Eleven people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1988, seven by electrocution, and four by lethal injection. [1] [2]
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 7, 1988 | Robert L. Streetman | 27 | 22 | 5 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | [3] |
2 | March 15, 1988 | Willie Jasper Darden Jr. | 54 | 40 | 14 | Black | Florida | Electrocution | [4] | |
3 | Wayne Robert Felde | 38 | 29 | 9 | White | Louisiana | [5] | |||
4 | April 13, 1988 | Leslie Lowenfield | 34 | 28 | 6 | Black | [6] | |||
5 | April 14, 1988 | Earl Clanton Jr. | 33 | 25 | 8 | Virginia | [7] | |||
6 | June 10, 1988 | Arthur Gary Bishop | 35 | 27 | White | Utah | Lethal injection | [8] | ||
7 | June 14, 1988 | Edward R. Byrne Jr. | 28 | 24 | 4 | Louisiana | Electrocution | [9] | ||
8 | July 28, 1988 | James Messer Jr. | 34 | 25 | 9 | Georgia | [10] | |||
9 | November 3, 1988 | Donald Gene Franklin | 37 | 23 | 14 | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | [11] | |
10 | November 7, 1988 | Jeffrey Joseph Daugherty | 33 | 20 | 13 | White | Florida | Electrocution | [12] | |
11 | December 13, 1988 | Raymond Landry Sr. | 39 | 33 | 6 | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | [13] | |
Average: | 36 years | 27 years | 9 years |
Gender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 11 | 100% |
Female | 0 | 0% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 6 | 55% |
Black | 5 | 45% |
State | ||
Louisiana | 3 | 27% |
Texas | 3 | 27% |
Florida | 2 | 18% |
Georgia | 1 | 9% |
Utah | 1 | 9% |
Virginia | 1 | 9% |
Method | ||
Electrocution | 7 | 64% |
Lethal injection | 4 | 36% |
Month | ||
January | 1 | 9% |
February | 0 | 0% |
March | 2 | 18% |
April | 2 | 18% |
May | 0 | 0% |
June | 2 | 18% |
July | 1 | 9% |
August | 0 | 0% |
September | 0 | 0% |
October | 0 | 0% |
November | 2 | 18% |
December | 1 | 9% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 2 | 18% |
30–39 | 8 | 73% |
40–49 | 0 | 0% |
50–59 | 1 | 9% |
Total | 11 | 100% |
Number of executions | |
---|---|
1989 | 16 |
1988 | 11 |
1987 | 25 |
Total | 52 |
Preceded by 1987 | List of people executed in the United States in 1988 | Succeeded by 1989 |