List of people executed in the United States in 1995

Fifty-six people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1995, forty-nine by lethal injection and seven by electrocution. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1995

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 4, 1995	Jesse Dewayne Jacobs	44	36	8	Male	White	Texas	Lethal injection	[2]
2	January 17, 1995	Mario S. Marquez	36	25	11		Hispanic			[3]
3	January 24, 1995	Kermit Smith Jr.	37	23	14		White	North Carolina		[4]
4		Dana Ray Edmonds	32	21	11		Black	Virginia		[5]
5	January 31, 1995	Clifton Charles Russell Jr.	33	18	15		White	Texas		[6]
6		Willie Ray Williams	38	24	14		Black			[7]
7	February 7, 1995	Jeffrey Dean Motley	29	18	11		White			[8]
8	February 16, 1995	Billy Conn Gardner	51	39	12					[9]
9	February 21, 1995	Samuel Christopher Hawkins	52	34	18		Black			[10]
10	March 17, 1995	Nelson Shelton	27	24	3		White	Delaware		[11]
11	March 20, 1995	Thomas Joseph Grasso	32	28	4			Oklahoma		[12]
12	March 22, 1995	James P. Free Jr.	36	19	17			Illinois		[13]
13		Hernando Williams	39	23			Black			[14]
14	April 6, 1995	Noble D. Mays Jr.	41	25	16		White	Texas		[15]
15	April 7, 1995	Nicholas Lee Ingram	31	19	12			Georgia	Electrocution	[16]
16	April 19, 1995	Richard Wayne Snell	64	53	11			Arkansas	Lethal injection	[17]
17	April 28, 1995	Willie Clisby Jr.	47	31	16		Black	Alabama	Electrocution	[18]
18	May 2, 1995	Keith William Zettlemoyer	39	25	14		White	Pennsylvania	Lethal injection	[19]
19	May 3, 1995	Emmitt Foster	43	32	11		Black	Missouri		[20]
20	May 10, 1995	Duncan Peder McKenzie Jr.		22	21		White	Montana		[21]
21	May 12, 1995	Varnell Weeks		29	14		Black	Alabama	Electrocution	[22]
22	May 16, 1995	Thomas Lee Ward	59	47	12			Louisiana	Lethal injection	[23]
23	May 17, 1995	Girvies L. Davis	37	20	17			Illinois		[24]
24		Darrell Gene Devier Sr.	39	24	15		White	Georgia	Electrocution	[25]
25	May 25, 1995	Willie Lloyd Turner	49	32	17		Black	Virginia	Lethal injection	[26]
26	June 1, 1995	Fletcher Thomas Mann	34	19	15		White	Texas		[27]
27	June 8, 1995	Ronald Keith Allridge		24	10		Black			[28]
28	June 20, 1995	John W. Fearance Jr.	40	23	17					[29]
29	June 21, 1995	Karl Hammond	30	22	8					[30]
30		Larry Griffin	40	25	15			Missouri		[31]
31	July 1, 1995	Roger Dale Stafford	43	26	17		White	Oklahoma		[32]
32	July 18, 1995	Bernard Bolender	42	27	15			Florida	Electrocution	[33]
33	July 26, 1995	Robert Anthony Murray	32	22	10		Black	Missouri	Lethal injection	[34]
34	August 11, 1995	Robert Allen Brecheen	40	27	13		White	Oklahoma		[35]
35	August 15, 1995	Vernon Lamar Sattiewhite	39	30	9		Black	Texas		[36]
36	August 16, 1995	Leon Jerome Moser	52	42	10		White	Pennsylvania		[37]
37	August 18, 1995	Sylvester Lewis Adams	39	23	16		Black	South Carolina		[38]
38	August 31, 1995	Barry Lee Fairchild	41	28	13			Arkansas		[39]
39	September 13, 1995	Jimmie Wayne Jeffers	49	30	19		White	Arizona		[40]
40	September 19, 1995	Carl Johnson Jr.	40	23	17		Black	Texas		[41]
41	September 20, 1995	Charles Michael Albanese	58	43	15		White	Illinois		[42]
42	September 22, 1995	Phillip Lee Ingle	34	29	5			North Carolina		[43]
43	September 27, 1995	Dennis Waldon Stockton	54	37	17			Virginia		[44]
44	October 4, 1995	Harold Joe Lane	50		13			Texas		[45]
45	October 19, 1995	Mickey Wayne Davidson	38	33	5			Virginia		[46]
46	November 13, 1995	Herman Charles Barnes	31	21	10		Black			[47]
47	November 15, 1995	Robert T. Sidebottom	33	23			White	Missouri		[48]
48	November 22, 1995	George W. Del Vecchio	47	29	18			Illinois		[49]
49	November 29, 1995	Anthony Joe LaRette Jr.	44	28	16			Missouri		[50]
50	December 4, 1995	Jerry White	47	33	14		Black	Florida	Electrocution	[51]
51	December 5, 1995	Phillip Alexander Atkins	40	26			White			[52]
52	December 6, 1995	Robert Earl O'Neal Jr.	34	22	12			Missouri	Lethal injection	[53]
53		Bernard Eugene Amos	33	26	7		Black	Texas		[54]
54	December 7, 1995	Hai Hai Vuong	40	31	9		Asian			[55]
55	December 11, 1995	Esequel Banda	31	22			Hispanic			[56]
56	December 12, 1995	James Michael Briddle	40	24	16		White			[57]
		Average:	41 years	28 years	13 years

Demographics

Gender
Male	56	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
White	31	55%
Black	22	39%
Hispanic	2	4%
Asian	1	2%
State
Texas	19	34%
Missouri	6	11%
Illinois	5	9%
Virginia	5	9%
Florida	3	5%
Oklahoma	3	5%
Alabama	2	4%
Arkansas	2	4%
Georgia	2	4%
North Carolina	2	4%
Pennsylvania	2	4%
Arizona	1	2%
Delaware	1	2%
Louisiana	1	2%
Montana	1	2%
South Carolina	1	2%
Method
Lethal injection	49	88%
Electrocution	7	13%
Month
January	6	11%
February	3	5%
March	4	7%
April	4	7%
May	8	14%
June	5	9%
July	3	5%
August	5	9%
September	5	9%
October	2	4%
November	4	7%
December	7	13%
Age
20–29	2	4%
30–39	24	43%
40–49	22	39%
50–59	7	13%
60–69	1	2%
Total	56	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1996	45
1995	56
1994	31
Total	132

References

1. "Execution List 1995". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved May 28, 2025.
2. "Man Executed After Disputed Murder Conviction". The New York Times. January 4, 1995.
3. "Texan Who Killed Ex-Wife And Her Niece Is Executed". The New York Times. January 18, 1995.
4. "2 Inmates Executed in a Day". The New York Times. January 26, 1995.
5. "2 Inmates Executed in a Day". The New York Times. January 26, 1995.
6. "Texas executes two inmates". UPI. January 31, 1995.
7. "Texas executes two inmates". UPI. January 31, 1995.
8. "Texas Executes Killer of a Woman He Robbed". The New York Times. February 8, 1995.
9. "Killer of a Cafeteria Worker Is Executed in Texas". The New York Times. February 17, 1995.
10. "RAPIST AND TWO-TIME KILLER IS EXECUTED IN TEXAS". The Washington Post. February 21, 1995.
11. "Delaware Executes Man for '92 Killing". The New York Times. March 18, 1995.
12. "Grasso's Farewell: 'Life Without Parole' Worse Than Death". The New York Times. March 21, 1995.
13. "DUAL EXECUTION GOES `SMOOTHLY". Chicago Tribune. March 23, 1995.
14. "DUAL EXECUTION GOES `SMOOTHLY". Chicago Tribune. March 23, 1995.
15. "Texas Executes Man Convicted After 4 Trials". The New York Times. April 7, 1995.
16. "British-American Is Executed in Georgia". The New York Times. April 8, 1995.
17. "White Supremacist Executed For Murdering 2 in Arkansas". The New York Times. April 21, 1995.
18. "Alabama Executes Man for Ax Murder". The New York Times. April 29, 1995.
19. "Pa. executes first inmate since 1962". UPI. May 2, 1995.
20. "Missouri executes convicted killer". UPI. May 3, 1995.
21. "Montana Executes Killer of a Teacher". The New York Times. May 11, 1995.
22. "A Killer Racked by Delusions Dies in Alabama's Electric Chair". The New York Times. May 13, 1995.
23. "Louisiana executes convicted killer". UPI. May 16, 1995.
24. ""Internet' inmate executed". Tampa Bay Times. May 18, 1995.
25. "Georgia Killer And Illinoisan Are Executed". The New York Times. May 18, 1995.
26. "Virginia Executes a Killer Who Spent 15 Years on Death Row". The New York Times. May 16, 1995.
27. "Texas Killer Is Executed By Injection". The New York Times. June 2, 1995.
28. "Holdup Man Who Killed Is Executed". The New York Times. June 9, 1995.
29. "Texas Killer Of a Neighbor Is Put to Death". The New York Times. June 21, 1995.
30. "2 Killers Executed by Injection In Missouri and Texas Prisons". The New York Times. June 22, 1995.
31. "2 Killers Executed by Injection In Missouri and Texas Prisons". The New York Times. June 22, 1995.
32. "Inmate Executed in Oklahoma". The New York Times. July 2, 1995.
33. "Miami torture-murderer executed". UPI. July 18, 1995.
34. "Missouri Executes A Man Convicted Of Murdering Two". The New York Times. July 27, 1995.
35. "OKLAHOMA INMATE TREATED FOR OVERDOSE - THEN EXECUTED". Associated Press. August 11, 1995.
36. "Texas Executes Man Who Killed His Ex-Girlfriend Out of Jealousy". The New York Times. August 16, 1995.
37. "Killer of His Ex-Wife and 2 Daughters Is Executed". The New York Times. August 17, 1995.
38. "South Carolina Executes Man for Killing Neighbor". The New York Times. August 19, 1995.
39. "Arkansas Executes Man Who Argued He Was Retarded". The New York Times. September 1, 1995.
40. "Arizona Executes Killer of Former Girlfriend". The New York Times. September 14, 1995.
41. "Man Executed For 1978 Killing". The New York Times. September 20, 1995.
42. "Illinois Executes Man Who Killed 3 For Inheritance". The New York Times. September 21, 1995.
43. "North Carolina Executes Man Who Killed 4". The New York Times. September 23, 1995.
44. "18-Year-Old's Killer Executed in Virginia". The New York Times. September 28, 1995.
45. "Texas Executes Robber Who Killed Teen-Age Girl". Los Angeles Times. October 5, 1995.
46. "Virginia Puts to Death the Killer Of Wife and Two Stepdaughters". The New York Times. October 21, 1995.
47. "VIRGINIA EXECUTES KILLER OF STORE OWNER AND CLERK IN ROBBERY". The Virginian-Pilot. November 14, 1995.
48. "Killers Executed in Missouri and Virginia". The New York Times. November 16, 1995.
49. "Man Who Had Heart Surgery Is Executed". The New York Times. November 23, 1995.
50. "Missouri Executes a Confessed Serial Killer". The New York Times. December 1, 1995.
51. "Florida inmate executed, another pending". UPI. December 4, 1995.
52. "Florida inmate executed for boy's death". UPI. December 5, 1995.
53. "Missouri Inmate Executed". The New York Times. December 7, 1995.
54. "Officer's Murderer Executed in Texas". The New York Times. December 8, 1995.
55. "Texas Executes Man For Slaying of Two". The New York Times. December 9, 1995.
56. "Ghoulish Murderer Is Executed in Texas". The New York Times. December 12, 1995.
57. "Texas Executes Man for Fatal '80 Robbery". The New York Times. December 13, 1995.

Preceded by 1994

List of people executed       in the United States in    1995

Succeeded by 1996