List of people executed in Mississippi

Since 1976, 16 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi.

	Executed person	Date of execution	Method	Victims	Under Governor
1	Jimmy Lee Gray	2 September 1983	gas chamber	Deressa Jean Scales	William Winter
2	Edward Earl Johnson	20 May 1987	gas chamber	J. T. Trest	William Allain
3	Connie Ray Evans	8 July 1987	gas chamber	Arun Pahwa	William Allain
4	Leo Edwards, Jr.	21 June 1989	gas chamber	Linzy Don Dixon	Ray Mabus
5	Tracy Alan Hansen	17 July 2002	lethal injection	David Bruce Ladner	Ronnie Musgrove
6	Jessie Derrell Williams	11 December 2002	lethal injection	Karon Ann Pierce	Ronnie Musgrove
7	John B. Nixon, Sr.	14 December 2005	lethal injection	Virginia Tucker	Haley Barbour
8	Bobby Glen Wilcher	18 October 2006	lethal injection	Katie Bell Moore and Velma Odell Noblin	Haley Barbour
9	Earl Wesley Berry	21 May 2008	lethal injection	Mary Bounds	Haley Barbour
10	Dale Leo Bishop	23 July 2008	lethal injection	Marcus James Gentry	Haley Barbour
11	Paul Everette Woodward	19 May 2010	lethal injection	Rhonda Crane	Haley Barbour
12	Gerald James Holland	20 May 2010	lethal injection	Krystal King	Haley Barbour
13	Joseph Daniel Burns	21 July 2010	lethal injection	Floyd Melvin McBride	Haley Barbour
14	Benny Joe Stevens	10 May 2011	lethal injection	Glenda Lee Reid, Wesley Reid, Dylan Reid and Heath Pounds	Haley Barbour
15	Rodney Gray	17 May 2011	lethal injection	Grace Blackwell	Haley Barbour
16	Edwin Hart Turner	8 February 2012	lethal injection	Eddie Brooks and Everett Curry	Phil Bryant

See also

• Capital punishment in the United States

Sources

• Mississippi Department of Corrections