Fifty-two people were executed in the United States in 2009. Twenty-four of them were in the state of Texas. One (Larry Bill Elliott) was executed via electrocution. One notable execution was of convicted murderer John Allen Muhammad, who was responsible for carrying out the D.C. sniper attacks in 2002.
List of people executed in the United States in 2009 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 14, 2009 40 27 13Male Black TexasLethal injection 2 January 15, 2009 62 35 27 White Alabama 3 January 21, 2009 49 34 15Black Texas 4January 22, 2009 32 18 14 Oklahoma 5 53 45 8Texas 6 January 28, 2009 41 28 13Hispanic 7 January 29, 2009 46 34 12 8February 4, 2009 55 31 24 White Tennessee 9 36 22 14 HispanicTexas 10 February 10, 2009 35 23 12 Black 11 February 11, 2009 51 26 25White Florida 12February 12, 2009 49 23 26 Alabama 13 51 37 14Black Texas 14 February 19, 2009 44 35 9 Virginia 15 February 20, 2009 56 38 18 White South Carolina 16 March 3, 2009 34 19 15BlackTexas 17 March 4, 2009 38 20 18 18March 10, 2009 34 26 8 Hispanic 19 65 43 22 White Georgia 20 March 11, 2009 38 27 11HispanicTexas 21 April 15, 2009 35 23 12 22 April 16, 2009 49 27 22 Black Alabama 23 April 29, 2009 52 38 14 White Georgia 24 April 30, 2009 28 18 10Black Texas 25 May 8, 2009 34 16 South Carolina 26May 14, 2009 44 25 19 Alabama 27 48 34 14 White Oklahoma 28 May 19, 2009 51 27 24 Black Texas 29 May 20, 2009 49 34 15White Missouri 30 June 2, 2009 34 26 8 Texas 31 June 3, 2009 39 21 18 Ohio 32 June 11, 2009 62 45 17 Alabama 33 July 9, 2009 32 19 13 Oklahoma 34 July 14, 2009 46 27 19Ohio 35 July 21, 2009 36 19 17 Black 36 August 18, 2009 33 14White 37 August 19, 2009 47 21 26 Florida 38 September 16, 2009 52 34 18Texas 39 September 22, 2009 37 23 14 Black 40 October 8, 2009 38 21 17White Alabama 41 October 20, 2009 42 27 15 Georgia 42 October 27, 2009 28 18 10 BlackTexas 43 November 5, 2009 32 20 12 White 44November 10, 2009 34 23 11 Hispanic 45 48 41 7 BlackVirginia 46 November 17, 2009 60 51 9 White Electrocution 47 November 18, 2009 30 20 10BlackTexasLethal injection 48 November 19, 2009 34 21 13 49 December 2, 2009 53 23 30 Tennessee 50 December 3, 2009 44 31 13White Texas 51 December 8, 2009 51 32 19 Ohio 52 December 11, 2009 49 34 15 Indiana Average: 43 years 28 years 16 years
Demographics Gender Male 52 100% Female 0 0% Ethnicity White 24 46% Black 21 40% Hispanic 7 13% State Texas 24 46% Alabama 6 12% Ohio 5 10% Georgia 3 6% Oklahoma 3 6% Virginia 3 6% Florida 2 4% South Carolina 2 4% Tennessee 2 4% Indiana 1 2% Missouri 1 2% Method Lethal injection 51 98% Electrocution 1 2% Month January 7 13% February 8 15% March 5 10% April 4 8% May 5 10% June 3 6% July 3 6% August 2 4% September 2 4% October 3 6% November 6 12% December 4 8% Age 20–29 2 4% 30–39 20 38% 40–49 16 31% 50–59 10 19% 60–69 4 8% Total 52 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2010 46 2009 52 2008 37 Total 135
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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