Capital Punishment.
There have been 50 federal executions carried out since 1927. Select a time period below to learn more.
See related: Scheduled Federal Executions.
| 08/17/1927 | James Aldermon was sentenced to death for murder. He was executed by hanging at the Broward Country Jail, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. |
| 09/05/1930 | Carl Panzram was sentenced to death for murder. He was executed by hanging at USP Leavenworth, KS. |
| 03/24/1936 | George Barrett was sentenced to death for murder. He was executed by electrocution at Marion County Jail, IN. |
| 06/19/1936 | Arthur Gooch was sentenced to death for kidnapping. He was executed by hanging at Oklahoma State Prison, McAlester, OK. |
| 07/12/1936 | Earl Gardner was sentenced to death for murder. He was executed by hanging at Gila County Jail, AZ. |
| 07/08/1938 | Anthony Chebatoris was sentenced to death for a robbery of a National Bank. He was executed by hanging at FCI Milan, MI. |
| 07/14/1938 | Henry Seadlund was sentenced to death for kidnapping. He was executed by hanging at the Cook County Jail, IL. |
| 08/12/1938 | Robert Suhay and Glenn Applegate were sentenced to death for murder of FBI Special Agent Wimberly W. Bake. They were both executed by hanging at USP Leavenworth, KS. |
| 11/18/1938 | James Dalhover was sentenced to death for bank robbery and murder. He was executed by electrocution at Indiana State Penitentiary, Michigan City, IN. |
| 11/10/1939 | Nelson Charles was sentenced to death for murder. He was executed by hanging at the Federal Jail, Juneau, AK. |
| 08/08/1942 | Herbert Haupt, Heinrich Heinck, Edward Kerling, Herman Neubauer, Richard Quirin, and Werner Thiel were tried by a military commission appointed by President Roosevelt from July 8th to August 4, 1942 and sentenced to death for sabotage. They were executed by electrocution at the D.C. Jail on August 8, 1942. |
| 08/14/1943 | Clyde Arwood was sentenced to death for murder. He was executed by electrocution at Tennessee State Penitentiary, Nashville, TN on August 8th, 1948. |
| 04/27/1945 | Henry Ruhl was sentenced to death for murder on a government reservation. He was executed by gas chamber at Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawling on April 27th, 1945. |
| 03/01/1948 | Austin Nelson was sentenced to death for murder. He was executed by hanging at the Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska on March 1st, 1948. |
| 09/15/1948 | David Joseph Watson was sentenced to death for murder on the high seas. He was executed by electrocution at Florida State Prison, Raiford on September 15th, 1948. |
| 12/03/1948 | Samuel Richard Shockley and Miran Edgar Thompson were sentenced to death for murder. They were executed by gas chamber at California State Penitentiary, San Quentin on December 3rd, 1948. |
| 12/10/1948 | Carlos Romero Ochoa was sentenced to death for murder. He was executed by gas chamber at California State Penitentiary, San Quentin on December 10th, 1948. |
| 04/14/1950 | Eugene LaMoore was sentenced to death for murder. He was executed by hanging at Federal Jail, Juneau, AK on April 14th, 1950. |
| 06/19/1953 | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for espionage. They were executed by electrocution at New York State Prison, Sing Sing on June 19th, 1953. |
| 12/18/1953 | Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady were sentenced to death for kidnapping and murder. They were executed by gas chamber at Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City on December 18th, 1953 |
| 08/12/1954 | Gerhard A. Puff was sentenced to death for murder. He was executed by electrocution at New York State Prison, Sing Sing on August 12th, 1954. |
| 02/24/1956 | Arthur Ross Brown was sentenced to death for kidnapping. He was executed by gas chamber at Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City on February 24th, 1956. |
| 08/21/1957 | George and Michael Krull were sentenced to death for rape. They were executed by electrocution at Georgia State Prison, Reidsville on August 21st, 1957. |
| 03/15/1963 | Victor Feguer was sentenced to death for kidnapping. He was executed by hanging at Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison on March 15th, 1963. |
No federal executions took place in the 1970's through 1990's.
| 06/11/2001 | Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the murder of Federal Law Enforcement Officers, and 8 counts of Conspiracy to Use and Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on June 11th, 2001. |
| 06/19/2001 | Juan Raul Garza was sentenced to death for the Intentional Killings (3) in Continuance of a Continuing Criminal Enterprise. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on June 19th, 2001. |
| 03/18/2003 | Louis Jones was sentenced to death for kidnapping within special maritime/territorial jurisdiction resulting in death. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on March 18th, 2003. |
No federal executions took place in the 2010s.
| 07/14/2020 | Daniel Lewis Lee was sentenced to death for three counts of murder in aid of racketeering and numerous other offenses. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on July 14, 2020. |
| 07/16/2020 | Wesley Ira Purkey was sentenced to death for kidnapping a child resulting in the child's death. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on July 16, 2020. |
| 07/17/2020 | Dustin Lee Honken was sentenced to death for numerous offenses, including five counts of murder during the course of a continuing criminal enterprise. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on July 17, 2020. |
| 08/26/2020 | Lezmond Charles Mitchell was sentenced to death for numerous offenses, including first degree murder, felony murder, and carjacking resulting in murder. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on August 26, 2020. |
| 08/28/2020 | Keith Dwayne Nelson was sentenced to death for the kidnapping and unlawful interstate transportation of a child for the purpose of sexual abuse which resulted in death. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on August 28, 2020. |
| 09/22/2020 | William Emmett Lecroy, Jr. was sentenced to death for the intent to cause death and serious bodily harm, taking a motor vehicle that has been transported, shipped, and received in interstate commerce by force and violence resulting in death. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on September 22, 2020. |
| 09/24/2020 | Christopher Andre Vialva was sentenced to death for carjacking and first degree murder on a government reservation and two counts of aiding and abetting. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on September 24, 2020. |
| 11/19/2020 | Orlando Cordia Hall was sentenced to death for numerous offenses, including kidnapping resulting in death and interstate travel in aid of a racketeering enterprise. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on November 19, 2020. |
| 12/10/2020 | Brandon Bernard was sentenced to death for numerous offenses, including two counts of First Degree Murder within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on December 10, 2020. |
| 12/11/2020 | Alfred Bourgeois was sentenced to death for multiple offenses, including murder. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on December 11, 2020. |
| 01/13/2021 | Lisa Montgomery was sentenced to death for federal kidnapping resulting in death. She was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on January 13, 2021. |
| 01/14/2021 | Cory Johnson was sentenced to death for numerous offenses, including seven counts of murder in furtherance of continuing criminal enterprise. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on January 14, 2021. |
| 01/16/2021 | Dustin John Higgs was sentenced to death for three counts of first-degree premeditated murder, three counts of first-degree felony murder, and three counts of kidnapping resulting in death. He was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, IN on January 16, 2021. |