Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. A total of 35 executions were carried out in 9 states during 2014, all except one, by lethal injection, down from 39 executions in 9 states during 2013. Texas had 16 of these, Florida 7, Oklahoma 6, and Ohio 3. Arizona and Missouri carried out … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. A total of 39 executions were carried out in 9 states during 2013, all except one, by lethal injection, down from 43 executions in 9 states during 2012. Texas had 16 of these, Florida 7, Oklahoma 6, and Ohio 3. Arizona and Missouri carried out … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. A total of 43 executions were carried out in 9 states during 2012, all by lethal injection, the same number of executions in 13 states during 2011. Texas had 15 executions, Arizona, Mississippi and Oklahoma had 6 each, Florida and Ohio each had 3, South Dakota carried out 2 and Delaware and Idaho one each. 33 states … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. See The Execution of Gary Gilmore. A total of 43 executions were carried out in 13 states during 2011, all by lethal injection, down from 46 executions in 12 states during 2010. All executions are carried out for 1st degree murder … Read more
Numbering is from the first post-Furman execution, that of Gary Gilmore in Utah on January 17, 1977. A total of 46 executions were carried out in 11 states during 2009, 45 by lethal injection and 1 by electrocution. All executions are carried out for 1st degree murder and use lethal injection unless otherwise indicated after the prisoner’s name. … Read more
