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Execution Facts & Figures

Updated Jul 4, 2009


Executions in the USA by State


U.S. Executions by State
Texas 439
Virginia 103
Oklahoma 90
Missouri 67
Florida 67
Georgia 45
North Carolina 43
Alabama 43
South Carolina 42
Ohio 29
Louisiana 27
Arkansas 27
Arizona 23
Indiana 19
Delaware 14
California 13
Nevada 12
Illinois 12
Mississippi 10
Utah 6
Tennessee 5
Maryland 5
Washington 4
Pennsylvania 3
Nebraska 3
Montana 3
Kentucky 3
Federal 3
Oregon 2
Wyoming 1
South Dakota 1
New Mexico 1
Idaho 1
Connecticut 1
Colorado 1
Total Executions Since 1976: 1168
U.S. Executions by Method
Lethal Injection 998
Electrocution 154
Lethal Gas 11
Hanging* 3
Firing Squad* 2

* All states that used this method had lethal injection as an alternative.
Abolitionist & Jurisdictions (14)

Alaska

Hawaii

Iowa

Maine

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

New York

North Dakota

Rhode Island

Vermont

West Virginia

Wisconsin

District of Columbia




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