Number of executions in the United States 2014-2019
Number of executions in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by state
The statistic shows the number of executions in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by state. As of April 25, three executions were carried out in Texas in 2019.
Death penalty
Texas and Missouri both performed ten executions in 2014. The U.S. government and military also enforce death penalties. Since 1976, 1,313 executions in the country have been conducted through lethal injections. The United States is one of the countries around the world still using capital punishment. It is estimated that China executed several thousand prisoners in 2017, while Iran executed approximately 500 people . Some 62 percent of U.S. citizens stated that they thought capital punishment was morally acceptable . About 35 percent of death penalty supporters reasoned that this form of punishment was “an eye for an eye” due to the crime, while 14 percent of supporters believed that the death penalty could save taxpayers money due to costs associated with prisons. In general, most states require some form of first-degree murder as the crime that is punishable by death. However, 40 percent of denouncers of the death penalty stated that it was wrong to take a life, while 17 percent reasoned that the persons may be wrongly convicted. Support for capital punishment reached a peak in 1991 at 76 percent of the population agreeing.
Number of executions in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by state
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 10 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| Tennessee | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Georgia | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Alabama | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Florida | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Nebraska | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | - | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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