Overview

• 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.