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This is a list of people sentenced to death in the United States in 2024. To date, ten people have been sentenced to death in the United States in 2024.
List of people sentenced to death in the United States in 2024[edit]
| No. | Name | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Offense(s) | Year of offense(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry Don Elders | Male | White | Texas | Fatally shot a 60-year-old woman during a carjacking. | 2021 | [1] |
| 2 | Reynaldo Figueroa-Sanabria | Hispanic | Florida | Robbed and murdered two people on their houseboat. | 2013 | [2] | |
| 3 | Victor Alejandro Godinez | White | Texas | Shot a public safety trooper as he attempted to apprehend him. | 2019 | [3] | |
| 4 | Joseph David Heard | Black | Mississippi | Convicted along with his wife for beating and suffocating his two-year-old stepson. | 2021 | [4] | |
| 5 | Michael Harrison Hunt | Florida | Fatally shot a woman after mistakenly believing she was a witness in an upcoming sex-trafficking case. | 2019 | [5] | ||
| 6 | Paige Terrell Lawyer | Texas | Strangled his girlfriend and her 10-year-old daughter to death. | 2018 | [6] | ||
| 7 | Marco Antonio Perez | White | Alabama | Shot and killed a police officer as he attempted to apprehend him. | 2019 | [7] | |
| 8 | Gurpreet Singh | Asian | Ohio | Shot and killed his wife and three other family members. | [8] | ||
| 9 | Jeremy Tremaine Williams | Black | Alabama | Kidnapped, raped, and strangled a 5-year-old girl. | 2021 | [9] | |
| 10 | Gustin Ray Woodman Jr. | White | Arizona | Shot and killed an elderly man in order to rob him. | 2014 | [10] |
Demographics[edit]
| Gender | ||
|---|---|---|
| Male | 10 | 100% |
| Female | 0 | 0% |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Black | 4 | 40% |
| White | 4 | 40% |
| Asian | 1 | 10% |
| Hispanic | 1 | 10% |
| State | ||
| Texas | 3 | 30% |
| Alabama | 2 | 20% |
| Florida | 2 | 20% |
| Arizona | 1 | 10% |
| Mississippi | 1 | 10% |
| Ohio | 1 | 10% |
| Total | 10 | 100% |
Death sentences in recent years[edit]
| Number of death sentences | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | — |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2023 | 21 |
See also[edit]
- Capital punishment in the United States
- List of death row inmates in the United States
- List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States
- List of people executed in the United States in 2024
References[edit]
- ^ "Death sentence for North Texas man convicted of killing kidnapping victim, shooting officer". CBS News. May 2, 2024.
- ^ "Man convicted in 2013 St. Petersburg houseboat murders sentenced to death again". Tampa Bay Times. May 22, 2024.
- ^ "Texas jury recommends the death penalty for man convicted of the fatal shooting of a state trooper". Associated Press. January 31, 2024.
- ^ "'God have mercy on your soul.' Biloxi man gets death penalty for torture, murder of child". Sun Herald. May 10, 2024.
- ^ "Registered sex offender handed death penalty in murder case". Fox 10 News. January 19, 2024.
- ^ "Fort Worth man sentenced to die for brutally strangling girlfriend, her 10-year-old daughter". Fox 4 News. April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Convicted Mobile cop killer Marco Perez sentenced to death". Fox 10 News. February 9, 2024.
- ^ "Man sentenced to death for killings of wife, her family in West Chester Township". Cincinnati Enquirer. May 14, 2024.
- ^ "Man gets 4 death sentences for kidnapping, rape, and murder of 5-year-old Georgia girl". Associated Press. April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Gustin Woodman sentenced to death in murder of 72-year-old Phoenix church janitor". The Arizona Republic. February 29, 2024.