List of people executed in Mississippi

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.

Since 1976, 25 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi. Of the 25 people executed, 4 were executed via gas chamber and 21 via lethal injection.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of people executed in Mississippi since 1976

Template:Abbr	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1	Template:Sortname	White	34	M	September 2, 1983	Jackson	Gas chamberTemplate:Efn	Deressa Jean Scales	William F. Winter
2	Template:Sortname	Black	26	M	May 20, 1987	Leake		Walnut Grove police officer J. T. Trest	William Allain
3	Template:Sortname	Black	27	M	July 8, 1987	Hinds		Arun Pahwa
4	Template:Sortname	Black	36	M	June 21, 1989			Linzy Don Dixon	Ray Mabus
5	Template:Sortname	White	39	M	July 17, 2002	Harrison	Lethal injection	Mississippi Highway Patrol officer David Bruce Ladner	Ronnie Musgrove
6	Template:Sortname	White	51	M	December 11, 2002	Jackson		Karon Ann Pierce
7	Template:Sortname	White	77	M	December 14, 2005	Rankin		Virginia Tucker	Haley Barbour
8	Template:Sortname	White	43	M	October 18, 2006	Scott		Katie Bell Moore and Velma Odell Noblin
9	Template:Sortname	White	49	M	May 21, 2008	Chickasaw		Mary Bounds
10	Template:Sortname	White	34	M	July 23, 2008	Lee		Marcus James Gentry
11	Template:Sortname	White	62	M	May 19, 2010	Perry		Rhonda Crane
12	Template:Sortname	White	72	M	May 20, 2010	Harrison		Krystal King
13	Template:Sortname	White	42	M	July 21, 2010	Lee		Floyd Melvin McBride
14	Template:Sortname	White	52	M	May 10, 2011	Marion		4 murder victimsTemplate:Efn
15	Template:Sortname	Black	39	M	May 17, 2011	Newton		Grace Blackwell
16	Template:Sortname	White	38	M	February 8, 2012	Carroll		Eddie Brooks and Everett Curry	Phil Bryant
17	Template:Sortname	White	35	M	March 20, 2012	Forrest		Rhonda Hatten Griffis
18	Template:Sortname	Black	61	M	March 22, 2012	Harrison		Patty Milliken
19	Template:Sortname	Black	47	M	June 5, 2012	Leflore		4 murder victimsTemplate:Efn
20	Template:Sortname	White	34	M	June 12, 2012	Tate		4 murder victimsTemplate:Efn
21	Template:Sortname	White	49	M	June 20, 2012	Jackson		Jeffrey Wolfe
22	Template:Sortname	White	50	M	November 17, 2021	Union		Kim Kirk CoxTemplate:Efn	Tate Reeves
23	Template:Sortname	White	58	M	December 14, 2022	Itawamba		Leesa Marie Gray
24	Template:Sortname	White	79	M	June 25, 2025	Harrison		Edwina Rose Marter
25	Template:Sortname	White	59	M	October 15, 2025	Tippah		Kristy Denice Ray

Demographics

Race
White	19	Template:Percentage
Black	6	Template:Percentage
Age
20–29	2	Template:Percentage
30–39	8	Template:Percentage
40–49	5	Template:Percentage
50–59	5	Template:Percentage
60–69	2	Template:Percentage
70–79	3	Template:Percentage
Sex
Male	25	100%
Date of execution
1976–1979	0	0%
1980–1989	4	Template:Percentage
1990–1999	0	0%
2000–2009	6	Template:Percentage
2010–2019	11	Template:Percentage
2020–2029	4	Template:Percentage
Method
Lethal injection	21	Template:Percentage
Gas chamber	4	Template:Percentage
Governor (Party)
Cliff Finch (D)	0	0%
William F. Winter (D)	1	Template:Percentage
William Allain (D)	2	Template:Percentage
Ray Mabus (D)	1	Template:Percentage
Kirk Fordice (R)	0	0%
Ronnie Musgrove (D)	2	Template:Percentage
Haley Barbour (R)	9	Template:Percentage
Phil Bryant (R)	6	Template:Percentage
Tate Reeves (R)	4	Template:Percentage
Total	25	100%

See also

• Capital punishment in Mississippi
• Capital punishment in the United States
• List of people executed in Mississippi (pre-1972) – executions before Furman

External links

• Mississippi Department of Corrections