"After years of steady decline in the number of people executed in the United States, there has been a sharp reversal in 2025. So far this year, 41 people have been killed in 11 states, with five more executions scheduled before the end of the year. If all the scheduled executions are carried out, that would make 2025 the year with the most executions since 2010, when 46 inmates were put to death."
"But this year, the Sunshine State is leading the charge. Florida has executed 15 prisoners in 2025 - the most ever in a single year since 1976, when a brief national moratorium on the death penalty was lifted. Two of the five remaining executions scheduled for 2025 are set to happen in Florida. Texas and Alabama are tied for a distant second, with five executions each."
"According to the Death Penalty Information Center, Florida carried out its first execution in 1827, 18 years before it became a state. Almost 100 years later, in 1923, Florida replaced hanging with the electric chair as its method of execution. After a brief pause in the use of capital punishment in the 1970s, it was one of the first states to get back in the death penalty business."
After years of steady decline, executions in the United States reversed sharply in 2025, with 41 people executed in 11 states and five additional executions scheduled. If carried out, 2025 would have the most executions since 2010. Florida led the increase, executing 15 prisoners in 2025 — the highest single-year total since 1976 — with two more executions scheduled. Texas and Alabama each carried out five executions. Florida's capital punishment history dates to 1827, switched from hanging to the electric chair in 1923, paused in the 1970s, and resumed early after the moratorium; the 1990s saw several botched electrocutions.
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