List of people executed in the United States in 1994

Thirty-one people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1994, twenty-three by lethal injection, six by electrocution, one by gas chamber and one by hanging. ^[1] Idaho, Maryland, and Nebraska both carried out their first executions since reinstating capital punishment. Washington and Illinois both carried out their first involuntary executions since the 1960s.

List of people executed in the United States in 1994

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 6, 1994	Keith Eugene Wells	31	28	3	Male	White	Idaho	Lethal injection	[2]
2	February 2, 1994	Harold Amos Barnard	51	37	14			Texas		[3]
3	March 3, 1994	Johnny Watkins Jr.	33	23	10		Black	Virginia	Electrocution	[4]
4	March 31, 1994	Freddie Lee Webb Sr.		25	8			Texas	Lethal injection	[5]
5		William Henry Hance	42	26	16			Georgia	Electrocution	[6]
6	April 4, 1994	Richard Lee Beavers	38	30	8		White	Texas	Lethal injection	[7]
7	April 22, 1994	Roy Allen Stewart		22	16			Florida	Electrocution	[8]
8	April 26, 1994	Larry Norman Anderson	41	29	12			Texas	Lethal injection	[9]
9	April 27, 1994	Timothy Wilson Spencer	32	25	7		Black	Virginia	Electrocution	[10]
10	May 3, 1994	Paul Rougeau	46	30	16			Texas	Lethal injection	[11]
11	May 10, 1994	John Wayne Gacy	52	29	23		White	Illinois		[12]
12	May 11, 1994	Jonas Hoten Whitmore	50	42	8			Arkansas		[13]
13		Edward Charles Pickens	39	21	18		Black			[14]
14	May 17, 1994	John Frederick Thanos	45	41	4		White	Maryland		[15]
15	May 27, 1994	Stephen Ray Nethery	33	20	13			Texas		[16]
16		Charles Rodman Campbell	39	27	12			Washington	Hanging	[17]
17	June 14, 1994	Denton Alan Crank	38	28	10			Texas	Lethal injection	[18]
18	June 15, 1994	David Scarborough Lawson		25	13			North Carolina	Gas chamber	[19]
19	June 23, 1994	Andre Stanley Deputy	45	30	15		Black	Delaware	Lethal injection	[20]
20	August 2, 1994	Robert Nelson Drew Sr.	35	23	12		White	Texas		[21]
21	August 3, 1994	Hoyt Franklin Clines	37	24	13			Arkansas		[22]
22		Darryl V. Richley	43	29	14					[23]
23		James William Holmes	37	24	13					[24]
24	September 2, 1994	Harold Lamont Otey	43	26	17		Black	Nebraska	Electrocution	[25]
25	September 16, 1994	Jessie Gutierrez	29	24	5		Hispanic	Texas	Lethal injection	[26]
26	September 20, 1994	George Douglas Lott	47	45	2		White			[27]
27	October 5, 1994	Walter Key Williams	32	19	13		Black			[28]
28	November 22, 1994	Warren Eugene Bridge	34		15		White			[29]
29	December 6, 1994	Herman Robert Charles Clark Jr.	48	34	14		Black			[30]
30	December 8, 1994	Gregory Duane Resnover	43	29				Indiana	Electrocution	[31]
31	December 11, 1994	Raymond Carl Kinnamon	53	43	10		White	Texas	Lethal injection	[32]
		Average:	40 years	28 years	12 years

Demographics

Gender
Male	31	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
White	19	61%
Black	11	35%
Hispanic	1	3%
State
Texas	14	45%
Arkansas	5	16%
Virginia	2	6%
Delaware	1	3%
Florida	1	3%
Georgia	1	3%
Idaho	1	3%
Illinois	1	3%
Indiana	1	3%
Maryland	1	3%
Nebraska	1	3%
North Carolina	1	3%
Washington	1	3%
Method
Lethal injection	23	74%
Electrocution	6	19%
Gas chamber	1	3%
Hanging	1	3%
Month
January	1	3%
February	1	3%
March	3	10%
April	4	13%
May	7	23%
June	3	10%
July	0	0%
August	4	13%
September	3	10%
October	1	3%
November	1	3%
December	3	10%
Age
20–29	1	3%
30–39	16	52%
40–49	10	32%
50–59	4	13%
Total	31	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1995	56
1994	31
1993	38
Total	125

References

1. "Execution List 1994". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved May 31, 2025.
2. "First Idaho Execution in 36 Years: A Killer Who Used a Baseball Bat". The New York Times. January 7, 1994.
3. "Texas Inmate Executed for Killing in Holdup". The New York Times. February 3, 1994.
4. "259th Electrocution Could Be Last One In Virginia History". The New York Times. March 5, 1994.
5. "Man convicted in '85 kidnap-murder executed". UPI. March 31, 1994.
6. "Georgia Executes Murderer After Brief Stay From Court". The New York Times. April 1, 1994.
7. "Killer Who Wanted To Die Is Executed By Injection in Texas". The New York Times. April 5, 1994.
8. "Florida Executes Killer of Woman". The New York Times. April 23, 1994.
9. "Texas Executes Murderer of Bar Manager". The New York Times. April 27, 1994.
10. "In a First, Man Convicted on DNA Is Executed". The New York Times. April 29, 1994.
11. "Texas death row inmate executed". UPI. May 3, 1994.
12. "Gacy, Killer of 33, Is Put To Death as Appeals Fail". The New York Times. May 11, 1994.
13. "Two Men Are Executed in Arkansas". The New York Times. May 12, 1994.
14. "Two Men Are Executed in Arkansas". The New York Times. May 12, 1994.
15. "MARYLAND EXECUTES THANOS". The Washington Post. May 17, 1994.
16. "Washington Hangs Murderer; Texas Executes Officer-Killer". The New York Times. May 28, 1994.
17. "Washington Hangs Murderer; Texas Executes Officer-Killer". The New York Times. May 28, 1994.
18. "Crank executed in Texas". UPI. June 14, 1994.
19. "Killer Executed After Losing Videotape Request". The New York Times. June 16, 1994.
20. "COUPLE'S KILLER IS EXECUTED IN DELAWARE". The Washington Post. June 24, 1994.
21. "Killer Executed on 'Happy Face' Death Warrant". Los Angeles Times. August 3, 1994.
22. "Arkansas carries out triple execution". Tampa Bay Times. August 4, 1994.
23. "Arkansas carries out triple execution". Tampa Bay Times. August 4, 1994.
24. "Arkansas carries out triple execution". Tampa Bay Times. August 4, 1994.
25. "35-Year Hiatus Ends As Nebraska Puts A Killer to Death". The New York Times. September 3, 1994.
26. "Texan Is Executed For Deadly Robbery". The New York Times. September 17, 1994.
27. "Texas Executes Former Lawyer Who Killed Two in Courtroom". The New York Times. September 21, 1994.
28. "Killer of Store Clerk Who Feared for Life Is Executed in Texas". The New York Times. October 6, 1994.
29. "Killer of Store Clerk Is Executed in Texas". The New York Times. November 23, 1994.
30. "Execution List 1994". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved May 31, 2025.
31. "Indiana Executes a Killer of 2". The New York Times. December 9, 1994.
32. "Killer Executed at Texas Prison". The New York Times. December 12, 1994.

Preceded by 1993

List of people executed       in the United States in    1994

Succeeded by 1995