Eighteen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1985, eleven by electrocution, and seven by lethal injection. [1] [2] Charles Rumbaugh became the first of 22 juvenile offenders to be executed in the United States in the modern before the Supreme Court banned capital punishment for juvenile offenders under Roper v. Simmons in 2005.
No. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | ||||||||
1 | January 4, 1985 | David Dene Martin | 32 | 25 | 7 | Male | White | Louisiana | Electrocution | [3] |
2 | January 9, 1985 | Roosevelt Green Jr. | 28 | 20 | 8 | Black | Georgia | [4] | ||
3 | January 11, 1985 | Joseph Carl Shaw | 29 | 22 | 7 | White | South Carolina | [5] | ||
4 | January 16, 1985 | Doyle Edward Skillern | 48 | 38 | 10 | Texas | Lethal injection | [6] | ||
5 | January 30, 1985 | James David Raulerson | 34 | 25 | 9 | Florida | Electrocution | [7] | ||
6 | February 20, 1985 | Van Roosevelt Solomon | 41 | 35 | 6 | Black | Georgia | [8] | ||
7 | March 6, 1985 | Johnny Paul Witt | 42 | 30 | 12 | White | Florida | [9] | ||
8 | March 13, 1985 | Stephen Peter Morin | 34 | 4 | Texas | Lethal injection | [10] | |||
9 | March 20, 1985 | John C. Young | 28 | 18 | 10 | Black | Georgia | Electrocution | [11] | |
10 | April 18, 1985 | James Dyral Briley Jr. | 23 | 5 | Virginia | [12] | ||||
11 | May 15, 1985 | Jesse De La Rosa | 24 | 18 | 6 | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | [13] | |
12 | May 29, 1985 | Marvin Francois | 39 | 31 | 8 | Black | Florida | Electrocution | [14] | |
13 | June 25, 1985 | Charles Milton | 34 | 26 | Texas | Lethal injection | [15] | |||
14 | Morris Odell Mason | 31 | 24 | 7 | Virginia | Electrocution | [16] | |||
15 | July 9, 1985 | Henry Martinez Porter | 43 | 33 | 10 | Hispanic | Texas | Lethal injection | [17] | |
16 | September 11, 1985 | Charles Francis Rumbaugh | 28 | 17 | 11 | White | [18] | |||
17 | October 16, 1985 | William Earl Vandiver | 37 | 34 | 3 | Indiana | Electrocution | [19] | ||
18 | December 6, 1985 | Carroll Edward Cole | 47 | 39 | 8 | Nevada | Lethal injection | [20] | ||
Average: | 35 years | 27 years | 8 years |
Gender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 18 | 100% |
Female | 0 | 0% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 9 | 50% |
Black | 7 | 39% |
Hispanic | 2 | 11% |
State | ||
Texas | 6 | 33% |
Florida | 3 | 17% |
Georgia | 3 | 17% |
Virginia | 2 | 11% |
Indiana | 1 | 6% |
Louisiana | 1 | 6% |
Nevada | 1 | 6% |
South Carolina | 1 | 6% |
Method | ||
Electrocution | 11 | 61% |
Lethal injection | 7 | 39% |
Month | ||
January | 5 | 28% |
February | 1 | 6% |
March | 3 | 17% |
April | 1 | 6% |
May | 2 | 11% |
June | 2 | 11% |
July | 1 | 6% |
August | 0 | 0% |
September | 1 | 6% |
October | 1 | 6% |
November | 0 | 0% |
December | 1 | 6% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 6 | 33% |
30–39 | 7 | 39% |
40–49 | 5 | 28% |
Total | 18 | 100% |
Number of executions | |
---|---|
1986 | 18 |
1985 | 18 |
1984 | 21 |
Total | 57 |
Preceded by 1984 | List of people executed in the United States in 1985 | Succeeded by 1986 |