List of people executed in Delaware

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Delaware since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.

All of the 16 people were convicted of murder and have been executed at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, near Smyrna, Delaware. ^[1] Capital punishment was abolished in Delaware on August 2, 2016. ^[2]

List of people executed in Delaware since 1976

No.	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1	Steven Brian Pennell	White	34	M	March 14, 1992	Lethal injection	Shirley Ellis and Catherine DiMauro	Michael Castle
2	James Allen Red Dog	Native American	39	M	March 3, 1993		Hugh Pennington [a]	Thomas Carper
3	Kenneth W. DeShields	Black	33	M	August 31, 1993		Elizabeth Reed
4	Andre S. Deputy	Black	45	M	June 23, 1994		Byard Smith and Alberta Smith
5	Nelson W. Shelton	White	27	M	March 17, 1995		Wilson Mannon Jr.
6	Billy Bailey	White	49	M	January 25, 1996	Hanging	Gilbert Lamberton and Clara Lamberton
7	William Henry Flamer	Black	41	M	January 30, 1996	Lethal injection	Byard Smith and Alberta Smith
8	James B. Clark Jr.	White	39	M	April 19, 1996		Elizabeth Clark and James Clark Sr.
9	David J. Lawrie	White	37	M	April 23, 1999		4 murder victims [b]
10	Willie G. Sullivan	Black	28	M	September 24, 1999		Maurice Dodd
11	Dwayne L. Weeks	Black	37	M	November 17, 2000		Gwendolyn Weeks and Craig Williams
12	David F. Dawson	White	46	M	April 26, 2001		Madeline Marie Kisner	Ruth Ann Minner
13	Abdullah Tanzil Hameen [c]	Black	37	M	May 25, 2001		Troy Hodges
14	Brian David Steckel	White	36	M	November 4, 2005		Sandra Lee Long
15	Robert W. Jackson III	White	38	M	July 29, 2011		Elizabeth Girardi	Jack A. Markell
16	Shannon M. Johnson	Black	28	M	April 20, 2012		Cameron Hamlin

See also

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

Notes

1. Red Dog killed 4 additional people in Montana, California & Illinois
2. The 4 victims were: Michelle Lawrie, Fawn Lawrie, Tabitha Lawrie, and Charles Humbertson.
3. Formerly known as Cornelius Ferguson.

References

1. "Death Row Executions". Delaware Department of Correction. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
2. Eckholm, Erik (August 2, 2016). "Delaware Supreme Court Rules State's Death Penalty Unconstitutional". The New York Times . Retrieved May 10, 2023.

External links

• Delaware Department of Correction