Sixty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2003, sixty-four by lethal injection and one by electrocution. Twenty-four of them were carried out in Texas. Scott Hain became the last juvenile offender to be executed in the United States before Roper v. Simmons, which banned capital punishment nationwide for anyone under the age of eighteen.
List of people executed in the United States in 2003 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 14, 2003 31 21 10Male WhiteTexasLethal injection 2 January 15, 2003 30 25 5 Hispanic 3 January 16, 2003 34 18 16White Oklahoma 4 January 22, 2003 37 24 13Texas 5 January 28, 2003 33 22 11 Black 6 January 29, 2003 40 27 13White 7 January 30, 2003 33 19 14 8 February 4, 2003 42 26 16 Hispanic 9 February 5, 2003 23 19 White Missouri 10 February 6, 2003 28 19 9 Black Texas 11 February 12, 2003 47 33 14 White Ohio 12 February 13, 2003 39 29 10Black Oklahoma 13 February 25, 2003 33 27 6 Texas 14 February 26, 2003 48 22 26 Florida 15 March 11, 2003 41 31 10White Texas 16 March 13, 2003 43 25 18 Alabama 17March 18, 2003 53 44 9Black Federal government 18 31 18 13 Oklahoma 19 March 20, 2003 35 25 10 Texas 20March 25, 2003 49 34 15 Oklahoma 21 55 37 18White Georgia 22 March 26, 2003 43 34 9 Texas 23 April 3, 2003 32 17 15Oklahoma 24 April 8, 2003 43 25 18 25 April 9, 2003 61 529 Virginia Electrocution 26 April 17, 2003 40 31 Black OklahomaLethal injection 27 April 22, 2003 34 27 7 Hispanic Texas 28 April 24, 2003 44 17White Alabama 29 April 29, 2003 25 19 Ohio 30 May 2, 2003 43 26 17 Indiana 31May 6, 2003 48 37 11 Texas 32 49 19 30 Georgia 33 May 15, 2003 56 39 17 Texas 34 May 16, 2003 48 3414 Florida 35 May 27, 2003 62 48Oklahoma 36 June 5, 2003 37 2710Black 37 June 11, 2003 38 28 Texas 38 June 13, 2003 46 31 15 White Indiana 39 June 18, 2003 42 22 20 Black Ohio 40July 1, 2003 31 9White Oklahoma 41 64 56 8 Texas 42 July 8, 2003 39 24 15 Oklahoma 43July 9, 2003 43 38 5Black Texas 44 31 23 8 Arkansas 45July 22, 2003 21 10 Oklahoma 46 27 20 7 White Virginia 47 July 23, 2003 29 18 11 Black Texas 48July 24, 2003 33 25 8White Oklahoma 49 53 29 24 Texas 50 July 29, 2003 33 4 Oklahoma 51 August 7, 2003 39 20 19 Alabama 52 August 22, 2003 34 18 16 Black North Carolina 53 September 3, 2003 49 40 9White Florida 54 September 10, 2003 54 50 4 Texas 55 September 12, 2003 58 39 19 Native AmericanNorth Carolina 56 September 26, 2003 35 22 13White 57 October 3, 2003 39 28 11 58 October 29, 2003 41 35 6 Missouri 59 November 4, 2003 55 26 29 Georgia 60 November 7, 2003 39 13North Carolina 61 November 14, 2003 46 32 14 Black 62 November 20, 2003 41 30 11WhiteTexas 63 December 3, 2003 61 45 16 64 December 4, 2003 38 23 15 65 December 5, 2003 31 21 10 Black North Carolina Average: 42 years 29 years 13 years
Demographics Gender Male 65 100% Female 0 0% Ethnicity White 41 63% Black 20 31% Hispanic 3 5% Native American 1 1% State Texas 24 37% Oklahoma 14 21% North Carolina 7 11% Alabama 3 5% Florida 3 5% Georgia 3 5% Ohio 3 5% Indiana 2 3% Missouri 2 3% Virginia 2 3% Arkansas 1 1% Federal Government 1 1% Method Lethal injection 64 99% Electrocution 1 1% Month January 7 11% February 7 11% March 8 12% April 7 11% May 6 9% June 4 6% July 11 17% August 2 3% September 4 6% October 2 3% November 4 6% December 3 5% Age 20–29 3 5% 30–39 27 41% 40–49 24 37% 50–59 7 11% 60–69 4 6% Total 65 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2004 59 2003 65 2002 71 Total 195
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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