Juveniles executed in the USA.

 

Between 1985 and 2003 seven US states executed twenty one 17 year old males and one 16 year old (Sean Sellars).

 

Name

State

Race

Method

Date

Victims/crime

Charles Rumbaugh

White

Texas

Injection

9/11/95

1 – robbery/murder

J. Terry Roach

White

S. Carolina

Electrocution

1/10/86

2 – rape/murder & murder

Jay Pinkerton

White

Texas

Injection

5/15/86

2 – rape/murder

Dalton Prejean

Black

Louisiana

Electrocution

5/18/90

1 – police officer

Johnny Garrett

White

Texas

Injection

2/11/92

1 - rape/murder

Curtis Harris

Black

Texas

Injection

7/1/93

1 – robbery/murder

Frederick Lashley

Black

Missouri

Injection

7/28/93

1 – robbery/murder

Ruben Cantu

Latino

Texas

Injection

8/24/93

1 – robbery/murder

Chris Burger

White

Georgia

Electrocution

12/7/93

1 – robbery/murder

Joseph Cannon

White

Texas

Injection

4/22/98

1 – robbery/rape/murder

Robert Carter

Black

Texas

Injection

5/18/98

1 – robbery/murder

Dwayne Allen Wright

Black

Virginia

Injection

10/14/98

1 in Virginia + 3 in other states

Sean Sellers

White

Oklahoma

Injection

2/4/99

3 – including mother & stepfather

Douglas Thomas

White

Virginia

Injection

1/10/00

2 – girlfriend’s parents

Steven Roach

White

Virginia

Injection

1/13/00

1 – robbery/murder

Glen McGinnis

Black

Texas

Injection

1/25/00

1 – robbery/murder

Gary Lee Graham

Black

Texas

Injection

6/22/00

1 – robbery/murder

Gerald Mitchell

Black

Texas

Injection

10/22/01

2 – robbery/murder

Napoleon Beazley

Black

Texas

Injection

5/28/02

1 – car jacking/murder

T.J. Jones

Black

Texas

Injection

8/8/02

1 – robbery/murder

Toronto Patterson

Black

Texas

Injection

8/28/02

3 – mother and 2 children

Scott Allen Hain

White

Oklahoma

Injection

4/3/03

2 – car jacking/murder

 

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