List of people executed in the United States in 1984

Twenty-one people, twenty male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1984, sixteen by electrocution, and five by lethal injection.^[1]^[2]

The execution of Velma Barfield this year was the first execution of a woman in the United states since the restoration of the death penalty in 1976, and the first execution of a woman in the United States since the execution of Elizabeth Ann Duncan in 1962.

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No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
No.	Date of execution	Name	At execution	At offense	Age difference	Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
1	January 26, 1984	Anthony Peter Antone	66	57	9	Male	White	Florida	Electrocution	^[3]
2	February 29, 1984	Johnny Davis Taylor Jr.	30	26	4		Black	Louisiana	Electrocution	^[4]
3	March 14, 1984	James David Autry	29	25			White	Texas	Lethal injection	^[5]
4	March 16, 1984	James William Hutchins	54	50				North Carolina		^[6]
5	March 31, 1984	Ronald Clark O'Bryan	39	30	9			Texas		^[7]
6	April 5, 1984	Elmo Patrick Sonnier	34	27	7			Louisiana	Electrocution	^[8]
7	April 5, 1984	Arthur Frederick Goode III	30	21	9			Florida		^[9]
8	May 10, 1984	James Adams	47	37	10		Black			^[10]
9	June 20, 1984	Carl Elson Shriner	30	22	8		White			^[11]
10	July 12, 1984	Ivon Ray Stanley	28	20			Black	Georgia		^[12]
11	July 13, 1984	David Leroy Washington	34	26			Black	Florida		^[13]
12	September 7, 1984	Ernest John Dobbert Jr.	46	33	13		White	Florida		^[14]
13	September 10, 1984	Timothy George Baldwin	46	40	6		White	Louisiana		^[15]
14	September 20, 1984	James Dupree Henry	34	24	10		Black	Florida		^[16]
15	October 12, 1984	Linwood Earl Briley	30	25	5			Virginia		^[17]
16	October 30, 1984	Earnest Knighton Jr.	38	35	3			Louisiana		^[18]
17	October 30, 1984	Thomas Andy Barefoot	39	33	6		White	Texas	Lethal injection	^[18]
18	November 2, 1984	Margie Velma Barfield	52	45	7	Female		North Carolina	Lethal injection	^[19]
19	November 8, 1984	Timothy Charles Palmes	37	29	9	Male		Florida	Electrocution	^[20]
20	December 12, 1984	Alpha Otis O'Daniel Stephens	39	29	10		Black	Georgia		^[21]
21	December 28, 1984	Robert Lee Willie	26	22	4		White	Louisiana		^[22]
		Average:	39 years	31 years	7 years

Gender
Male	20	95%
Female	1	5%
Ethnicity
White	13	62%
Black	8	38%
State
Florida	8	38%
Louisiana	5	24%
Texas	3	14%
Georgia	2	10%
North Carolina	2	10%
Virginia	1	5%
Method
Electrocution	16	76%
Lethal injection	5	24%
Month
January	1	5%
February	1	5%
March	3	14%
April	2	10%
May	1	5%
June	1	5%
July	2	10%
August	0	0%
September	3	14%
October	3	14%
November	2	10%
December	2	10%
Age
20–29	3	14%
30–39	12	57%
40–49	3	14%
50–59	2	10%
60–69	1	5%
Total	21	100%

Number of executions
1985	18
1984	21
1976–1983	11
Total	50

List of people executed in the United States in 1984

List of people executed in the United States in 1984

Demographics

Executions in recent years

References

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