U.S. executed 25, sentenced 26 to death in 2024: Death Penalty Information Center

2024 death penalty report: Most US executions due to 4 states

Just four states were responsible for 76% of U.S. executions that took place in 2024, says a new year-end report by the Death Penalty Information Center.

Death penalty in Texas (Dec. 20, 2024)

On Friday's show: A new report on the death penalty details how capital punishment numbers have dwindled in Texas in recent years. And we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week.

Report: Florida imposed seven new death sentences in 2024, most in the nation

(Photo by Caspar Benson/Getty Images)An annual report put together by a national group that tracks the death penalty says Florida led the nation this year in imposing death sentences, a situation that appears to be linked to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ successful push to eliminate the requirement of a unanimous jury recommendation. The Death Penalty Information Center, a group that says it has no position on the death penalty but is critical of how it ca…

The Death Penalty Decline: Analyzing Execution Trends in 2024

The Death Penalty Decline: Analyzing Execution Trends in 2024 In 2024, the number of executions in the United States remained near historic lows, according to a report by the Death Penalty Information Center. The report highlights that a small cluster of states, including Alabama—which became the first state to use nitrogen gas as a method of execution—carried out the majority of these executions.The Supreme Court's role in death penalty cases …

U.S. carries out 25 executions this year as death penalty trends in nation held steady

The number of executions in the U.S. remained near historic lows in 2024 and was mostly carried out in a small group of states. But the report by the Death

1,600th modern US execution carried out as death row population continues decline

The US saw a slight increase in new death sentences in 2024 while executions remained near historic lows, according to a year-end report released Thursday by the Death Penalty Information Center. Twenty-six new death sentences were handed down in 2024, up from the previous year, though the overall death row population continued its decades-long decline from its 2000 peak, according to the report. States carried out 25 executions across nine juri…