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Retrieved July 20, 2023. ^ Gattis, Paul (July 21, 2023). "Alabama Death Row inmate James Barber executed for 2001 Madison County murder". al.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023. ^ Lieb, David A. (August 2, 2023). "Missouri man executed for 2002 abduction, killing of 6-year-old girl lured to abandoned factory". Associated Press.
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.
This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2021. A total of eleven people, ten male and one female, were executed in the United States in 2021, all by lethal injection. [1] With only eleven executions occurring throughout the year, 2021 saw the fewest number of executions within a single year since 1988. [2]
Retrieved November 16, 2022. ^ Lozano, Juan A. (November 17, 2022). "Texas executes man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son, 7". Associated Press. Retrieved November 17, 2022. ^ Murphy, Sean (November 17, 2022). "Oklahoma executes man for 1993 killing of 3-year-old boy". Associated Press. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
Executions 2020–present. The number in the "#" column indicates the nth person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty).As an example, John Steven Gardner (the first person executed in Texas during the 2020 decade) was the 568th person executed since resumption of the death penalty.
Summary of scheduled executions. As of May 17, 2024, a total of 36 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over four calendar years in five U.S. states. [2] There are a total of 11 pending motions to set an execution date across four states. [3]
Earlier non-military executions, 1900 to 1963 From 1790 to 1963, there were 332 Federal, 271 Territorial and 40 Indian Tribunal executions according to the most complete records. [3] The youngest person executed was James Arcene on June 18, 1885, at the age of 23 for his role in a robbery and murder committed when he was 10 years old.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Arizona.After the execution of Joseph Wood in 2014, executions were temporarily suspended but resumed in 2022. On January 23, 2023, newly inaugurated governor Katie Hobbs ordered a review of death penalty protocols and in light of that, newly inaugurated attorney general Kris Mayes issued a hold on any executions in the state.