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As of December 20, 2024, a total of 31 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over four calendar years in three U.S. states. [2] There are a total of 17 pending motions to set an execution date across eight states. [3]
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 25, 2024 Kenneth Eugene Smith: 58 22 36 Male White Alabama: Nitrogen hypoxia [8] 2 February 28, 2024 Ivan Abner Cantu: 50 27 23 Hispanic Texas: Lethal injection [9] 3 March 20, 2024 Willie James Pye: 59 28 31 Black Georgia ...
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 ...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s diminishing role with the death penalty. The Supreme Court continued to retreat from the role it has historically played in regulating and limiting use of the death penalty, Maher said. In 2024, the Supreme Court granted just three out of 117 inmate requests to stay an execution or review claims in a case, the report ...
The state of Indiana intends to carry out its first execution in 15 years before sunrise Wednesday, though attorneys for the condemned inmate are fighting to save his life, citing his mental illness.
The scheduled execution of a death row inmate whose case has drawn widespread scrutiny was halted by the ... Texas, Sept. 27, 2024. / Credit: Criminal Justice Reform Caucus/Associated Press ...
Jul. 6—State appellate judges set execution dates for 19 more Oklahoma death row inmates — including at least one awaiting a competency trial — in a phased schedule through December 2024.
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