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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

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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

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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

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Number of executions
1996 45
1995 56
1994 31
Total 132

References

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  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