Sixty people were executed in the United States in 2005. Nineteen of them were in the state of Texas. One (Frances Elaine Newton) was female. The states of Connecticut and Maryland carried out their last executions in 2005, as both states abolished the death penalty in the early 2010s.
List of people executed in the United States in 2005 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 4, 2005 33 28 5MaleWhite TexasLethal injection 2 January 19, 2005 61 37 24 California 3January 25, 2005 38 18 20 Texas 4 34 22 12 Georgia 5 February 17, 2005 41 31 10 Texas 6 March 1, 2005 39 25 14 Georgia 7March 8, 2005 47 29 18 Black Ohio 8 49 27 22White Texas 9 March 10, 2005 47 22 25 Indiana 10 March 11, 2005 58 4513 North Carolina 11 March 15, 2005 57 44 Oklahoma 12 March 16, 2005 37 26 11 Black Missouri 13 April 5, 2005 47 41 6White Florida 14 April 15, 2005 37 22 15 South Carolina 15 April 20, 2005 42 33 9 Texas 16 April 21, 2005 48 30 18 Indiana 17 April 27, 2005 38 26 12 Black Missouri 18 April 28, 2005 39 32 7White Alabama 19 May 3, 2005 43 35 8 Texas 20 May 6, 2005 29 14Black North Carolina 21 May 12, 2005 37 27 10 Oklahoma 22 May 13, 2005 45 24 21 White Connecticut 23May 18, 2005 51 33 18Black Missouri 24 44 31 13Texas 25 May 19, 2005 31 22 9White 26 May 25, 2005 40 20 20 Indiana 27 June 2, 2005 58 37 21 Alabama 28 June 7, 2005 28 25 3 Hispanic Texas 29 July 12, 2005 44 23 21 White Georgia 30 July 19, 2005 37 14 Black Oklahoma 31 July 27, 2005 40 22 18 White Indiana 32 July 28, 2005 29 21 8 Hispanic Texas 33 August 4, 2005 62 51 11 White Alabama 34 August 10, 2005 38 20 18Black Texas 35 August 11, 2005 52 4111 Oklahoma 36 August 23, 2005 30 19White Texas 37 August 31, 2005 44 28 16 Missouri 38 September 14, 2005 40 21 19 Female Black Texas 39 September 22, 2005 48 26 22MaleWhite Alabama 40 September 27, 2005 32 23 9 Ohio 41 September 28, 2005 54 38 16 Indiana 42 October 6, 2005 32 18 14 BlackTexas 43 October 20, 2005 42 34 8 Hispanic 44 October 25, 2005 48 14Black Ohio 45 October 26, 2005 38 23 15 Missouri 46 November 3, 2005 55 47 8White Texas 47November 4, 2005 36 25 11 Delaware 48 51 43 8 Black South Carolina 49 November 9, 2005 37 24 13White Texas 50 November 11, 2005 35 20 15 North Carolina 51 November 15, 2005 50 3812Texas 52 November 16, 2005 34 22 Black 53 November 18, 2005 67 52 15 Arab North Carolina 54 November 28, 2005 45 33 12 White Arkansas 55 November 29, 2005 49 29 20 Black Ohio 56December 2, 2005 57 40 17White North Carolina 57 34 22 12 South Carolina 58 December 5, 2005 47 33 14Black Maryland 59 December 13, 2005 51 25 26 California 60 December 14, 2005 77 56 21 White Mississippi Average: 44 years 30 years 14 years
Demographics Gender Male 59 98% Female 1 2% Ethnicity White 37 62% Black 19 32% Hispanic 3 5% Arab 1 2% State Texas 19 32% Indiana 5 8% Missouri 5 8% North Carolina 5 8% Alabama 4 7% Ohio 4 7% Oklahoma 4 7% Georgia 3 5% South Carolina 3 5% California 2 3% Arkansas 1 2% Connecticut 1 2% Delaware 1 2% Florida 1 2% Maryland 1 2% Mississippi 1 2% Method Lethal injection 60 100% Month January 4 7% February 1 2% March 7 12% April 6 10% May 8 13% June 2 3% July 4 7% August 5 8% September 4 7% October 4 7% November 10 17% December 5 8% Age 20–29 2 3% 30–39 21 35% 40–49 22 37% 50–59 11 18% 60–69 3 5% 70–79 1 2% Total 60 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2006 53 2005 60 2004 59 Total 172
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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