US Executes Five Inmates in One Week, Marking Highest Number in Decades

The U.S. reaches a milestone of 1,600 executions since 1976 amid declining public support for the death penalty.

Five executions were carried out in South Carolina, Missouri, Texas, Alabama, and Oklahoma within a single week.
This marks the highest number of executions in a seven-day period since July 2003.
The milestone of 1,600 executions since the reinstatement of the death penalty by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976 has been reached.
Despite declining public support, with only 53% of Americans now backing the death penalty, executions continue in several states.
Concerns persist about the fairness and application of the death penalty, including issues of racial bias and the exoneration of death row inmates.