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US executions in 1991

Final figures for the year, from the Death Penalty Information Center's records.

Executions
14
23 in 1990
States carrying out executions
8
Most: Texas (5)
Average age at execution
42.5
14 with a recorded age
Oldest
59
Ignacio Cuevas, Texas
Youngest
30
Derick Lynn Peterson, Virginia

By state

By method

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Most recent executions in 1991

DateNameStateMethod
12 Nov 1991 G.W. Green Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
18 Oct 1991 Michael Van McDougall North Carolina 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
25 Sep 1991 Warren McCleskey Georgia Electrocution
19 Sep 1991 James Russell Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
6 Sep 1991 Donald Henry Gaskins South Carolina Electrocution
23 Aug 1991 Maurice Oscar Byrd Missouri 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
22 Aug 1991 Derick Lynn Peterson Virginia Electrocution
24 Jul 1991 Albert Clozza Virginia Electrocution
22 Jul 1991 Andrew Lee Jones Louisiana Electrocution
25 Jun 1991 Bobby Marion Francis Florida Electrocution

Every execution is listed in the full table.

Executions every year since 1977

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Highest year: 1999 (98 executions). Total since 1977: 1,686.