List of people executed in the United States in 2018

This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2018. A total of twenty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2018; of whom 23 died by lethal injection and two, in Tennessee, by electrocution, marking the first calendar year since 2000 in which more than one inmate was executed in that way.^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 2018

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 18, 2018	Anthony Allen Shore	55	24–33	22–31	Male	White	Texas	Lethal injection	[2][3]
2	January 30, 2018	William Earl Rayford	64	46	18		Black			[4]
3	February 1, 2018	John David Battaglia	62	45	17		White			[5]
4	February 22, 2018	Eric Scott Branch	47	21	26			Florida		[6]
5	March 15, 2018	Michael Wayne Eggers	50	33	17			Alabama		[7]
6		Carlton Michael Gary	67	26–27	40–41		Black	Georgia		[8]
7	March 27, 2018	Rosendo Rodriguez III	38	25	13		Hispanic	Texas		[9]
8	April 19, 2018	Walter Leroy Moody Jr.	83	54	29		White	Alabama		[10]
9	April 25, 2018	Erick Daniel Davila	31	21	10		Black	Texas		[11][12]
10	May 4, 2018	Robert Earl Butts Jr.	40	18	22			Georgia		[13]
11	May 16, 2018	Juan Edward Castillo	37	22	15		Hispanic	Texas		[14][15]
12	June 27, 2018	Daniel Paul "Danny" Bible	66	27–31	35–39		White			[16][17]
13	July 17, 2018	Christopher Anthony Young	34	21	13		Black			[18][19]
14	July 18, 2018	Robert J. Van Hook	58	25	33		White	Ohio		[20]
15	August 9, 2018	William Ray "Billy" Irick	59	26				Tennessee		[21]
16	August 14, 2018	Carey Dean Moore	60	21	39			Nebraska		[22]
17	September 26, 2018	Troy James Clark	51	30	21			Texas		[23]
18	September 27, 2018	Daniel Clate Acker	46	28	18					[24]
19	October 29, 2018	Rodney Scott Berget	56	48	8			South Dakota		[25]
20	November 1, 2018	Edmund George Zagorski	63	28	35			Tennessee	Electrocution	[26]
21	November 14, 2018	Roberto Moreno Ramos	64	37	27		Hispanic	Texas	Lethal injection	[27]
22	December 4, 2018	Joseph Christopher Garcia	47	29	18					[28]
23	December 6, 2018	David Earl Miller	61	23	38		White	Tennessee	Electrocution	[29]
24	December 11, 2018	Alvin Avon Braziel Jr.	43	18	25		Black	Texas	Lethal injection	[30]
25	December 13, 2018	Jose Antonio Jimenez	55	28	27		Hispanic	Florida		[31]
		Average:	53 years	29 years	24 years

Demographics

Gender
Male	25	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
White	14	56%
Black	6	24%
Hispanic	5	20%
State
Texas	13	52%
Tennessee	3	12%
Alabama	2	8%
Florida	2	8%
Georgia	2	8%
Nebraska	1	4%
Ohio	1	4%
South Dakota	1	4%
Method
Lethal injection	23	92%
Electrocution	2	8%
Month
January	2	8%
February	2	8%
March	3	12%
April	2	8%
May	2	8%
June	1	4%
July	2	8%
August	2	8%
September	2	8%
October	1	4%
November	2	8%
December	4	16%
Age
30–39	4	16%
40–49	5	20%
50–59	7	28%
60–69	8	32%
70–79	0	0%
80–89	1	4%
Total	25	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2019	22
2018	25
2017	23
Total	70

See also

• List of death row inmates in the United States
• List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976
• 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

References

1. "Execution List 2018". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
2. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. "Inmate Information - Anthony Shore". www.tdcj.texas.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
3. "Texas "Tourniquet Killer" put to death in first execution of 2018". Retrieved 2018-01-20.
4. "Texas executes Dallas man for ex-girlfriend's 1999 slaying". www.cbsnews.com. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
5. Blakinger, Keri (February 1, 2018). "'See y'all later':Dallas man who killed 2 daughters put to death in nation's 3rd execution of 2018". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
6. "Eric Branch execution: Escambia County man pronounced dead after lethal injection". amp.pnj.com. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
7. "Michael Eggers executed Thursday for slaying of Talladega woman in 2000". al.com. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
8. "'Stocking Strangler' Carlton Gary executed for 1970s' rapes, murders". myAJC. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
9. "Texas executes Lubbock "suitcase killer"". Texas Tribune. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
10. "Alabama Executes Mail Bomber, 83, the Oldest Inmate Put to Death in Modern Era". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
11. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (2000-03-02). "Texas Department of Criminal Justice". www.tdcj.texas.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
12. McCullough, Jolie (2018-04-19). "Texas executes Erick Davila, who killed two people including a 5-year-old girl". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
13. "Robert Butts executed for 1996 murder. Final words:'It burns, man'". 2018-05-04.
14. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (2018-05-17). "Texas Department of Criminal Justice". www.tdcj.texas.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
15. "'See y'all on the other side': San Antonio lovers' lane killer executed amid claims of innocence". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
16. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (2000-03-02). "Texas Department of Criminal Justice". www.tdcj.texas.gov. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
17. "Texas executes Danny Paul Bible for 1979 rape, murder in Houston". www.cbsnews.com. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
18. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (2000-03-02). "Texas Department of Criminal Justice". www.tdcj.texas.gov. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
19. Eaton, Emilie (2018-07-17). "San Antonio man executed for murder, robbery". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
20. "Ohio executes killer who strangled and stabbed man he met in bar in 1985". WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio | Columbus News, Weather & Sports. 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
21. "Tennessee executes Billy Ray Irick, first lethal injection in state since 2009". The Tennessean. 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
22. "Fentanyl used to execute Nebraska inmate, in a first for U. S." The New York Times. 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
23. "Texas executes man in the torture, drowning of ex-roommate". Houston Chronicle. 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
24. "Texas man put to death in state's second execution in two nights". Houston Chronicle. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
25. "South Dakota executes inmate whose brother was put to death in Oklahoma after Supreme Court clears way".
26. "Tennessee inmate executed after supreme court denies stay request". the Guardian. Associated Press. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
27. Wiley, Hannah (2018-11-14). "Texas executes Robert Moreno Ramos, amid pleas for case review". Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
28. "Joseph Garcia, notorious 'Texas 7' member, executed | USA News | Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
29. "Tennessee electrocutes inmate David Earl Miller for 1981 slaying of mentally disabled woman". www.cbsnews.com. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
30. "Man who fatally shot newlywed in 1993 robbery executed in Texas". CBS News. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
31. "Florida executes Jose Antonio Jimenez, who brutally murdered Miami court clerk in 1992". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2018-12-14.

Preceded by 2017

List of people executed       in the United States in    2018

Succeeded by 2019