Sixty-six people, sixty-three male and three female, (Wanda Jean Allen, Marilyn Kay Plantz, and Lois Nadean Smith) were executed in the United States in 2001, all by lethal injection. The majority of executions carried out in 2001 were carried out in Oklahoma (18 executions) and Texas (17 executions). One notable execution, Timothy McVeigh, was a convicted domestic terrorist who was responsible for carrying out the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. McVeigh's execution was the first to be carried out by the United States federal government since 1963. Only one execution occurred in September, as several were postponed due to the September 11 attacks. The attack on the Pentagon caused federal offices, including the United States Supreme Court, to shut down. The state of New Mexico carried out its last execution in 2001 before abolishing the death penalty in 2009.

List of people executed in the United States in 2001 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 9, 2001 37 26 11Male White TexasLethal injection 2 48 34 14 Black Oklahoma 3January 11, 2001 39 22 17 White Florida 4 41 29 12 Female BlackOklahoma 5 January 16, 2001 30 20 10MaleWhite 6January 18, 2001 37 22 15 Texas 7 31 9 HispanicOklahoma 8 January 23, 2001 35 20 15White 9 January 25, 2001 19 16 10 January 29, 2001 52 32 20 Black Texas 11 January 30, 2001 35 19 16WhiteOklahoma 12 February 1, 2001 61 39 22 13 February 7, 2001 37 21 16 Missouri 14 February 8, 2001 50 38 12 Hispanic Texas 15March 1, 2001 31 29 2White Virginia 16 40 24 16 Oklahoma 17 March 7, 2001 55 44 11 Texas 18 March 9, 2001 39 30 9 Black North Carolina 19 March 14, 2001 41 31 10White Indiana 20March 27, 2001 59 37 22 California 21 52 48 4 Oklahoma 22 March 28, 2001 50 37 13 Missouri 23 April 3, 2001 28 20 8 Texas 24 April 21, 2001 37 34 3 Nevada 25April 25, 2001 45 27 18Black Missouri 26 32 21 11 Texas 27 April 26, 2001 46 31 15White Delaware 28 May 1, 2001 40 27 13 Female Oklahoma 29 May 8, 2001 30 3Male Arkansas 30 May 22, 2001 41 22 19 Oklahoma 31 May 23, 2001 40 26 14Black Missouri 32 May 25, 2001 37 2710 Delaware 33 May 29, 2001 42 32 Oklahoma 34 June 11, 2001 33 26 7White Federal government 35 June 13, 2001 57 51 6 Texas 36 June 14, 2001 48 30 18 Black Ohio 37 June 19, 2001 44 33 11 Hispanic Federal government 38 June 26, 2001 46 2422 Black Texas 39 June 27, 2001 54 32 White Indiana 40July 11, 2001 42 26 16 Black Missouri 41 39 2514 White Texas 42 July 17, 2001 40 26 Native American Oklahoma 43 August 8, 2001 47 33WhiteTexas 44 August 16, 2001 39 31 8 45 August 24, 2001 43 30 13 North Carolina 46August 28, 2001 58 55 3 Washington 47 35 22 13 Oklahoma 48 August 31, 2001 42 34 8 North Carolina 49 September 18, 2001 50 31 19 Texas 50 October 3, 2001 27 19 8 Missouri 51 October 12, 2001 39 29 10 Black North Carolina 52October 18, 2001 26 20 6White Virginia 53 53 35 18 Oklahoma 54 October 22, 2001 33 17 16 Black Texas 55 October 24, 2001 55 35 20White Missouri 56 October 25, 2001 41 22 19Georgia 57November 6, 2001 45 19 26 Black 58 30 15White New Mexico 59 November 14, 2001 41 28 13 Texas 60November 15, 2001 63 41 22 Georgia 61 31 18 13 Black Texas 62 November 30, 2001 43 32 11White North Carolina 63 December 4, 2001 61 41 20 FemaleOklahoma 64 December 6, 2001 53 44 9Male Arab 65 December 11, 2001 41 23 18 White Georgia 66 December 12, 2001 37 14 Black Texas Average: 42 years 29 years 13 years

Demographics Gender Male 63 95% Female 3 5% Ethnicity White 44 67% Black 17 26% Hispanic 3 5% Arab 1 2% Native American 1 2% State Oklahoma 18 27% Texas 17 26% Missouri 7 11% North Carolina 5 8% Georgia 4 6% Delaware 2 3% Federal government 2 3% Indiana 2 3% Virginia 2 3% Arkansas 1 2% California 1 2% Florida 1 2% Nevada 1 2% New Mexico 1 2% Ohio 1 2% Washington 1 2% Method Lethal injection 66 100% Month January 11 17% February 3 5% March 8 12% April 5 8% May 6 9% June 6 9% July 3 5% August 6 9% September 1 2% October 7 11% November 6 9% December 4 6% Age 20–29 3 5% 30–39 23 35% 40–49 24 36% 50–59 13 20% 60–69 3 5% Total 66 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 2002 71 2001 66 2000 85 Total 222

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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