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Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
Three states saw their first executions in over a decade. Utah saw its first execution since 2010 in August. [3] [4] South Carolina carried out its first execution since 2011 in September. [5] Indiana conducted its first execution since 2009 in December. [6] September 2024 also saw the greatest number of inmates executed within a one-week span ...
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 3, 2023 Amber McLaughlin [a] 49 30 19 Female White Missouri: Lethal injection [6] 2 January 10, 2023 Robert Alan Fratta: 65 37 28 Male Texas [7] 3 January 12, 2023 Scott James Eizember: 62 42 20 Oklahoma [8] 4 February 1 ...
The following are the five states with the most executions since the early 1980s, according to the Death Penalty Information Center: Texas, 591. Oklahoma, 126. Virginia, 113. Florida, 106 ...
Georgia late Wednesday executed a man for the first time since January 2020, joining other states that have revived the practice as the death penalty in the U.S. entered a new frontier of ...
Corcoran’s execution is the 24th carried out in the United States this year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Indiana is the ninth state to put at least one inmate to death in ...
List of most recent executions by jurisdiction § United States; List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976; List of women executed in the United States since 1976; List of white defendants executed for killing a black victim
The most recent person to be executed by the military is U.S. Army Private John A. Bennett, executed on April 13, 1961, for rape and attempted murder. Since the end of the Civil War in 1865, only one person has been executed for a purely military offense: Private Eddie Slovik , who was executed on January 31, 1945, after being convicted of ...