List of people executed in the United States in 1990

Twenty-three people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1990, twelve by lethal injection, and eleven by electrocution.

Illinois carried out its first execution since 1962, and Oklahoma executed its first person since 1966.

Dalton Prejean became the first juvenile offender to be executed after Stanford v. Kentucky, which upheld the death penalty for juvenile offenders who were at least 16 years old at the time of their crimes.

List of people executed in the United States in 1990 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 18, 1990 31 22 9Male White MissouriLethal injection 2 April 21, 1990 54 50 4 Black Texas 3 April 27, 1990 35 24 11White South CarolinaElectrocution 4 May 4, 1990 43 29 14 Florida 5 May 11, 1990 39 26 13 BlackMissouriLethal injection 6 May 17, 1990 40 31 9White 7 30 21 Texas 8 May 18, 1990 17 13 Black LouisianaElectrocution 9 June 3, 1990 26 24 2White NevadaLethal injection 10 June 18, 1990 46 32 14Arkansas Electrocution 11 June 25, 1990 49 47 2Lethal injection 12 June 26, 1990 37 30 7Black Texas 13 July 13, 1990 35 21 14 Alabama Electrocution 14 July 18, 1990 33 23 10White Texas Lethal injection 15 July 19, 1990 27 21 6 VirginiaElectrocution 16 July 27, 1990 38 31 7 Black Florida 17 August 31, 1990 44 33 11White MissouriLethal injection 18 September 10, 1990 43 31 12 Oklahoma 19 September 12, 1990 50 43 7 Illinois 20 September 21, 1990 61 55 6 FloridaElectrocution 21 October 17, 1990 44 35 9 Black Virginia 22 November 19, 1990 49 36 13White Florida 23 December 13, 1990 37 25 12 Virginia Average: 40 years 31 years 9 years

Demographics Gender Male 23 Female 0 Ethnicity White 16 Black 7 State Florida 4 Missouri 4 Texas 4 Virginia 3 Arkansas 2 Alabama 1 Illinois 1 Louisiana 1 Nevada 1 Oklahoma 1 South Carolina 1 Method Lethal injection 12 Electrocution 11 Month January 1 February 0 March 0 April 2 May 5 June 4 July 4 August 1 September 3 October 1 November 1 December 1 Age 20–29 2 30–39 10 40–49 8 50–59 2 60–69 1 Total 23 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1991 14 1990 23 1989 16 Total 53

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