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States With the Most Executions


State Execution Rates (through 2023)

Per Capita State Execution Rates · 1. Oklahoma, 4,053,824, 123, 3.030 · 2. Texas, 30,503,301, 586, 1.920 · 3. Missouri, 6,196,156, 97, 1.570 · 4. Delaware* ...

States With the Most Executions - U.S. News & World Report

Alabama carried out the first execution of 2024. In total, there have been nearly 1600 executions in the U.S. over the last five decades.

State by State - Death Penalty Information Center

The Death Penalty Information Center provides essential statistics like execution numbers, death row population, and murder rates for each state.

U.S. capital punishment - executions by state 2024 | Statista

As of August 8, 2024, Texas has executed a total of 598 people since the reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States in 1976.

Capital punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

Thirteen federal death row inmates were executed, all under Trump. The last and most recent federal execution was of Dustin Higgs, who was executed on January ...

Death penalty: The United States has executed 21 men this year

Who is executing the most inmates? · Texas, 591 · Oklahoma, 126 · Virginia, 113 · Florida, 106 · Missouri, 100 ...

Number of executions in the United States 2024 | Statista

Death penalty. Since 2015, Texas has been the state most likely to perform the most executions in the United States. However, the U.S. ...

Death Row Information - Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Texas leads the nation in the number of executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. California, Florida, Texas, and Alabama have the largest ...

Executions by State 2024 - World Population Review

Oklahoma and Texas had the highest number of executions with a total of five each. Executions by State 2024.

Alabama's Death Penalty - Equal Justice Initiative

The state's highest court abdicated its authority over the scheduling of executions and made Alabama the only state in the country that allows executions ...

Global: Executions soar to highest number in almost a decade

The five countries with the highest number of executions in 2023 were China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and the USA. Iran alone accounted for ...

The Top Ten: Most Executions by State - InfoPlease

The Top Ten: Most Executions by State · 1. Texas, 841, 563 · 2. Georgia, 436, 74 · 3. New York, 329, 0 · 4. California, 306, 13 · 5. North Carolina, 306, 43 · 6.

Brief States and Capital Punishment

Lethal injection is currently the primary method of execution in 28 of the 29 states that authorize executions. Texas was the first state to use ...

Executions are on the rise in the U.S., even as public support wanes

Meanwhile, Texas continued its streak as the nation's busiest capital punishment state, conducting eight executions this year. The remaining ...

There are 5 executions set over a week's span in the US - AP News

The United States has reached 1,600 executions since the death penalty was reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976, said Robin Maher, the ...

5 executions planned this week in the U.S., the most in decades - PBS

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of ...

Most Recent Executions in Each US State - Death Penalty

21 states executed one or more inmates in the last 10 years (including three states that have since banned the death penalty: Delaware, Virginia, and ...

The death map: Which US states still have capital punishment, and ...

They are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky. Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, ...

Death Penalty Laws by State - FindLaw

While we strive to provide the most current information available, please consult an attorney or conduct your own legal research to verify the ...

US executions are in decline but some jurisdictions lead the rest | CNN

Most states with the death penalty haven't carried out an execution in over a decade ... Of the 27 states that have the death penalty, 14 have not ...