Between 1985 and 2003, seven US states executed twenty-one 17-year-old males and one 16-year-old (Sean Sellers).
List of Juvenile Executions by Name, State, Race, Method, Date, and Crime
| Name | Race | State | Method | Date | Victims/Crime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Rumbaugh | White | Texas | Injection | 9/11/95 | 1 – robbery/murder |
| J. Terry Roach | White | S. Carolina | Electrocution | 1/10/86 | 2 – rape/murder & murder |
| Jay Pinkerton | White | Texas | Injection | 5/15/86 | 2 – rape/murder |
| Dalton Prejean | Black | Louisiana | Electrocution | 5/18/90 | 1 – police officer |
| Johnny Garrett | White | Texas | Injection | 2/11/92 | 1 – rape/murder |
| Curtis Harris | Black | Texas | Injection | 7/1/93 | 1 – robbery/murder |
| Frederick Lashley | Black | Missouri | Injection | 7/28/93 | 1 – robbery/murder |
| Ruben Cantu | Latino | Texas | Injection | 8/24/93 | 1 – robbery/murder |
| Chris Burger | White | Georgia | Electrocution | 12/7/93 | 1 – robbery/murder |
| Joseph Cannon | White | Texas | Injection | 4/22/98 | 1 – robbery/rape/murder |
| Robert Carter | Black | Texas | Injection | 5/18/98 | 1 – robbery/murder |
| Dwayne Allen Wright | Black | Virginia | Injection | 10/14/98 | 1 in Virginia + 3 in other states |
| Sean Sellers | White | Oklahoma | Injection | 2/4/99 | 3 – including mother & stepfather |
| Douglas Thomas | White | Virginia | Injection | 1/10/00 | 2 – girlfriend’s parents |
| Steven Roach | White | Virginia | Injection | 1/13/00 | 1 – robbery/murder |
| Glen McGinnis | Black | Texas | Injection | 1/25/00 | 1 – robbery/murder |
| Gary Lee Graham | Black | Texas | Injection | 6/22/00 | 1 – robbery/murder |
| Gerald Mitchell | Black | Texas | Injection | 10/22/01 | 2 – robbery/murder |
| Napoleon Beazley | Black | Texas | Injection | 5/28/02 | 1 – car jacking/murder |
| T.J. Jones | Black | Texas | Injection | 8/8/02 | 1 – robbery/murder |
| Toronto Patterson | Black | Texas | Injection | 8/28/02 | 3 – mother and 2 children |
| Scott Allen Hain | White | Oklahoma | Injection | 4/3/03 | 2 – car jacking/murder |
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