US state with the most executions
- Who
- State of Texas
- What
- 244 people
- Where
- United States
- When
- 2001
As of April 2001, the US state of Texas had excuted more people than any other. Since 1974, Texas has executed 244 convicted criminals, followed by Virginia which has executed 82, and Florida which has executed 51.
Texas can lay claim to being the place where more people have been executed than any other place in the Western world, leading the United States in its zeal for capital punishment and accounting for one-third of the country's executions since 1976.
Between February 1924, and July 1964, a total of 506 men and women were placed on death row in Texas; of those, 361 men died in the electric chair.
According to an Amnesty International press release in April 2001, the rate at which the state of Oklahoma is executing prisoners is the highest per capita in the USA, and higher than most countries in the world, including China and Iran.
Between February 1924, and July 1964, a total of 506 men and women were placed on death row in Texas; of those, 361 men died in the electric chair.
According to an Amnesty International press release in April 2001, the rate at which the state of Oklahoma is executing prisoners is the highest per capita in the USA, and higher than most countries in the world, including China and Iran.