List of people executed in the United States in 1998

Sixty-eight people, sixty-six male and two female, Karla Faye Tucker and Judy Buenoano, were executed in the United States in 1998, sixty by lethal injection, seven by electrocution, and one by gas chamber. Twenty of them were carried out in Texas.[1][2] Three people, Angel Francisco Breard (Paraguay), Jose Roberto Villafuerte (Honduras), and Tuan Anh Nguyen (Vietnam) were foreign nationals.[3]

List of people executed in the United States in 1998

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 21, 1998 Lloyd Wayne Hampton 44 36 8 Male White Illinois Lethal injection [4]
2 Jose Jesus Ceja 42 18 24 Hispanic Arizona [5]
3 January 29, 1998 Robert Allan Smith 47 45 2 White Indiana [6]
4 January 30, 1998 Ricky Lee Sanderson 38 26 12 North Carolina Gas Chamber [7]
5 February 3, 1998 Karla Faye Tucker 23 15 Female Texas Lethal injection [8]
6 February 9, 1998 Steven Ceon Renfro 40 38 2 Male [9]
7 February 10, 1998 Tony Albert Mackall 33 22 11 Black Virginia [10]
8 February 20, 1998 Michael Edward Long 35 24 White Oklahoma [11]
9 February 24, 1998 Terry Allen Langford 31 22 9 Montana [12]
10 February 25, 1998 Reginald Love Powell 29 18 11 Black Missouri [13]
11 March 6, 1998 John David Arnold Jr. 43 23 20 White South Carolina [14]
12 March 11, 1998 Jerry Lee Hogue 47 28 19 Texas [15]
13 March 18, 1998 Douglas McArthur Buchanan Jr. 29 18 11 Virginia [16]
14 March 23, 1998 Gerald Eugene Stano 46 28 Florida Electrocution [17]
15 March 24, 1998 Leo Alexander Jones 47 31 16 Black [18]
16 March 25, 1998 Milton V. Griffin-El 37 25 12 Missouri Lethal injection [19]
17 Ronald L. Watkins 35 10 Virginia [20]
18 March 30, 1998 Judias Anna Lou Buenaono 54 28 26 Female White Florida Electrocution [21]
19 March 31, 1998 Daniel Eugene Remeta 40 27 13 Male Native American [22]
20 April 14, 1998 Angel Francisco Breard 32 26 6 Hispanic Virginia Lethal injection [23]
21 April 22, 1998 Glennon Paul Sweet 43 31 12 White Missouri [24]
22 Jose Roberto Villafuerte 45 30 15 Hispanic Arizona [25]
23 Joseph John Cannon 38 17 21 White Texas [26]
24 April 24, 1998 Lesley Lee Gosch 42 30 12 [27]
25 April 29, 1998 Arthur Martin Ross 43 35 8 Arizona [28]
26 Frank Basil McFarland 34 24 10 Texas [29]
27 May 8, 1998 Steven Allen Thompson 20 14 Alabama Electrocution [30]
28 May 18, 1998 Robert Anthony Carter 17 17 Black Texas Lethal injection [31]
29 May 19, 1998 Pedro Cruz Muniz 41 20 21 Hispanic [32]
30 June 3, 1998 Douglas Edward Gretzler 47 22 25 White Arizona [33]
31 June 10, 1998 David Loomis Cargill 39 26 13 Georgia Electrocution [34]
32 June 11, 1998 Clifford Holt Boggess 33 21 12 Texas Lethal injection [35]
33 June 15, 1998 Johnny Dean Pyles 40 24 16 [36]
34 June 18, 1998 Dennis Wayne Eaton 41 32 9 Virginia [37]
35 June 26, 1998 Leopoldo Narvaiz Jr. 30 20 10 Hispanic Texas [38]
36 July 8, 1998 Wilburn A. Henderson 56 38 18 White Arkansas [39]
37 July 10, 1998 John Herman Plath 43 23 20 South Carolina [40]
38 July 14, 1998 Thomas Martin Thompson 26 17 California [41]
39 July 23, 1998 Danny Lee King 47 40 7 Virginia [42]
40 August 5, 1998 Stephen Edward Wood 38 34 4 Oklahoma [43]
41 August 14, 1998 Zane Brown Hill 62 53 9 North Carolina [44]
42 August 20, 1998 Lance Antonio Chandler Jr. 25 20 5 Black Virginia [45]
43 August 26, 1998 Genaro Ruiz Camacho 43 33 10 Hispanic Texas [46]
44 August 31, 1998 Johnile L. DuBois 31 24 7 Black Virginia [47]
45 September 9, 1998 Delbert Boyd Teague Jr. 35 22 13 White Texas [48]
46 September 23, 1998 David Allen Castillo 34 18 16 Hispanic [49]
47 Kenneth Manuel Stewart Jr. 44 36 8 White Virginia Electrocution [50]
48 September 25, 1998 Sammy David Roberts 40 22 18 South Carolina Lethal injection [51]
49 October 1, 1998 Javier Cruz 41 33 8 Hispanic Texas [52]
50 October 5, 1998 Roderick Abeyta 44 35 9 Nevada [53]
51 October 7, 1998 Jonathan Wayne Nobles 37 25 12 White Texas [54]
52 October 13, 1998 Jeremy Vargas Sagastegui 27 2 Washington [55]
53 October 14, 1998 Dwayne Allen Wright 26 17 9 Black Virginia [56]
54 October 21, 1998 Ronald Lee Fitzgerald 29 24 5 [57]
55 November 16, 1998 Tyrone Delano Gilliam Jr. 32 22 10 Maryland [58]
56 November 17, 1998 Kenneth Allen McDuff 52 20 32 White Texas [59]
57 Kenneth L. Wilson 34 29 5 Black Virginia [60]
58 November 20, 1998 John Thomas Noland 50 33 17 White North Carolina [61]
59 December 3, 1998 Kevin DeWayne Cardwell 29 22 7 Black Virginia [62]
60 December 4, 1998 Larry Gilbert 43 21 South Carolina [63]
61 J.D. Gleaton 53 32 [64]
62 December 7, 1998 Daniel Lee Corwin 40 29 11 White Texas [65]
63 December 8, 1998 Jeff J. Emery 39 20 19 [66]
64 December 10, 1998 Tuan Anh Nguyen 22 17 Asian Oklahoma [67]
65 December 11, 1998 Louis Joe Truesdale 40 18 Black South Carolina [68]
66 December 15, 1998 James Ronald Meanes 42 24 Texas [69]
67 December 17, 1998 John Wayne Duvall 47 35 12 White Oklahoma [70]
68 December 18, 1998 Andrew Lavern Smith 38 23 15 Black South Carolina [71]
Average: 39 years 26 years 13 years

Demographics

Gender
Male 66 97%
Female 2 3%
Ethnicity
White 39 57%
Black 18 26%
Hispanic 9 13%
Native American 1 2%
Asian 1 2%
State
Texas 20 27%
Virginia 13 19%
South Carolina 7 10%
Arizona 4 6%
Florida 4 6%
Oklahoma 4 6%
Missouri 3 4%
North Carolina 3 4%
Alabama 1 2%
Arkansas 1 2%
California 1 2%
Georgia 1 2%
Indiana 1 2%
Maryland 1 2%
Montana 1 2%
Nevada 1 2%
Washington 1 2%
Method
Lethal injection 60 88%
Electrocution 7 10%
Gas chamber 1 2%
Month
January 4 6%
February 6 9%
March 9 13%
April 7 10%
May 3 4%
June 6 9%
July 4 6%
August 5 7%
September 4 6%
October 6 9%
November 4 6%
December 10 15%
Age
20-29 7 10%
30–39 25 37%
40–49 30 44%
50–59 5 7%
60–69 1 2%
Total 68 100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1999 98
1998 68
1997 74
Total 240

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Preceded by
1997 		   List of people executed   
   in the United States in   
1998 		Succeeded by
1999
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