Twenty-three people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1990, twelve by lethal injection, and eleven by electrocution. [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 18, 1990 | Gerald M. Smith | 31 | 22 | 9 | Male | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | [3] |
2 | April 21, 1990 | Jerome Butler | 54 | 50 | 4 | Black | Texas | [4] | ||
3 | April 27, 1990 | Ronald Raymond Woomer | 35 | 24 | 11 | White | South Carolina | Electrocution | [5] | |
4 | May 4, 1990 | Jesse Joseph Tafero | 43 | 29 | 14 | Florida | [6] | |||
5 | May 11, 1990 | Winford LaVern Stokes Jr. | 39 | 26 | 13 | Black | Missouri | Lethal injection | [7] | |
6 | May 17, 1990 | Leonard Marvin Laws | 40 | 31 | 9 | White | [8] | |||
7 | Johnny Ray Anderson | 30 | 21 | Texas | [9] | |||||
8 | May 18, 1990 | Dalton Prejean | 17 | 13 | Black | Louisiana | Electrocution | [10] | ||
9 | June 3, 1990 | Thomas E. Baal | 26 | 24 | 2 | White | Nevada | Lethal injection | [11] | |
10 | June 18, 1990 | John Edward Swindler | 46 | 32 | 14 | Arkansas | Electrocution | [12] | ||
11 | June 25, 1990 | Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. | 49 | 47 | 2 | Lethal injection | [13] | |||
12 | June 26, 1990 | James Edward Smith | 37 | 30 | 7 | Black | Texas | [14] | ||
13 | July 13, 1990 | Wallace Norrell Thomas | 35 | 21 | 14 | Alabama | Electrocution | [15] | ||
14 | July 18, 1990 | Mikel James Derrick | 33 | 23 | 10 | White | Texas | Lethal injection | [16] | |
15 | July 19, 1990 | Richard Thomas Boggs | 27 | 21 | 6 | Virginia | Electrocution | [17] | ||
16 | July 27, 1990 | Anthony Bertolotti | 38 | 31 | 7 | Black | Florida | [18] | ||
17 | August 31, 1990 | George Clifton Gilmore | 44 | 33 | 11 | White | Missouri | Lethal injection | [19] | |
18 | September 10, 1990 | Charles Troy Coleman | 43 | 31 | 12 | Oklahoma | [20] | |||
19 | September 12, 1990 | Charles Thomas Walker | 50 | 43 | 7 | Illinois | [21] | |||
20 | September 21, 1990 | James William Hamblen | 61 | 55 | 6 | Florida | Electrocution | [22] | ||
21 | October 17, 1990 | Wilbert Lee Evans | 44 | 35 | 9 | Black | Virginia | [23] | ||
22 | November 19, 1990 | Raymond Robert Clark | 49 | 36 | 13 | White | Florida | [24] | ||
23 | December 13, 1990 | Buddy Earl Justus | 37 | 25 | 12 | Virginia | [25] | |||
Average: | 40 years | 31 years | 9 years |
Gender | ||
---|---|---|
Male | 23 | 100% |
Female | 0 | 0% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 16 | 70% |
Black | 7 | 30% |
State | ||
Florida | 4 | 17% |
Missouri | 4 | 17% |
Texas | 4 | 17% |
Virginia | 3 | 13% |
Arkansas | 2 | 9% |
Alabama | 1 | 4% |
Illinois | 1 | 4% |
Louisiana | 1 | 4% |
Nevada | 1 | 4% |
Oklahoma | 1 | 4% |
South Carolina | 1 | 4% |
Method | ||
Lethal injection | 12 | 52% |
Electrocution | 11 | 48% |
Month | ||
January | 1 | 4% |
February | 0 | 0% |
March | 0 | 0% |
April | 2 | 9% |
May | 5 | 22% |
June | 4 | 17% |
July | 4 | 17% |
August | 1 | 4% |
September | 3 | 13% |
October | 1 | 4% |
November | 1 | 4% |
December | 1 | 4% |
Age | ||
20–29 | 2 | 9% |
30–39 | 10 | 43% |
40–49 | 8 | 35% |
50–59 | 2 | 9% |
60–69 | 1 | 4% |
Total | 23 | 100% |
Number of executions | |
---|---|
1991 | 14 |
1990 | 23 |
1989 | 16 |
Total | 53 |
Preceded by 1989 | List of people executed in the United States in 1990 | Succeeded by 1991 |