Eighteen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1985, eleven by electrocution, and seven by lethal injection. Charles Rumbaugh became the first of 22 juvenile offenders to be executed in the United States in the modern era before the Supreme Court banned capital punishment for juvenile offenders under Roper v. Simmons in 2005.
List of people executed in the United States in 1985 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 4, 1985 32 25 7Male White LouisianaElectrocution 2 January 9, 1985 28 20 8 Black Georgia 3 January 11, 1985 29 22 7White South Carolina 4 January 16, 1985 48 38 10 Texas Lethal injection 5 January 30, 1985 34 25 9 FloridaElectrocution 6 February 20, 1985 41 35 6 Black Georgia 7 March 6, 1985 42 30 12White Florida 8 March 13, 1985 34 4 Texas Lethal injection 9 March 20, 1985 28 18 10Black GeorgiaElectrocution 10 April 18, 1985 23 5 Virginia 11 May 15, 1985 24 18 6 Hispanic Texas Lethal injection 12 May 29, 1985 39 31 8Black Florida Electrocution 13June 25, 1985 34 26 Texas Lethal injection 14 31 24 7 Virginia Electrocution 15 July 9, 1985 43 33 10 HispanicTexasLethal injection 16 September 11, 1985 28 17 11White 17 October 16, 1985 37 34 3 Indiana Electrocution 18 December 6, 1985 47 39 8 Nevada Lethal injection Average: 35 years 27 years 8 years
Demographics Gender Male 18 Female 0 Ethnicity White 9 Black 7 Hispanic 2 State Texas 6 Florida 3 Georgia 3 Virginia 2 Indiana 1 Louisiana 1 Nevada 1 South Carolina 1 Method Electrocution 11 Lethal injection 7 Month January 5 February 1 March 3 April 1 May 2 June 2 July 1 August 0 September 1 October 1 November 0 December 1 Age 20–29 6 30–39 7 40–49 5 Total 18 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1986 18 1985 18 1984 21 Total 57
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