Fifty-three people were executed in the United States in 2006. Twenty-four of them were in the state of Texas. One (Brandon Wayne Hedrick) was executed via electrocution in Virginia. The states of California, Montana, Nevada, and North Carolina have not carried out an execution since 2006, however, all four states still have capital punishment as a legal penalty.
List of people executed in the United States in 2006 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 17, 2006 76 50 26Male Native American CaliforniaLethal injection 2 January 20, 2006 43 21 22Black North Carolina 3 January 25, 2006 33 20 13 Texas 4 January 27, 2006 58 33 25 White Indiana 5 January 31, 2006 34 22 12 Hispanic Texas 6 February 7, 2006 43 21White Ohio 7 February 8, 2006 31 23 8Texas 8 February 15, 2006 32 18 14Black 9 March 15, 2006 31 22 9 10 March 17, 2006 39 28 11 White North Carolina 11 March 22, 2006 27 18 9 HispanicTexas 12 March 29, 2006 38 25 13 Black 13 April 18, 2006 40 31 9 White Oklahoma 14 April 20, 2006 61 38 23Black North Carolina 15 April 26, 2006 47 30 17 Nevada 16 April 27, 2006 43 34 9 Virginia 17 May 2, 2006 57 23 Ohio 18 May 4, 2006 39 21 18 HispanicTexas 19 May 17, 2006 27 18 9 Black 20 May 24, 2006 42 31 11 Hispanic 21 June 1, 2006 74 52 22White Oklahoma 22 June 6, 2006 34 21 13Texas 23 June 20, 2006 28 7 Black 24 June 27, 2006 46 38 Hispanic 25 June 28, 2006 50 29 21 White Tennessee 26 July 11, 2006 31 18 13 Black Texas 27 July 12, 2006 49 46 3White Ohio 28 July 14, 2006 39 31 8 South Carolina 29 July 19, 2006 31 21 10 BlackTexas 30July 20, 2006 40 26 14White 31 27 18 9Virginia Electrocution 32 July 27, 2006 42 35 7Lethal injection 33 August 3, 2006 41 32 9 Black Texas 34 August 8, 2006 28 23 5White Ohio 35 August 11, 2006 48 28 20 Montana 36 August 17, 2006 44 3212 Hispanic Texas 37 August 18, 2006 36 24 White North Carolina 38 August 24, 2006 27 18 9Black Texas 39 August 29, 2006 49 37 12Oklahoma 40August 31, 2006 31 21 10 White 41 29 20 9BlackTexas 42 September 12, 2006 43 28 15 43 September 20, 2006 48 24 24Florida 44October 18, 2006 57 36 21White 45 43 19 24 Mississippi 46 October 24, 2006 56 38 18 Ohio 47October 25, 2006 52 3616 Florida 48 48 32 Texas 49 October 26, 2006 37 22 15 Alabama 50 November 1, 2006 33 20 13BlackTexas 51 November 8, 2006 19 14 52 November 9, 2006 25 8 White Virginia 53 December 13, 2006 55 28 27 Hispanic Florida Average: 42 years 27 years 14 years
Demographics Gender Male 53 100% Female 0 0% Ethnicity White 24 45% Black 21 40% Hispanic 7 13% Native American 1 2% State Texas 24 45% Ohio 5 9% Florida 4 8% North Carolina 4 8% Oklahoma 4 8% Virginia 4 8% Alabama 1 2% California 1 2% Indiana 1 2% Mississippi 1 2% Montana 1 2% Nevada 1 2% South Carolina 1 2% Tennessee 1 2% Method Lethal injection 52 98% Electrocution 1 2% Month January 5 9% February 3 6% March 4 8% April 4 8% May 4 8% June 5 9% July 7 13% August 9 17% September 2 4% October 6 11% November 3 6% December 1 2% Age 20–29 7 13% 30–39 18 34% 40–49 18 34% 50–59 7 13% 60–69 1 2% 70–79 2 4% Total 53 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2007 42 2006 53 2005 60 Total 155
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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