Overview
- DPIC counts 46 executions so far this year with two more scheduled this week, the most since 2010 and nearly double 2024’s total.
- Florida conducted 19 executions, while Alabama, South Carolina, and Texas brought the four-state share to roughly 72% of the national total.
- Only 22 new death sentences were imposed across more than 50 capital trials, with juries opting for life in a majority of eligible cases.
- Public support for capital punishment fell to 52% in Gallup’s October poll, marking a five-decade low.
- States expanded or used contentious methods — nitrogen gas in Alabama and Louisiana and firing squads in South Carolina — as the U.S. Supreme Court granted no stays in 2025.