Overview
- DPIC counts 46 executions so far in 2025 with two more scheduled this week, the most since 2010 and nearly double 2024.
- Florida carried out 19 executions, while Alabama, South Carolina, and Texas each conducted five, together accounting for nearly three-quarters of the total.
- New death sentences fell to 22 as capital juries favored life terms in most cases, with studies showing 56% opted against death.
- States used nitrogen gas and firing squads, with Alabama’s nitrogen execution lasting about 40 minutes and South Carolina’s firing squad drawing scrutiny over accuracy.
- Public support for the death penalty fell to about 52% as multiple states moved to expand eligible crimes or methods and the U.S. Supreme Court granted no stays.