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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.
Dustin Higgs (2021) most recent execution by the United States federal government; Joe Hill (1915) Paul Jennings Hill (2003) Taberon Honie (2024) most recent execution in Utah; Murray Hooper (2022) most recent execution in Arizona; Mark Hopkinson (1992) first post-Gregg execution in Wyoming and last execution in Wyoming; Walter Horsford (1898 ...
Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska Killed his mother-in-law in the Alaska federal territory. [23] Herbert Hans Haupt: Electrocution Espionage and attempted sabotage as unlawful combatants for Nazi Germany: August 8, 1942 D.C. Jail, Washington, D.C. Tried on July 8, 1942, by a military tribunal for their role in Operation Pastorius during World War II ...
The United States ranks among the top five countries in the world with the most executions in 2023, according to a new report from Amnesty International.. The US carried out 24 death sentences ...
Last execution when a part of Yugoslavia was in 1992. Capital punishment abolished by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1995. When Serbia became independent in 2006 it became an abolitionist state. Slovakia *None since independence in 1993 (1989, before independence) 1990
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 ...
List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976; List of most recent executions by jurisdiction; List of people executed in the United States in 2025; List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present; List of women executed in the United States since 1976; List of death row inmates in the United States who have exhausted their appeals
The commutations come after Biden, the first president to openly oppose the death penalty, resumed a federal execution moratorium when he assumed office after then-President Donald Trump ended the ...