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List of people executed in the United States in 2025

To date, thirteen people, all male, have been executed in the United States in 2025, nine by lethal injection, two by nitrogen hypoxia, and two by firing squad.[1][2]

The state of South Carolina carried out the executions of Brad Sigmon and Mikal Deen Mahdi by firing squad, marking the first and second execution by firing squad since 2010, when Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed in Utah by firing squad (all three inmates chose the method).[3][4] The state of Louisiana conducted its first execution in 15 years since 2010; the person executed, Jessie Hoffman Jr., was additionally the first to be executed by nitrogen gas in Louisiana, which became the second state after Alabama to conduct nitrogen gas executions.[5]

One person, Christopher Sepulvado, died of natural causes at age 81 before his execution could be carried out in Louisiana in March 2025.[6] Another person, Robin Dion Myers, received a commutation of his death sentence to life without parole from Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, after the Alabama Supreme Court authorized the setting of an execution date.[7]

List of people executed in the United States in 2025

See also: List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States in 2025
No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 31, 2025 Marion Bowman Jr. 44 20 24 Male Black South Carolina Lethal injection [8]
2 February 5, 2025 Steven Lawayne Nelson 37 24 13 Texas [9]
3 February 6, 2025 Demetrius Terrence Frazier 52 19 33 Alabama Nitrogen hypoxia [10]
4 February 13, 2025 James Dennis Ford 64 36 28 White Florida Lethal injection [11]
5 Richard Lee Tabler 46 25 21 Texas [12]
6 March 7, 2025 Brad Keith Sigmon 67 43 24 South Carolina Firing squad [3]
7 March 18, 2025 Jessie Dean Hoffman Jr. 46 18 28 Black Louisiana Nitrogen hypoxia [13]
8 March 19, 2025 Aaron Brian Gunches 53 31 22 White Arizona Lethal injection [14]
9 March 20, 2025 Wendell Arden Grissom 56 37 19 Oklahoma [15]
10 Edward Thomas James 63 32 31 Florida [16]
11 April 8, 2025 Michael Anthony Tanzi 48 23 25 [17]
12 April 11, 2025 Mikal Deen Mahdi 42 21 21 Black South Carolina Firing squad [18]
13 April 23, 2025 Moises Sandoval Mendoza 41 20 21 Hispanic Texas Lethal injection [19]
Average: 52 years 28 years 24 years

Demographics

Gender
Male 13 100%
Female 0 0%
Ethnicity
White 7 54%
Black 5 38%
Hispanic 1 8%
State
Florida 3 23%
South Carolina 3 23%
Texas 3 23%
Alabama 1 8%
Arizona 1 8%
Louisiana 1 8%
Oklahoma 1 8%
Method
Lethal injection 9 67%
Firing squad 2 17%
Nitrogen hypoxia 2 17%
Month
January 1 8%
February 4 33%
March 5 42%
April 3 17%
May 0 0%
June 0 0%
July 0 0%
August 0 0%
September 0 0%
October 0 0%
November 0 0%
December 0 0%
Age
30–39 1 8%
40–49 6 42%
50–59 3 25%
60–69 3 25%
Total 13 100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2026 —
2025 13
2024 25
Total 38

See also

References

  1. ^ "Execution List 2025". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  2. ^ "Execution of SC inmate convicted 23 years ago marks first execution in the US for 2025". South Carolina Daily Gazette. January 31, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Collins, Jeffrey (March 8, 2025). "A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years". Associated Press. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  4. ^ "South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer is executed by firing squad". NBC News. April 11, 2025.
  5. ^ "Louisiana uses nitrogen gas for first time in death row execution". The Guardian. March 18, 2025.
  6. ^ Simerman, John (February 23, 2025). "Elderly Louisiana death row prisoner dies ahead of scheduled execution date at Angola". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. Archived from the original on February 23, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  7. ^ "Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man convicted for 1991 murder". The Guardian. February 28, 2025.
  8. ^ Collins, Jeffrey (February 1, 2025). "South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state's third execution since September". Associated Press. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  9. ^ Vertuno, Jim; Graczyk, Michael (February 6, 2025). "A Texas man is executed for the killing of a pastor during a robbery at a church". Associated Press. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  10. ^ Chandler, Kim (February 7, 2025). "Alabama puts man to death for a 1991 murder in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas". Associated Press. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  11. ^ "Florida man is executed for the 1997 killing of a couple whose toddler witnessed the attack". Associated Press. February 13, 2025.
  12. ^ "Texas executes man for 2004 double killing in a dispute with his strip club manager". Associated Press. February 13, 2025.
  13. ^ "Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman executed". KTBS. March 19, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
  14. ^ Kiefer, Emily Holshouser, Michael (March 19, 2025). "Arizona executes Aaron Gunches for 2002 murder after lengthy legal battle". Arizona Mirror. Retrieved March 19, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Murphy, Sean (March 20, 2025). "Oklahoma executes a man who killed a woman 20 years ago in a random home invasion and robbery". www.fox23.com. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  16. ^ "Florida man executed for killing eight-year-old girl and her grandmother". The Guardian. March 20, 2025.
  17. ^ "'Fledgling serial killer' Michael Tanzi executed in Florida for woman's brutal murder". USA Today. April 8, 2025.
  18. ^ "South Carolina kills executes second man by firing squad in 5 weeks". Associated Press. April 11, 2025.
  19. ^ [[1] [https://lufkindailynews.com/anpa/us/texas-man-is-executed-for-the-2004-strangling-and-stabbing-death-of-a-young-mother/article_f830744a-8a2a-5041-a048-a1dc95e225ca.html%5D]. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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