List of people executed in Delaware explained

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.^[1] Capital punishment was abolished in Delaware on August 2, 2016.^[2]

List of people executed in Delaware since 1976

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

Web site: Death Row Executions . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230420202246/https://doc.delaware.gov/views/executions.blade.shtml . 20 April 2023 . 10 May 2023 . Delaware Department of Correction.
News: Eckholm . Erik . 2 August 2016 . Delaware Supreme Court Rules State's Death Penalty Unconstitutional . . 10 May 2023.