List of people executed in Delaware
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Delaware since capital punishment was resumed in 1976.
All of the 16 people were convicted of murder and have been executed at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, near Smyrna, Delaware. Capital punishment was abolished in Delaware on August 2, 2016.[1]
# | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of Execution | Method of Execution | Victim(s) | Governor |
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1 | Steven Brian Pennell | White | 34 | M | Mar-14-1992 | Lethal injection | Kathleen Meyer, Michelle Gordon, Catherine DiMauro, Shirley Ellis | Michael Castle |
2 | James Allen Red Dog | Native American | 39 | M | Mar-03-1993 | Hugh Pennington | Thomas Carper | |
3 | Kenneth W. DeShields | Black | 33 | M | Aug-31-1993 | Elizabeth Reed | ||
4 | Andre S. Deputy | Black | 45 | M | Jun-23-1994 | Byard Smith and Alberta Smith | ||
5 | Nelson W. Shelton | White | 27 | M | Mar-17-1995 | Wilson Mannon, Jr. | ||
6 | Billy Bailey | White | 49 | M | Jan-25-1996 | Hanging | Gilbert Lamberton and Clara Lamberton | |
7 | William Henry Flamer | Black | 41 | M | Jan-30-1996 | Lethal injection | Byard Smith and Alberta Smith | |
8 | James B. Clark, Jr. | White | 39 | M | Apr-19-1996 | Elizabeth Clark and James Clark, Sr. | ||
9 | David J. Lawrie | White | 37 | M | Apr-23-1999 | Michelle Lawrie, Fawn Lawrie, Tabitha Lawrie, and Charles Humbertson | ||
10 | Willie G. Sullivan | Black | 28 | M | Sep-24-1999 | Maurice Dodd | ||
11 | Dwayne L. Weeks | Black | 37 | M | Nov-17-2000 | Gwendolyn Weeks and Craig Williams | ||
12 | David F. Dawson | White | 46 | M | Apr-26-2001 | Madeline Marie Kisner | Ruth Ann Minner | |
13 | Abdullah Tanzil Hameen (formerly Cornelius Ferguson) |
Black | 37 | M | May-25-2001 | Troy Hodges | ||
14 | Brian David Steckel | White | 36 | M | Nov-04-2005 | Sandra Lee Long | ||
15 | Robert W. Jackson, III | White | 38 | M | Jul-29-2011 | Elizabeth Girardi | Jack A. Markell | |
16 | Shannon M. Johnson | Black | 28 | M | Apr-20-2012 | Cameron Hamlin | ||
References
- Inmates executed in Delaware since 1992 Archived 2010-10-20 at the Wayback Machine. Delaware Department of Correction.
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