List of people executed in the United States in 1989

Sixteen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1989, eight by electrocution, seven by lethal injection, and one by gas chamber.^[1]^[2]

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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 6, 1989	George C. Mercer	44	34	10	Male	White	Missouri	Lethal injection	^[3]
2	January 24, 1989	Theodore Robert Bundy	42	31	11		White	Florida	Electrocution	^[4]
3	March 22, 1989	Leon Rutherford King	44	33			Black	Texas	Lethal injection	^[5]
4	May 4, 1989	Aubrey Dennis Adams Jr.	31	20			White	Florida	Electrocution	^[6]
5	May 18, 1989	Henry Willis III	36	23	13		Black	Georgia	Electrocution	^[7]
6	May 24, 1989	Stephen Albert McCoy	40	32	8		White	Texas	Lethal injection	^[8]
7	May 26, 1989	Michael Clarence Lindsey	28	21	7		Black	Alabama	Electrocution	^[9]
8	June 19, 1989	William Paul Thompson	51	45	6		White	Nevada	Lethal injection	^[10]
9	June 21, 1989	Leo Ernest Edwards Jr.	36	27	9		Black	Mississippi	Gas chamber	^[11]
10	June 23, 1989	Sean Patrick Flanagan	28	26	2		White	Nevada	Lethal injection	^[12]
11	July 14, 1989	Horace Franklin Dunkins Jr.	28	19	9		Black	Alabama	Electrocution	^[13]
12	August 18, 1989	Herbert Lee Richardson	43	31	12			Alabama		^[14]
13	August 30, 1989	Alton Waye	34	22	12			Virginia		^[15]
14	September 20, 1989	James Emery Paster	44	35	9		White	Texas	Lethal injection	^[16]
15	November 17, 1989	Arthur James Julius	43	31	12		Black	Alabama	Electrocution	^[17]
16	December 7, 1989	Carlos DeLuna	27	20	7		Hispanic	Texas	Lethal injection	^[18]
		Average:	37 years	28 years	9 years

Gender
Male	16	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
Black	8	50%
White	7	44%
Hispanic	1	6%
State
Alabama	4	25%
Texas	4	25%
Florida	2	13%
Nevada	2	13%
Georgia	1	6%
Mississippi	1	6%
Missouri	1	6%
Virginia	1	6%
Method
Electrocution	8	50%
Lethal injection	7	44%
Gas chamber	1	6%
Month
January	2	13%
February	0	0%
March	1	6%
April	0	0%
May	4	25%
June	3	19%
July	1	6%
August	2	13%
September	1	6%
October	0	0%
November	1	6%
December	1	6%
Age
20–29	4	25%
30–39	4	25%
40–49	7	44%
50–59	1	6%
Total	16	100%

Number of executions
1990	23
1989	16
1988	11
Total	50

v t e Capital punishment in the United States
Jurisdictions	Federal government Military Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming American Samoa Guam Puerto Rico Washington, D.C.
People executed by state	Federal government Military Alabama (pre-1972) Arizona (pre-1972) Arkansas (pre-1972) California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida (pre-1972) Georgia (pre-1972) Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky (pre-1972) Louisiana (pre-1972) Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi (pre-1972) Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina (pre-1972) North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma (pre-1972) Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina (pre-1972) South Dakota Tennessee Texas 2020–present Utah Vermont Virginia (pre-1972) Washington (pre-1972) West Virginia Wyoming Washington, D.C.
People executed by year	1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965–1972 1976–1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Scheduled executions
Issues and ethics	Botched executions Death-qualified jury Debate Dual sovereignty doctrine Execution drug shortage Exonerations Juveniles Last meal Participation of medical professionals Race and capital punishment White defendants executed for killing a black victim Wrongful executions
Other	Death row inmates Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals Death Penalty Information Center Most recent executions by state National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment Women executed since 1976 Women on death row

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