama 38 September 10, 2010 52 19White Washington 39 September 23, 2010 41 8 Female Virginia 40 September 27, 2010 31 18 13Male Georgia 41 October 6, 2010 49 31 18 Ohio 42 October 14, 2010 41 26 15 Oklahoma 43 October 21, 2010 51 37 14 Black Texas 44 October 26, 2010 50 29 21 Native American Arizona 45 November 4, 2010 63 39 24White Alabama 46 December 16, 2010 58 49 9 Oklahoma Average: 45 years 28 years 17 years
Demographics Gender Male 45 98% Female 1 2% Ethnicity White 27 59% Black 13 28% Hispanic 5 11% Native American 1 2% State Texas 17 37% Ohio 8 17% Alabama 5 11% Mississippi 3 7% Oklahoma 3 7% Virginia 3 7% Georgia 2 4% Arizona 1 2% Florida 1 2% Louisiana 1 2% Utah 1 2% Washington 1 2% Method Lethal injection 44 96% Electrocution 1 2% Firing squad 1 2% Month January 5 11% February 2 4% March 5 11% April 3 7% May 9 20% June 5 11% July 4 9% August 3 7% September 4 9% October 4 9% November 1 2% December 1 2% Age 20–29 1 2% 30–39 14 30% 40–49 17 37% 50–59 9 20% 60–69 4 9% 70–79 1 2% Total 46 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2011 43 2010 46 2009 52 Total 141
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 List of women executed in the United States since 1976
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