List of people executed in the United States in 1991

Fourteen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1991, seven by lethal injection, and seven by electrocution. The execution of infamous serial killer Donald Henry Gaskins marked the nation's first execution of a White defendant for the murder of an African-American person since 1944, and it was a rare phenomenon for White people to be sentenced to death and executed for killing victims of African-American descent.

List of people executed in the United States in 1991 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 February 26, 1991 38 28 10Male Black Texas Lethal injection 2 April 24, 1991 32 23 9 White Florida Electrocution 3 May 23, 1991 59 43 16 HispanicTexasLethal injection 4 June 17, 1991 54 37 17 White 5 June 25, 1991 46 30 16BlackFloridaElectrocution 6 July 22, 1991 35 28 7Louisiana 7 July 24, 1991 30 22 8WhiteVirginia 8 August 22, 1991 21 9Black 9 August 23, 1991 36 25 11MissouriLethal injection 10 September 6, 1991 58 49 9WhiteSouth CarolinaElectrocution 11 September 19, 1991 42 25 17BlackTexasLethal injection 12 September 25, 1991 46 33 13GeorgiaElectrocution 13 October 18, 1991 36 24 12WhiteNorth CarolinaLethal injection 14 November 12, 1991 54 39 15Texas Average: 43 years 31 years 12 years

Demographics Gender Male 14 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 7 White 6 Hispanic 1 State Texas 5 Florida 2 Virginia 2 Georgia 1 Louisiana 1 Missouri 1 North Carolina 1 South Carolina 1 Method Electrocution 7 Lethal injection 7 Month January 0 February 1 March 0 April 1 May 1 June 2 July 2 August 2 September 3 October 1 November 1 December 0 Age 30–39 7 40–49 3 50–59 4 Total 14 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1992 31 1991 14 1990 23 Total 68

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