Seventy-one people, sixty-nine male and two female, Lynda Lyon Block and Aileen Carol Wuornos, were executed in the United States in 2002, seventy by lethal injection and one, Lynda Lyon Block, was executed by electrocution. Thirty-three of them were in the state of Texas.
List of people executed in the United States in 2002 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 9, 2002 52 42 10MaleWhite MissouriLethal injection 2 38 30 8Texas 3 January 16, 2002 43 24 19 Black 4 January 24, 2002 62 37 25White Georgia 5January 29, 2002 48 26 22 California 6 43 27 16 Oklahoma 7 January 30, 2002 41 32 9 BlackTexas 8January 31, 2002 48 16White 9 42 25 17 Oklahoma 10 February 6, 2002 40 31 9 Black Missouri 11 February 19, 2002 38 19 19White Ohio 12 February 28, 2002 35 16 Texas 13 March 6, 2002 37 27 10 Missouri 14 March 7, 2002 29 20 9 Black Texas 15 March 12, 2002 43 26 17White Georgia 16 March 14, 2002 35 19 16Virginia 17 April 2, 2002 33 30 3 18April 10, 2002 30 20 10 Missouri 19 40 31 9 HispanicTexas 20 April 11, 2002 43 22 21 Black 21 April 18, 2002 47 34 13 White 22 April 26, 2002 46 28 18 Black Ohio 23 April 30, 2002 52 3517 Hispanic Texas 24 May 3, 2002 39 22 White South Carolina 25 May 9, 2002 28 199 Black Texas 26May 10, 2002 54 45 FemaleWhite Alabama Electrocution 27 35 24 11Male LouisianaLethal injection 28 May 16, 2002 32 8Texas 29 May 22, 2002 29 20 9 Hispanic 30 May 28, 2002 25 178 Black 31 May 30, 2002 35 27 White 32 June 12, 2002 47 37 10 Black Virginia 33 June 13, 2002 27 20 7WhiteTexas 34 June 25, 2002 34 24 10 35 June 26, 2002 30 23 7 Black 36 July 17, 2002 39 16White Mississippi 37 July 23, 2002 42 25 17Oklahoma 38 July 30, 2002 51 38 13 39 August 7, 2002 59 53 6Texas 40 August 8, 2002 25 17 8 Black 41August 14, 2002 33 19 14 Hispanic 42 35 25 10White Missouri 43 August 16, 2002 52 41 11 Georgia 44 August 20, 2002 38 26 12 Texas 45 August 23, 2002 40 25 15Black South Carolina 46 August 28, 2002 24 17 7Texas 47 September 10, 2002 36 26 10 48 September 13, 2002 40 36 4White South Carolina 49 September 17, 2002 44 31 13Texas 50 September 18, 2002 30 22 8 51 September 24, 2002 42 32 10 52September 25, 2002 62 41 21 Ohio 53 48 40 8 BlackTexas 54 October 1, 2002 56 44 12 White 55 October 2, 2002 43 27 16 HispanicFlorida 56 October 9, 2002 46 33–34 12–13 FemaleWhite 57 November 13, 2002 59 37 22Male Georgia 58 November 14, 2002 38 28 10 Asian Virginia 59 November 19, 2002 47 34 13White Texas 60November 20, 2002 37 21 16 Missouri 61 66 51 15Texas 62 December 4, 2002 52 44 8 Hispanic 63 December 6, 2002 50 39 11 White North Carolina 64 December 9, 2002 63 40 23Black Florida 65December 10, 2002 35 24 11 North Carolina 66 23 12White Oklahoma 67December 11, 2002 55 48 7 Texas 68 51 31 20 Mississippi 69December 12, 2002 37 19 18 Oklahoma 70 46 27 19 Alabama 71 December 17, 2002 36 23 13 Black Oklahoma Average: 42 years 29 years 13 years
Demographics Gender Male 69 97% Female 2 3% Ethnicity White 46 65% Black 18 25% Hispanic 6 8% Asian 1 1% State Texas 33 46% Oklahoma 7 10% Missouri 6 8% Georgia 4 6% Virginia 4 6% Florida 3 4% Ohio 3 4% South Carolina 3 4% Alabama 2 3% Mississippi 2 3% North Carolina 2 3% California 1 1% Louisiana 1 1% Method Lethal injection 70 99% Electrocution 1 1% Month January 9 13% February 3 4% March 4 6% April 7 10% May 8 11% June 4 6% July 3 4% August 8 11% September 7 10% October 3 4% November 5 7% December 10 14% Age 20–29 7 10% 30–39 25 35% 40–49 23 32% 50–59 12 17% 60–69 4 6% Total 71 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2003 65 2002 71 2001 66 Total 202
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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