Number of executions by state

Note: State totals exclude three executions in federal prisons.


Number of executions since 1976

2015 data as of Oct. 30.

* New Mexico and Nebraska voted to abolish the death penalty in 2009 and 2015 respectively. However, the repeal was not retroactive in New Mexico and an activist group seeking to override the Nebraska decision has submitted a petition to put the issue to a vote in the 2016 general election.

Source: Death Penalty Information Center; Reuters
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