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. Idaho, Maryland, and Nebraska both carried out their first post-Furman executions. Washington and Illinois both carried out their first involuntary executions since the 1960s.
Arkansas carried out a double execution and a triple execution, the first such executions in the United States since 1965 and 1962, respectively.
List of people executed in the United States in 1994 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 6, 1994 31 28 3MaleWhite IdahoLethal injection 2 February 2, 1994 51 37 14Texas 3 March 3, 1994 33 23 10BlackVirginiaElectrocution 4March 31, 1994 25 8TexasLethal injection 5 42 26 16GeorgiaElectrocution 6 April 4, 1994 38 30 8WhiteTexasLethal injection 7 April 22, 1994 22 16FloridaElectrocution 8 April 26, 1994 41 29 12TexasLethal injection 9 April 27, 1994 32 25 7BlackVirginiaElectrocution 10 May 3, 1994 46 30 16TexasLethal injection 11 May 10, 1994 52 29 23White Illinois 12May 11, 1994 50 42 8Arkansas 13 39 21 18 Black 14 May 17, 1994 45 41 4White Maryland 15May 27, 1994 33 20 13Texas 16 39 27 12WashingtonHanging 17 June 14, 1994 38 28 10TexasLethal injection 18 June 15, 1994 25 13North CarolinaGas chamber 19 June 23, 1994 45 30 15BlackDelawareLethal injection 20 August 2, 1994 35 23 12WhiteTexas 21August 3, 1994 37 24 13Arkansas 22 43 29 14 23 37 24 13 24September 2, 1994 43 26 17BlackNebraskaElectrocution 25September 16, 1994 29 24 5HispanicTexasLethal injection 26September 20, 1994 47 45 2White 27October 5, 1994 32 19 13Black 28November 22, 1994 34 15White 29December 6, 1994 48 34 14Black 30December 8, 1994 43 29 IndianaElectrocution 31December 11, 1994 53 43 10WhiteTexasLethal injection Average: 40 years 28 years 12 years
Demographics Gender Male 31 Female 0 Ethnicity White 19 Black 11 Hispanic 1 State Texas 14 Arkansas 5 Virginia 2 Delaware 1 Florida 1 Georgia 1 Idaho 1 Illinois 1 Indiana 1 Maryland 1 Nebraska 1 North Carolina 1 Washington 1 Method Lethal injection 23 Electrocution 6 Gas chamber 1 Hanging 1 Month January 1 February 1 March 3 April 4 May 7 June 3 July 0 August 4 September 3 October 1 November 1 December 3 Age 20–29 1 30–39 16 40–49 10 50–59 4 Total 31 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1995 56 1994 31 1993 38 Total 125
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