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Number of Persons Executed1 by Jurisdiction, 1930–2008
NOTE: 24 people were executed in 2008.
1. Executed under civil authority;
military authorities carried out an additional 160 executions,
1930–1997.
2. In 1972 the Supreme Court ruled that
capital punishment, as it was then administered, was “cruel and
unusual” and therefore unconstitutional. On July 1, 1976, however,
the Court overturned the ruling by a 7–2 decision, and capital
punishment was reinstated.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics,
and Death Penalty Information Center. Web: www.deathpenaltyinfo.org .
Information Please® Database, © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Number of Persons Executed by
Jurisdiction, 1930–2008
 
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