Ninety-eight people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1999 in twenty states, ninety-four by lethal injection, three by electrocution, and one by gas chamber. The most recent execution by gas chamber occurred this year. With ninety-eight executions carried out, 1999 remains the year with the highest number of executions in a single year in the United States since the resumption of executions in 1976. Conversely, Illinois conducted its final execution in 1999 before the state abolished the death penalty in 2011. On December 9, 1999, four executions were carried out in the United States on the same day, the highest number of executions in a single day since the 1950s. This has occurred only once in the modern era.
Ohio carried out its first execution since 1963, that of Wilford Berry Jr., who waived his appeals.
The state of Oklahoma executed Sean Sellers, who became the only juvenile to face the death penalty in the United States for a crime committed under the age of 17 prior to Roper v. Simmons, which banned capital punishment nationwide for anyone under the age of eighteen. Sellers was the first executed for a crime committed at the age of 16 since Leonard Shockley in 1959.
List of people executed in the United States in 1999 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 5, 1999 46 35 11Male White TexasLethal injection 2 January 7, 1999 37 22 15 Native American Oklahoma 3January 8, 1999 40 27 13Black South Carolina 4 38 23 15 Louisiana 5 January 13, 1999 2018 Missouri 6 White Arizona 7 36 21 15 Texas 8 January 20, 1999 27 22 5 Black Virginia 9 January 22, 1999 51 38 13 White South Carolina 10 January 26, 1999 53 39 14 Hispanic Texas 11 February 3, 1999 38 19 19 Native American Arizona 12 February 4, 1999 29 16 13White Oklahoma 13 23 19 4 Virginia 14 February 9, 1999 47 30 17 Asian California 15 February 10, 1999 39 2019 HispanicTexas 16 February 11, 1999 43 24 White 17February 16, 1999 31 22 9 Hispanic 18 42 32 10White Arkansas 19 February 19, 1999 36 27 9 Ohio 20February 24, 1999 38 23 15Missouri 21 24 14 Black Texas 22 35 18 17WhiteArizona 23 March 3, 1999 37 19 18 Gas chamber 24 March 9, 1999 28 9 VirginiaLethal injection 25 March 10, 1999 46 30 16 Missouri 26 March 17, 1999 35 18 17 Illinois 27 March 25, 1999 57 42 15 Virginia 28March 26, 1999 44 27 17 Black Texas 29 26 22 4White North Carolina 30March 30, 1999 61 36 25 Texas 31 April 5, 1999 25 20 5 Asian Nevada 32 April 12, 1999 49 32 17 White Arkansas 33 April 13, 1999 36 29 7Black Virginia 34 April 14, 1999 45 35 10 Missouri 35 April 20, 1999 29 22 7White Virginia 36 April 23, 1999 37 31 6 Delaware 37April 28, 1999 61 48 13 Black Missouri 38 26242White Texas 39 Virginia 40 April 29, 1999 38 28 10 41May 4, 1999 50 31 19 Black California 42 31 19 12 Hispanic Texas 43May 5, 1999 41 20 21 White Arizona 44 62 52 10 Black Texas 45 May 25, 1999 50 33 17 White Kentucky 46May 26, 1999 46 35 11 Black Missouri 47 June 1, 1999 38 2315White Texas 48 June 3, 1999 42 27 Oklahoma 49June 16, 1999 38 25 13 Black Missouri 50 59 36 23White Arizona 51 June 17, 1999 61 37 24 Texas 52 June 18, 1999 40 18 22 Black Alabama Electrocution 53 June 30, 1999 33 20 13White MissouriLethal injection 54 July 1, 1999 35 30 5 Texas 55 July 6, 1999 55 43 12 Pennsylvania 56 July 7, 1999 35 24 11 Black Texas 57July 8, 1999 45 29 16White Oklahoma 58 54 37 17 Florida Electrocution 59 July 21, 1999 33 24 9 VirginiaLethal injection 60 August 4, 1999 41 2912Texas 61 August 5, 1999 39 27Black 62 August 6, 1999 37 1819 Alabama Electrocution 63 August 10, 1999 39 20TexasLethal injection 64 August 11, 1999 56 44 12 White 65 August 17, 1999 2620 6 Black Virginia 66 August 18, 1999 37 17 Hispanic Texas 67September 1, 1999 49 30 19 White Missouri 68 39 28 11 Black Texas 69September 8, 1999 43 29 14WhiteArkansas 70 52 46 6 71 September 10, 1999 51 39 12BlackTexas 72 September 14, 1999 42 21 21 73 September 16, 1999 51 42 9White Virginia 74 September 21, 1999 43 36 7 Texas 75September 24, 1999 27 19 8Black Delaware 76 38 23 15 North Carolina 77 October 12, 1999 41 2813WhiteTexas 78 October 14, 1999 51 38 79 October 15, 1999 35 23 12 Utah 80 October 19, 1999 27 20 7 Black Virginia 81 October 21, 1999 53 36 17 White North Carolina 82 October 27, 1999 57 37 20 Hispanic Arizona 83 October 28, 1999 31 20 11 Native American Texas 84 November 9, 1999 32 26 6Black Virginia 85 November 12, 1999 44 29 15 South Carolina 86 November 16, 1999 28 22 6Texas 87 November 17, 1999 42 25 17 White 88 November 18, 1999 39 28 11 Hispanic 89 November 19, 1999 51 32 19Black North Carolina 90 December 2, 1999 43 26 17 Oklahoma 91 December 3, 1999 31 22 9White South Carolina 92 December 8, 1999 46 33 13 Texas 93December 9, 1999 41 24 17 Black Oklahoma 94 48 31White Indiana 95 42 27 15 Texas 96 29 23 6 Black Virginia 97 December 14, 1999 31 26 5 WhiteTexas 98 December 15, 1999 54 29 25 Black Average: 41 years 28 years 13 years
Demographics Gender Male 98 100% Female 0 0% Ethnicity White 53 Black 33 Hispanic 7 Native American 3 Asian 2 State Texas 35 Virginia 14 Missouri 9 Arizona 7 Oklahoma 6 Arkansas 4 North Carolina 4 South Carolina 4 Alabama 2 California 2 Delaware 2 Florida 1 Illinois 1 Indiana 1 Kentucky 1 Louisiana 1 Nevada 1 Ohio 1 Pennsylvania 1 Utah 1 Method Lethal injection 94 Electrocution 3 Gas chamber 1 Month January 10 February 12 March 8 April 10 May 6 June 7 July 6 August 7 September 10 October 7 November 6 December 9 Age 20–29 13 30–39 37 40–49 27 50–59 17 60–69 4 Total 98 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2000 85 1999 98 1998 68 Total 251
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