Overview
- States carried out 47 executions this year, the most since 2009 and nearly double the 2024 total.
- President Donald Trump signed a January 20 executive order to restore the death penalty, and the Justice Department authorized more than 20 new federal capital prosecutions.
- Florida conducted 19 executions, and with Alabama, South Carolina, and Texas accounted for nearly three-quarters of the year’s total.
- Twelve states carried out executions, up from nine in 2024, with Louisiana resuming after a 15-year pause.
- The Supreme Court rejected every request to stay an execution in 2025, while South Carolina used firing squads and Louisiana and Alabama pursued nitrogen hypoxia.