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
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. Two men and one woman were put to death under Federal jurisdiction and 8 men were executed in 5 states during 2021. All died by lethal injection down from 16 men executed under Federal jurisdiction and in 5 states during 2021. … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. 17 men were put to death during 2020, down from 22 men 2019. 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 = lethal gas, … Read more
