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US executions in 1999

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

Executions
98
68 in 1998
States carrying out executions
20
Most: Texas (35)
Average age at execution
41.1
98 with a recorded age
Oldest
62
Clydell Coleman, Texas
Youngest
23
Tony Leslie Fry, Virginia

By state

By method

By drug protocol

Lethal injections only. Select a protocol to read how it works.

By month

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Most recent executions in 1999

DateNameStateMethod
15 Dec 1999 Sammie Felder Jr. Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
14 Dec 1999 Robert Atworth Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
9 Dec 1999 Bobby Lynn Ross Oklahoma 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
9 Dec 1999 D.H. Fleenor Indiana 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
9 Dec 1999 James Beathard Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
9 Dec 1999 Andre L. Graham Virginia 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
8 Dec 1999 David Martin Long Texas 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
3 Dec 1999 David Rocheville South Carolina 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
2 Dec 1999 Cornel Cooks Oklahoma 3-drug (sodium thiopental)
19 Nov 1999 David Junior Brown North Carolina 3-drug (sodium thiopental)

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.