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Forty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1996, thirty-six by lethal injection, seven by electrocution, one by hanging and one by firing squad.[1] The last execution by hanging in the United States occurred this year. The state of Nevada carried out its first and currently only involuntary execution since 1961, that of Richard Allen Moran.

List of people executed in the United States in 1996

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No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 4, 1996 Walter Milton Correll Jr. 34 24 10 Male White Virginia Lethal injection [2]
2 January 23, 1996 Richard Townes Jr. 45 34 11 Black [3]
3 January 25, 1996 Billy Bailey 49 32 17 White Delaware Hanging [4]
4 January 26, 1996 John Albert Taylor 36 30 6 Utah Firing squad [5]
5 January 30, 1996 William Henry Flamer 40 24 16 Black Delaware Lethal injection [6]
6 February 9, 1996 Leo Ernest Jenkins Jr. 37 29 8 White Texas [7]
7 February 16, 1996 Edward Dean Horsley Jr. 38 19 19 Black Alabama Electrocution [8]
8 February 21, 1996 Jeffery Paul Sloan 29 10 White Missouri Lethal injection [9]
9 February 23, 1996 William George Bonin 49 33 16 California [10]
10 February 27, 1996 Kenneth Granviel 45 24 21 Black Texas [11]
11 March 1, 1996 Antonio G. James 42 18 Louisiana [12]
12 March 30, 1996 Richard Allen Moran 30 12 White Nevada [13]
13 April 10, 1996 Doyle James Williams 48 32 16 Missouri [14]
14 April 19, 1996 James B. Clark Jr. 39 37 2 Delaware [15]
15 April 26, 1996 Benjamin Brewer 38 20 18 Oklahoma [16]
16 May 3, 1996 Keith Daniel Williams 48 31 17 California [17]
17 May 31, 1996 Robert W. South 51 38 13 South Carolina [18]
18 June 19, 1996 Daren Lee Bolton 29 19 10 Arizona [19]
19 July 17, 1996 John Joseph Joubert IV 33 20 13 Nebraska Electrocution [20]
20 Joseph John Savino III 37 30 7 Virginia Lethal injection [21]
21 July 18, 1996 Tommie Joe Smith 42 26 16 Black Indiana [22]
22 July 19, 1996 Frederick Herman Kornahrens III 47 36 11 White South Carolina [23]
23 July 31, 1996 Emmett Clifton Nave 55 43 12 Native American Missouri [24]
24 August 7, 1996 Thomas Henry Battle 34 18 16 Black [25]
25 August 8, 1996 William Frank Parker 41 30 11 White Arkansas [26]
26 August 9, 1996 Steven Keith Hatch 42 26 16 Oklahoma [27]
27 August 21, 1996 Richard Dennis Oxford 39 30 9 Missouri [28]
28 August 22, 1996 Luis Morine Mata 45 25 20 Hispanic Arizona [29]
29 September 6, 1996 Michael Rian Torrence 35 10 White South Carolina [30]
30 Douglas Franklin Wright 56 51 5 Oregon [31]
31 September 18, 1996 Raymond Lee Stewart 44 29 15 Black Illinois [32]
32 Joe Fedelfido Gonzales Jr. 35 31 4 Hispanic Texas [33]
33 October 4, 1996 Larry Gene Bell 46 35 11 White South Carolina Electrocution [34]
34 October 21, 1996 John Earl Bush 38 23 15 Black Florida [35]
35 November 14, 1996 Larry Grant Lonchar 45 35 10 White Georgia [36]
36 November 15, 1996 Doyle Cecil Lucas 41 28 13 South Carolina Lethal injection [37]
37 Ellis Wayne Felker 48 33 15 Georgia Electrocution [38]
38 November 21, 1996 Ronald Bernard Bennett 42 31 11 Black Virginia Lethal injection [39]
39 November 22, 1996 Frank Middleton Jr. 33 21 12 South Carolina [40]
40 December 3, 1996 Gregory Warren Beaver 30 19 11 White Virginia [41]
41 December 6, 1996 John Mills Jr. 41 27 14 Black Florida Electrocution [42]
42 December 10, 1996 Larry Allen Stout 33 23 10 Virginia Lethal injection [43]
43 December 11, 1996 Richard Steven Zeitvogel 40 27 13 White Missouri [44]
44 December 12, 1996 Lem Davis Tuggle Jr. 44 31 Virginia [45]
45 December 16, 1996 Ronald Lee Hoke Sr. 39 28 11 [46]
Average: 41 years 28 years 13 years

Demographics

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Gender
Male 45 100%
Female 0 0%
Ethnicity
White 29 64%
Black 13 29%
Hispanic 2 4%
Native American 1 2%
State
Virginia 8 18%
Missouri 6 13%
South Carolina 6 13%
Delaware 3 7%
Texas 3 7%
Arizona 2 4%
California 2 4%
Florida 2 4%
Georgia 2 4%
Oklahoma 2 4%
Alabama 1 2%
Arkansas 1 2%
Illinois 1 2%
Indiana 1 2%
Louisiana 1 2%
Nebraska 1 2%
Nevada 1 2%
Oregon 1 2%
Utah 1 2%
Method
Lethal injection 36 80%
Electrocution 7 16%
Firing squad 1 2%
Hanging 1 2%
Month
January 5 11%
February 5 11%
March 2 4%
April 3 7%
May 2 4%
June 1 2%
July 5 11%
August 5 11%
September 4 9%
October 2 4%
November 5 11%
December 6 13%
Age
20–29 2 4%
30–39 17 38%
40–49 23 51%
50–59 3 7%
Total 45 100%

Executions in recent years

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Number of executions
1997 74
1996 45
1995 56
Total 175

References

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  1. ^ "Execution List 1996". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
  2. ^ "Virginia Executes an Abductor Who Killed". The New York Times. January 6, 1996.
  3. ^ "KILLER IS PUT TO DEATH, INSISTS ON INNOCENCE". The Virginian-Pilot. January 24, 1996.
  4. ^ "AN EXECUTION IN THE OLD WAY". The Washington Post. January 25, 1996.
  5. ^ "Firing Squad Executes Killer". The New York Times. January 27, 1996.
  6. ^ "Delaware executes man convicted of killing his aunt and uncle in '79". The Philadelphia Inquirer. January 30, 1996.
  7. ^ "Texas Executes a Killer of Two as the Victims' Family Watches". The New York Times. February 10, 1996.
  8. ^ "Alabama Executes Killer". The New York Times. February 17, 1996.
  9. ^ "Man Is Executed for Killing Brother, 9". The New York Times. February 22, 1996.
  10. ^ "BONIN IS EXECUTED FOR 14 MURDERS". Associated Press. February 23, 1996.
  11. ^ "Killer of 7 Executed After a 20-Year Stay On Texas Death Row". The New York Times. February 28, 1996.
  12. ^ "Inmate Is Executed After 13 Reprieves". The New York Times. March 2, 1996.
  13. ^ "Nevada Executes Man Who Killed 3 People". The New York Times. March 31, 1996.
  14. ^ "Missouri Man Is Put to Death For '80 Killing". The New York Times. April 11, 1996.
  15. ^ "Delaware Executes Man Who Killed His Parents". The New York Times. April 20, 1996.
  16. ^ "State Executes Benjamin Brewer". The Oklahoman. April 26, 1996.
  17. ^ "Triple murderer Williams is executed". UPI. May 3, 1996.
  18. ^ "South Carolina Executes Killer of Policeman". The New York Times. June 1, 1996.
  19. ^ "Killer of 2-Year-Old Is Executed in Arizona". The New York Times. June 20, 1996.
  20. ^ "Nebraska Executes Man Who Killed 3 Boys". The New York Times. July 18, 1996.
  21. ^ "AFTER SHORT DELAY, MAN IS EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION THE EXECUTION OF JOSEPH SAVINO III WAS DELAYED FOR TWO HOURS FOR A FINAL APPEAL". The Virginian-Pilot. July 18, 1996.
  22. ^ "Indiana executes cop killer". UPI. July 18, 1996.
  23. ^ "Man Who Killed 3 in Family Is Executed". The New York Times. July 20, 1996.
  24. ^ "Killer executed in Missouri". UPI. July 31, 1996.
  25. ^ "Missouri Executes Killer of Elderly Neighbor". The New York Times. August 8, 1996.
  26. ^ "Killer Who Became a Buddhist Executed". Los Angeles Times. August 9, 1996.
  27. ^ "Killer Executed For Couple's '79 Murder". The Oklahoman. August 9, 1996.
  28. ^ "Killer executed in Missouri". UPI. August 21, 1996.
  29. ^ "2 Who Killed Are Executed In 2 States". The New York Times. August 23, 1996.
  30. ^ "Oregon and South Carolina Execute Killers". The New York Times. September 7, 1996.
  31. ^ "Oregon and South Carolina Execute Killers". The New York Times. September 7, 1996.
  32. ^ "RAY STEWART EXECUTED FOR KILLING SPREE". Chicago Tribune. September 18, 1996.
  33. ^ "Texas executes convicted killer". UPI. September 18, 1996.
  34. ^ "Man who killed two executed". UPI. October 4, 1996.
  35. ^ "Florida Executes Killer of an Heiress". The New York Times. October 23, 1996.
  36. ^ "Georgia Executes Man Who Killed 3 Others". The New York Times. November 15, 1996.
  37. ^ "Lucas executed in South Carolina". UPI. November 15, 1996.
  38. ^ "Ga. death row inmate executed". UPI. November 15, 1996.
  39. ^ "BENNETT DIES BY INJECTION". Roanoke Times. November 22, 1996.
  40. ^ "South Carolina and Virginia Execute Inmates". The New York Times. November 24, 1996.
  41. ^ "Man Executed for Killing Virginia Trooper". The New York Times. December 5, 1996.
  42. ^ "Florida Executes a Man Who Robbed and Killed". The New York Times. December 7, 1996.
  43. ^ "STAUNTON KILLER DIES AS FINAL APPEAL FAILS". Roanoke Times. December 11, 1996.
  44. ^ "Missouri executes killer". UPI. December 11, 1996.
  45. ^ "Recaptured Murderer Executed in Virginia". The New York Times. December 16, 1996.
  46. ^ "An Inmate Is Executed; Another Gets a Stay". The New York Times. December 18, 1996.
Preceded by
1995 		   List of people executed   
   in the United States in   
1996 		Succeeded by
1997
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