List of death row inmates in the United States
Name Crime Time on death row Notes
Jorge Avila-Torrez Murdered a Navy Petty Officer in Virginia 6 years , 53 days Avila-Torrez was later linked to the murders of two girls in his hometown of Zion , Illinois
Len Davis Conspiracy to violate civil rights through murder 24 years , 87 days ( Since initial death sentence ) 14 years , 269 days ( since re-sentencing after his initial sentence was overturned ) Davis was an officer in the New Orleans Police Department . He ordered a drug dealer to kill a 32-year old woman , Kim Groves , who had witnessed Davis abuse a suspect and filed a brutality complaint . He was also convicted of witness tampering ( which was later thrown out ) and , subsequent to his first death penalty sentence , of two drug trafficking charges
Joseph E. Duncan III Murders of most of the Groene family in Coeur d'Alene , Idaho 11 years , 330 days Duncan was convicted of the 2005 kidnappings and murders of members of the Groene family and sentenced to three death sentences and three life sentences . He is also serving 11 life sentences in conjunction with the same crimes as well as the 1997 murder of Anthony Martinez of Beaumont , California . Duncan has confessed to , but not been charged with , the 1996 murder of two girls in Seattle , Washington
Marvin Gabrion Kidnapping and murder of 19-year-old Rachel Timmerman of Cedar Springs , Michigan 18 years , 128 days The murder took place in Michigan , which does not have the death penalty , but the body was found in Manistee National Forest , which is federal land . On appeal , his defense team argued that they should consider any reasonable doubt they have that the murder took place outside of the forest before being moved into the forest after death , which would make him ineligible for the death penalty
Jurijus Kadamovas Ransom-related kidnapping and murder of five people 13 years , 132 days Jurijus Kadamovas and Iouri Mikhel were sentenced to death for the ransom related kidnappings and murders of five people . The men allegedly demanded a total of more than $ 5.5 million from relatives and associates , and received more than $ 1 million from victims ' relatives . Prosecutors said the victims were killed regardless of whether the ransoms were paid . The bodies were tied with weights and dumped in a reservoir near Yosemite National Park
Iouri Mikhel Ransom-related kidnapping and murder of five people 13 years , 132 days See above entry for Jurijus Kadamovas , Mikhel 's accomplice
Lisa M. Montgomery 2004 murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett , who was pregnant , and stealing her unborn child 12 years , 109 days As of February 9 , 2018 Montgomery is the only woman on federal death row
Alfonso Rodriguez Jr Rape and murder of Dru Sjodin in Grand Forks , North Dakota 13 years , 304 days Crossed state lines into Minnesota , making this a federal case
Dylann Roof Hate crimes ( Obstruction of exercise of religion resulting in death ) 3 years , 194 days American mass murderer and white supremacist convicted of perpetrating the June 17 , 2015 Charleston church shooting . During a prayer service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church , Roof killed nine people , all African Americans . Roof is the first person on death row for federal hate crimes
Gary Lee Sampson 3 counts of murder during the course of a carjacking or kidnapping in Massachusetts and New Hampshire 16 years , 212 days ( Since initial death sentence ) 3 years , 195 days ( since re-sentencing after appeal ) Prosecuted under federal law that allows for the death penalty in the course of a carjacking or kidnapping . Sampson plead guilty and during the trial for sentencing , received a death sentence for the two murders in Massachusetts and life for New Hampshire killing . The initial sentence was thrown out due to jury misconduct
Kaboni Savage 12 counts of murder in aid of racketeering and one count of retaliating against a witness by murder 7 years , 49 days Philadelphia drug kingpin , sentenced to death for the Firebombing of a house where a federal witness lived , killing six people
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Terrorism 5 years , 28 days Boston Marathon bombing
Alejandro Umaña Murdered two brothers at a family restaurant in Greensboro , North Carolina 9 years , 361 days High ranked member of the MS-13 gang and the first MS-13 member sentenced to the federal death penalty
List of death row inmates by jurisdiction -- Federal
Main article : Capital punishment by the United States federal government Currently on death row : 59 ( as of July 17 , 2020 [ update ] ) [ 7 ] Total number executed : 40 ( 1927–2020 ) [ 8 ] Due to the high number of federal death row inmates , only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed on this page . A full list is externally linked : List of federal death row inmates
As of October 1, 2019, there were 2,639 death row inmates in the United States. The number of death row inmates changes daily with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions, the information in this article may be out of date.