The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Delaware since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.

All of the 16 people were convicted of murder and have been executed at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, near Smyrna, Delaware. Capital punishment was abolished in Delaware on August 2, 2016.

List of people executed in Delaware since 1976

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|-

! scope="col" |

! scope="col" | Name

! scope="col" | Race

! scope="col" | Age

! scope="col" | Sex

! scope="col" data-sort-type="date" | Date of execution

!County

! scope="col" | Method

! scope="col" | Victim(s)

! scope="col" | Governor

|-

! scope="row" | 1

|

| White

| 34

| M

| March 14, 1992

| rowspan="2" |New Castle

| rowspan="5" |Lethal injection

| Shirley Ellis and Catherine DiMauro

| Michael Castle

|-

! scope="row" | 2

|

| Native American

| 39

| M

| March 3, 1993

| Hugh Pennington

| rowspan="10"|Thomas Carper

|-

! scope="row" | 3

|

| Black

| 33

| M

| August 31, 1993

|Sussex

| Elizabeth Reed

|-

! scope="row" | 4

|

| Black

| 45

| M

| June 23, 1994

|Kent

| Byard Smith and Alberta Smith

|-

! scope="row" | 5

|

| White

| 27

| M

| March 17, 1995

|New Castle

| Wilson Mannon Jr.

|-

! scope="row" | 6

|

| White

| 49

| M

| January 25, 1996

| rowspan="2" |Kent

| Hanging

| Gilbert Lamberton and Clara Lamberton

|-

! scope="row" | 7

|

| Black

| 41

| M

| January 30, 1996

| rowspan="10"|Lethal injection

| Byard Smith and Alberta Smith

|-

! scope="row" | 8

|

| White

| 39

| M

| April 19, 1996

|New Castle

| Elizabeth Clark and James Clark Sr.

|-

! scope="row" | 9

|

| White

| 37

| M

| April 23, 1999

| rowspan="2" |Kent

| 4 murder victims

|-

! scope="row" | 10

|

| Black

| 28

| M

| September 24, 1999

| Maurice Dodd

|-

! scope="row" | 11

|

| Black

| 37

| M

| November 17, 2000

|New Castle

| Gwendolyn Weeks and Craig Williams

|-

! scope="row" | 12

|

| White

| 46

| M

| April 26, 2001

|Kent

| Madeline Marie Kisner

| rowspan="3"|Ruth Ann Minner

|-

! scope="row" | 13

|

| Black

| 37

| M

| May 25, 2001

| rowspan="4" |New Castle

| Troy Hodges

|-

! scope="row" | 14

|

| White

| 36

| M

| November 4, 2005

| Sandra Lee Long

|-

! scope="row" | 15

|

| White

| 38

| M

| July 29, 2011

| Elizabeth Girardi

| rowspan="2"|Jack A. Markell

|-

! scope="row" | 16

|

| Black

| 28

| M

| April 20, 2012

| Cameron Hamlin

|}

Demographics

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|-

! colspan="3" | Race

|-

| White

| 8

| 50%

|-

| Black

| 7

| 44%

|-

| Native American

| 1

| 6%

|-

! colspan="3" | Age

|-

| 20–29

| 3

| 19%

|-

| 30–39

| 9

| 56%

|-

| 40–49

| 4

| 25%

|-

! colspan="3" | Sex

|-

| Male

| 16

| 100%

|-

! colspan="3" | Date of execution

|-

| 1974–1979

| 0

| 0%

|-

| 1980–1989

| 0

| 0%

|-

| 1990–1999

| 10

| 63%

|-

| 2000–2009

| 4

| 25%

|-

| 2010–2019

| 2

| 12%

|-

! colspan="3" | Method

|-

| Lethal injection

| 15

| 94%

|-

| Hanging

| 1

| 6%

|-

! colspan="3" | Governor (Party)

|-

| Sherman W. Tribbitt (D)

| 0

| 0%

|-

| Pete du Pont (R)

| 0

| 0%

|-

| Mike Castle (R)

| 1

| 6%

|-

| Dale E. Wolf (R)

| 0

| 0%

|-

| Tom Carper (D)

| 10

| 63%

|-

| Ruth Ann Minner (D)

| 3

| 19%

|-

| Jack Markell (D)

| 2

| 12%

|-

| John C. Carney (D)

| 0

| 0%

|-

! Total

! 16

! 100%

|}

See also

  • Capital punishment in Delaware
  • Capital punishment in the United States
  • List of people executed in Delaware (pre-1972) – executions before Furman

Notes

References

  • Delaware Department of Correction