Fifty-six people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1995, forty-nine by lethal injection and seven by electrocution. Pennsylvania carried out its first execution since 1962. The execution of Kermit Smith Jr. marked only the second time since 1976 that a white defendant was executed for killing a black victim. Several others followed later in the year.
List of people executed in the United States in 1995 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 4, 1995 44 36 8Male White TexasLethal injection 2 January 17, 1995 36 25 11 Hispanic 3January 24, 1995 37 23 14 White North Carolina 4 32 21 11 Black Virginia 5January 31, 1995 33 18 15 WhiteTexas 6 38 24 14 Black 7 February 7, 1995 29 18 11White 8 February 16, 1995 51 39 12 9 February 21, 1995 52 34 18 Black 10 March 17, 1995 27 24 3White Delaware 11 March 20, 1995 32 28 4 Oklahoma 12March 22, 1995 36 19 17Illinois 13 39 23 Black 14 April 6, 1995 41 25 16White Texas 15 April 7, 1995 31 19 12 Georgia Electrocution 16 April 19, 1995 64 53 11 Arkansas Lethal injection 17 April 28, 1995 47 31 16 Black Alabama Electrocution 18 May 2, 1995 39 25 14 White PennsylvaniaLethal injection 19 May 3, 1995 43 32 11 Black Missouri 20 May 10, 1995 22 21 White Montana 21 May 12, 1995 29 14Black Alabama Electrocution 22 May 16, 1995 59 47 12 LouisianaLethal injection 23May 17, 1995 37 20 17 Illinois 24 39 24 15 White Georgia Electrocution 25 May 25, 1995 49 32 17 Black VirginiaLethal injection 26 June 1, 1995 34 19 15 WhiteTexas 27 June 8, 1995 24 10Black 28 June 20, 1995 40 23 17 29June 21, 1995 30 22 8 30 40 25 15 Missouri 31 July 1, 1995 43 26 17White Oklahoma 32 July 18, 1995 42 27 15 Florida Electrocution 33 July 26, 1995 32 22 10 Black MissouriLethal injection 34 August 11, 1995 40 27 13 White Oklahoma 35 August 15, 1995 39 30 9 Black Texas 36 August 16, 1995 52 42 10 White Pennsylvania 37 August 18, 1995 39 23 16Black South Carolina 38 August 31, 1995 41 28 13 Arkansas 39 September 13, 1995 49 30 19 White Arizona 40 September 19, 1995 40 23 17 Black Texas 41 September 20, 1995 58 43 15White Illinois 42 September 22, 1995 34 29 5 North Carolina 43September 27, 1995 54 37 17 Virginia 44 October 4, 1995 50 13 Texas 45 October 19, 1995 38 33 5Virginia 46 November 13, 1995 31 21 10 Black 47 November 15, 1995 33 23 White Missouri 48 November 22, 1995 47 29 18 Illinois 49 November 29, 1995 44 28 16 Missouri 50 December 4, 1995 47 33 14 BlackFloridaElectrocution 51 December 5, 1995 40 26 White 52December 6, 1995 34 22 12 MissouriLethal injection 53 33 26 7 BlackTexas 54 December 7, 1995 40 31 9 Asian 55 December 11, 1995 31 22 Hispanic 56 December 12, 1995 40 24 16 White Average: 41 years 28 years 13 years
Demographics Gender Male 56 Female 0 Ethnicity White 31 Black 22 Hispanic 2 Asian 1 State Texas 19 Missouri 6 Illinois 5 Virginia 5 Florida 3 Oklahoma 3 Alabama 2 Arkansas 2 Georgia 2 North Carolina 2 Pennsylvania 2 Arizona 1 Delaware 1 Louisiana 1 Montana 1 South Carolina 1 Method Lethal injection 49 Electrocution 7 Month January 6 February 3 March 4 April 4 May 8 June 5 July 3 August 5 September 5 October 2 November 4 December 7 Age 20–29 2 30–39 24 40–49 22 50–59 7 60–69 1 Total 56 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1996 45 1995 56 1994 31 Total 132
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