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The first person executed in 2024, Kenneth Eugene Smith, became the first person in the United States and in the world to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia. [2] 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 ...
As of December 18, 2024, a total of 32 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over five calendar years in four U.S. states. [2] There are a total of 16 pending motions to set an execution date across seven states. [3]
List of people executed in the United States in 2023; List of people executed in the United States in 2024; ... This page was last edited on 30 June 2024, ...
Last execution date Name Crime Method C United States Federal Government: 16 January 2021 [68] Dustin John Higgs: aggravated murder: lethal injection: C United States military: 13 April 1961: John A. Bennett: child rape and attempted murder: hanging: D Alabama: 21 November 2024 [69] Carey Dale Grayson: capital murder: Nitrogen hypoxia: A Alaska ...
Smith's attempted execution prompted Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to temporarily suspend the death penalty in Alabama to allow for an investigation into the state's botched lethal injections. On January 25, 2024, Smith was executed by nitrogen hypoxia. [53] [54] Thomas Eugene Creech (2024) – Lethal injection (attempted). The execution was called ...
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 ...
California hasn’t executed a condemned prisoner in nearly 20 years, but prosecutors continue to seek the death penalty, leading to court costs of more than $300 million in the last five years ...
The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819–1849, is divided into periods of 10 years. Since 1819, 1,343 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 12 December 2024.