List of people executed in Delaware

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Delaware since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.

All of the 16 people were convicted of murder and have been executed at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, near Smyrna, Delaware.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Capital punishment was abolished in Delaware on August 2, 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

List of people executed in Delaware since 1976

Template:Abbr	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1	Template:Sortname	White	34	M	March 14, 1992	Lethal injection	Shirley Ellis and Catherine DiMauro	Michael Castle
2	Template:Sortname	Native American	39	M	March 3, 1993		Hugh PenningtonTemplate:Efn	Thomas Carper
3	Template:Sortname	Black	33	M	August 31, 1993		Elizabeth Reed
4	Template:Sortname	Black	45	M	June 23, 1994		Byard Smith and Alberta Smith
5	Template:Sortname	White	27	M	March 17, 1995		Wilson Mannon Jr.
6	Template:Sortname	White	49	M	January 25, 1996	Hanging	Gilbert Lamberton and Clara Lamberton
7	Template:Sortname	Black	41	M	January 30, 1996	Lethal injection	Byard Smith and Alberta Smith
8	Template:Sortname	White	39	M	April 19, 1996		Elizabeth Clark and James Clark Sr.
9	Template:Sortname	White	37	M	April 23, 1999		4 murder victimsTemplate:Efn
10	Template:Sortname	Black	28	M	September 24, 1999		Maurice Dodd
11	Template:Sortname	Black	37	M	November 17, 2000		Gwendolyn Weeks and Craig Williams
12	Template:Sortname	White	46	M	April 26, 2001		Madeline Marie Kisner	Ruth Ann Minner
13	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	Black	37	M	May 25, 2001		Troy Hodges
14	Template:Sortname	White	36	M	November 4, 2005		Sandra Lee Long
15	Template:Sortname	White	38	M	July 29, 2011		Elizabeth Girardi	Jack A. Markell
16	Template:Sortname	Black	28	M	April 20, 2012		Cameron Hamlin

Executions before 1972

The following individuals were executed in Delaware in county prisons ("workhouses") by hanging before 1972, when the Furman v. Georgia ruling briefly abolished capital punishment. Delaware independently abolished capital punishment in 1958 but reinstated it in 1974.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>"Delaware", Death Penalty Information Center</ref>

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
John Smith			M	December 21, 1815	New Castle	Murder	<ref>John Smith, DE, 1815 December 21, Espy Archive</ref>	Daniel Rodney
William Piper	White		M	April 18, 1820	Sussex	Murder	Female, white (mother)<ref>William Piper, DE, 1820 April 18, Espy Archive</ref>	John Collins
Jacob Elliott	Black		M	December 31, 1822	New Castle	Murder	John Kean, white<ref>Jacob Elliott, DE, 1822 December 31, Espy Archive</ref>	Caleb Rodney
Elisha Sharp	White		M	November 8, 1825	Sussex	Murder	Two people, white (wife and child)<ref>Elisha Sharp, DE, 1825 November 8, Espy Archive</ref>	Samuel Paynter
Robert Morris			M	November 8, 1831	Sussex	Murder	<ref>Robert Morris, DE, 1831 November 8, Espy Archive</ref>	David Hazzard
Samuel Ward	Black	22	M	September 8, 1852	New Castle	Murder	George A. Davidson, white<ref>Samuel Ward, DE, 1852 September 8, Espy Archive</ref>	William H. H. Ross
John Bowen	White		M	February 10, 1860	New Castle	Murder	John W. Dewlin, white<ref>John Bowen, DE, 1860 February 10, Espy Archive</ref>	William Burton
John Cannon	Black	18	M	December 14, 1860	Sussex	Murder	Ms. Griffin, 14, white<ref>John Cannon, DE, 1869 December 14, Espy Archive</ref>	Gove Saulsbury
Sarah Bradley	Black	18	F			Murder	Ellen Wright, 14 months, white<ref>Sarah Bradley, DE, 1869 December 14, Espy Archive</ref>
Levi Jenkins	Black	35	M			Rape	Female, black<ref>Levi Jenkins, DE, 1869 December 14, Espy Archive</ref>
John Cannon	Black		M	December 28, 1860	Kent	Rape	Mary Ann Martin, white<ref>John Cannon, DE, 1860 December 28, Espy Archive</ref>
Andrew Armstrong	White	53	M	February 8, 1867	New Castle	Murder	Mrs. Douglass, white (wife)<ref>Andrew Armstrong, 1867 February 8, Espy Archive</ref>Template:Efn
Joshua Jones	Black		M	February 4, 1870	New Castle	Rape	Mary Meredith, white<ref>Joshua Jones, DE, 1870 February 4, Espy Archive</ref>
Louis Carpenter	Black		M
Benjamin Johnson	Black		M	December 16, 1870	Sussex	Rape	Charlotte Fletcher, white<ref>Benjamin Johnson, DE, 1870, Espy Archive</ref>
Andrew Clark	Black		M	July 12, 1872	New Castle	Rape	Martha Rakes, 14, white<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	James Ponder
Joseph Burton	Black		M	June 20, 1873	Sussex	Rape	Ms. Laut, 16, white<ref>Joseph Burton, DE, 1873 June 20, Espy Archive</ref>
Clement Hurley			M	1875	Sussex	Murder	<ref>Clement Hurley, DE, 1875, Espy Archive</ref>	John P. Cochran
John Rhodes	Black	24	M	September 21, 1877	New Castle	Murder	James Temple, black<ref>John Rhodes, DE, 1877 September 21, Espy Archive</ref>
Samuel Chambers	Black	35	M	March 22, 1878	New Castle	Rape	Kate Smith, white<ref>George Collins, DE, 1878 March 22, Espy Archive</ref>
George Collins	Black	19	M
James Redden	Black	21	M	August 25, 1882	New Castle	Rape	Sallie Purse, white<ref>James Redden, DE, 1882 August 25, Espy Archive</ref>	John W. Hall
Charles Robinson	Black	33	M	April 16, 1886	New Castle	Rape	Ella F. Gardner, white<ref>Charles Robinson, DE, 1886 April 16, Espy Archive</ref>	Charles C. Stockley
Jesse Proctor	Black	34	M	February 13, 1891	Kent	Robbery-Murder	Stephen Lindsay, white<ref>Jesse Proctor, DE, 1891 February 13, Espy Archive</ref>	Robert J. Reynolds
Fredrick Young	Black	17	M
Shakespeare Reeves	Black	33	M	March 6, 1891	New Castle	Rape	Grace Clark, 11, white<ref>Shakespeare Reeves, DE, 1891 March 6, Espy Archive</ref>
James Thoroughgood	Black		M	August 7, 1891	Kent	Rape	Louisa Huffington, 8, black<ref>James Thoroughgood, DE, 1891 August 7, Espy Archive</ref>
Edward Wright	Black	29	M	July 1, 1897	New Castle	Murder	Ida Crummel, 23, black (girlfriend)<ref>Edward Wright, DE, 1897 January 1, Espy Archive</ref>	Ebe W. Tunnell
James Gordy	White		M	June 11, 1897	Sussex	Murder	Mary Lewis Gordy, white (wife)<ref>James Gordy, DE, 1897 June 11, Espy Archive</ref>
John Joiner	Black	25	M	September 2, 1904	New Castle	Murder	John R. Taylor, black<ref>John Joiner, DE, 1904 September 2, Espy Archive</ref>	John Hunn
Lewis Jones		30	M	January 11, 1907	New Castle	Murder	<ref>Lewis Jones, DE, 1907 January 11, Espy Archive</ref>	Preston Lea
William Archer	Black	21	M	January 25, 1907	New Castle	Murder	Ida E. Spires, black (girlfriend)<ref>William Archer, DE, 1907 January 25, Espy Archive</ref>
Reese Roberts	Black	30	M	July 14, 1911	New Castle	Robbery-Murder	Robert and Ann Casey, 70 and 68, white<ref>Reese Roberts, DE, 1911 July 14, Espy Archive</ref>	Simeon S. Pennewill
Peter Krakus	White	25	M	May 14, 1915	New Castle	Murder	Francis X. Tierney, white (policeman)<ref>Peter Krakus, DE, 1915 May 14, Espy Archive</ref>	Charles R. Miller
William Prettyman	Black	29	M	September 28, 1917	New Castle	Murder	Harry Parker, black<ref>Webster Purnell, DE, 1917 September 28, Espy Archive</ref>	John G. Townsend Jr.
Adam Hargus	Black	34	M
Webster Purnell	Black	36	M
Samuel Gangus	White	24	M	January 11, 1918	New Castle	Murder	Catherine Bodjeska, white<ref>Samuel Gangus, DE, 1918 January 11, Espy Archive</ref>
Ernest Thomas	Black	21	M	November 26, 1920	New Castle	Rape	Emma Talley, 58, white<ref>Ernest Thomas, 1920 November 26, Espy Archive</ref>
Lemuel Price	Black	24	M	December 3, 1920	New Castle	Murder	Thomas Zebley, white (policeman)<ref>Lemuel Price, DE, 1920 December 3, Espy Archive</ref>
Harry Butler	Black	21	M	February 26, 1926	Sussex	Rape	Eleanor Steinmetz, 10, white<ref>Harry Butler, DE, 1926 February 26, Espy Archive</ref>Template:Efn	Robert P. Robinson
Carl Skinner	Black	27	M	May 27, 1927	Sussex	Rape	Julia A. Bennett, 85, white<ref>Carl Skinner, DE, 1927 May 27, Espy Archive</ref>
Louis Galvano	White	21	M	March 28, 1930	New Castle	Murder	Arthur C. Cline, white<ref>Louis Galvano, DE, 1930 March 28, Espy Archive</ref>	C. Douglass Buck
Theodore Ross	Black	24	M	August 22, 1930	New Castle	Rape	Mary Read, 21, white<ref>Theodore Ross, DE, 1930 August 22, Espy Archive</ref>
John Morgan	White	44	M	April 12, 1935	Kent	Murder	Dominique Pierre and Frank Foster, white<ref>John Morgan, DE, 1935 April 12, Espy Archive</ref>
May Carey	White	52	F	June 7, 1935	Sussex	Murder	Robert R. Hitchens, white (May's brother)<ref>May Carey, Howard Carey, 1935 June 7, Espy Archive</ref>
Howard Carey	White	28	M
George Scott	Black	26	M	November 20, 1936	New Castle	Murder	Elbert Paul, black<ref>George Scott, DE, 1936 November 20, Espy Archive</ref>
Isaiah Opher	Black	36	M	January 3, 1937	New Castle	Rape-Murder	Female, 13, black<ref>Isaiah Opher, DE, 1937 January 3, Espy Archive</ref>
Joseph Nelson	Black	36	M	June 4, 1937	Sussex	Murder	Carrie Lethal, black (common-law wife)<ref>Joseph Nelson, DE, 1937 June 4, Espy Archive</ref>	Richard McMullen
Curnel Robinson	Black	34	M	January 14, 1941	New Castle	Rape	Female, 15, white<ref>Curnel Robinson, DE, 1941 January 14, Espy Archive</ref>
Ralph Ernest	White	33	M	January 9, 1942	New Castle	Rape	Female, 6, white<ref>Ralph Ernest, DE, 1942 January 9, Espy Archive</ref>	Walter W. Bacon
Anderson Butler	Black	23	M	December 7, 1945	New Castle	Rape	Female, 13, white<ref>Anderson Butler, DE, 1945 December 7, Espy Archive</ref>
Forrest Sturdivant	Black	34	M	May 10, 1946	Sussex	Murder	Male, black<ref>Forrest Sturdivant, DE, 1946 May 10, Espy Archive</ref>

See also

• Capital punishment in Delaware
• Capital punishment in the United States

External links

• Delaware Department of Correction