Post-Furman US execution #1028 Texas execution #368 since reinstatement On the evening of Tuesday, the 27th of June, 2006, the State of Texas carried out the execution of 46-year-old Mexican national Ángel Maturino Reséndiz by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Walker County. Reséndiz, known widely in the sensationalist press as “The Railroad … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. All executions are carried out for 1st degree murder and are by lethal injection unless otherwise indicated after the prisoner’s name. (E = electrocution, G = Nitrogen gas, H = hanging, S = shooting)Prisoner details (f) = female, (t) … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. Nine states carried out 25 executions in 2024 – Alabama 6, Florida 1, Georgia 1, Indiana 1, Missouri 4, Oklahoma 4, South Carolina 2, Texas 5, and Utah 1. Ten states sentenced 21 people to death in 2024 – Alabama 4, … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. 24 men were put to death in 5 states during 2023 all by lethal injection. Just 21 new death sentences were passed in 2023. 2,331 inmates were on death row as of January 2023, including 50 women and those sentenced by … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. 18 men were executed in 6 states during 2022, up from 16 men executed in 5 states during 2021. All died by lethal injection. Texas and Oklahoma each carried out 5 executions, Alabama 2, Arizona 3, Missouri 2, Mississippi 1. Just 20 … Read more
