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The United States has executed 23 men this year, with six of those executions coming during one remarkable 11-day period. At least two more executions are scheduled before the end of the year.
The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards in 2024, at 26 nationwide, as did the number of executions, 25, and the number of people on death row, about 2,250.
October 1, 2024 Garcia Glen White: 61 26 35 Black Texas Lethal injection [26] 20 October 17, 2024 Derrick Ryan Dearman: 36 27 9 White Alabama [27] 21 November 1, 2024 Richard Bernard Moore: 59 34 25 Black South Carolina [28] 22 November 21, 2024 Carey Dale Grayson: 50 19 31 White Alabama Nitrogen hypoxia [29] 23 December 3, 2024 Christopher ...
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.
The absolute number of people on death row, in 2024, per US State. As of September 12, 2024 The relative number of people on death row, per 10,000,000 inhabitants, in 2024, per US State. As of September 12, 2024. The distribution of death sentences among states is loosely proportional to their populations and murder rates.
The death penalty has been in long-term decline nationally due to unrelenting legal challenges, governor-imposed moratoriums, and difficulties acquiring the drugs used in lethal injections.
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Jedidiah Murphy was the sixth prisoner put to death in Texas this year. The execution followed a flurry of last-minute legal rulings. On World Day Against the Death Penalty, Texas executes ...