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  1. Nov 17, 2017 · Last updated on October 2, 2024. This page will be updated at 12 noon (Eastern Time) each day. to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours. Please scroll over each state on the above map to see the number of active and inactive death warrants, as well as the number of executions.

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  2. As of October 4, 2024, a total of 35 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over four calendar years in eight U.S. states. [2] There are a total of 14 pending motions to set an execution date across six states.

  3. The legal administration of the death penalty in the United States typically involves five steps: (1) prosecutorialdecision to seek the death penalty (2) sentencing, (3) direct review, (4) state collateral review, and (5) federal habeas corpus.

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  4. Jan 13, 2021 · Last Updated: February 10, 2022. Eleven prisoners have been executed in the United States in 2021 by the U.S. federal government and five states. Executions in 2021. Most states carry out executions with a three-drug lethal-injection protocol. Others use a single drug.

  5. Nov 17, 2023 · This report presents statistics on prisoners who were under sentence of death in 2021, a summary of state and federal death penalty laws in 2021, and historical trends in executions.

  6. This report presents statistics on prisoners who were under sentence of death in 2021, a summary of state and federal death penalty laws in 2021, and historical trends in executions.

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  8. Apr 24, 2023 · Sources. View a US map that outlines current capital punishment legality by state, along with a table that details the history of each state's death penalty laws.