Thirty-eight people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1993, twenty-six by lethal injection, ten by electrocution, one by gas chamber and one by hanging. Two men, Carlos Santana and Ramon Montoya were foreign nationals. Westley Allan Dodd was one of three people between 1993-1996 to be hanged since 1965. Texas saw the highest executions in 1993.
List of people executed in the United States in 1993 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 5, 1993 31 28 3Male White Washington Hanging 2 January 19, 1993 40 25 15Black Virginia Electrocution 3 January 27, 1993 35 21 15 MissouriLethal injection 4 March 3, 1993 27 6 White Arizona 5 39 37 2 Native American Delaware 6 March 5, 1993 41 28 13 White Louisiana 7 March 18, 1993 36 27 9 Black Virginia Electrocution 8 March 23, 1993 40 28 12 Hispanic Texas Lethal injection 9 March 25, 1993 38 29 9 10 April 14, 1993 35 20 15 White Arizona 11 April 21, 1993 48 36 12 Florida Electrocution 12 May 4, 1993 38 24 14 Black Texas Lethal injection 13 May 8, 1993 49 35 White Florida Electrocution 14 May 12, 1993 45 34 11 Hispanic Texas Lethal injection 15 May 18, 1993 37 27 White 16 June 17, 1993 36 34 2 Virginia Electrocution 17 June 28, 1993 20 16 Georgia 18 June 29, 1993 46 28 18 Texas Lethal injection 19 July 1, 1993 31 17 14 Black 20 July 21, 1993 32 18 Missouri 21 July 28, 1993 29 17 12 22 July 30, 1993 32 18 14 Texas 23 August 5, 1993 39 27 12 White 24 August 12, 1993 58 50 8 25 August 20, 1993 34 21 13 Black 26 August 24, 1993 26 17 9 Hispanic 27 36 23 13 White California Gas chamber 28 August 25, 1993 33 10 Florida Electrocution 29 August 31, 1993 29 19 10 Black Texas Lethal injection 30 33 24 9 Delaware 31 September 3, 1993 39 31 8 White Texas 32 September 14, 1993 31 29 2 Black Virginia Electrocution 33 September 28, 1993 33 21 12 Texas Lethal injection 34 October 6, 1993 47 35 White Missouri 35 November 10, 1993 34 29 5 Texas 36 December 7, 1993 33 17 16 Georgia Electrocution 37 December 15, 1993 59 47 12 Black Texas Lethal injection 38 December 16, 1993 44 35 9 White Virginia Electrocution Average: 38 years 27 years 11 years
Demographics Gender Male 38 Female 0 Ethnicity White 19 Black 14 Hispanic 4 Native American 1 State Texas 17 Virginia 5 Missouri 4 Florida 3 Arizona 2 Delaware 2 Georgia 2 California 1 Louisiana 1 Washington 1 Method Lethal injection 26 Electrocution 10 Gas chamber 1 Hanging 1 Month January 3 February 0 March 6 April 2 May 4 June 3 July 4 August 8 September 3 October 1 November 1 December 3 Age 20–29 4 30–39 24 40–49 8 50–59 2 Total 38 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1994 31 1993 38 1992 31 Total 100
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