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Number of persons executed in the United States, 1930-2007
| Year |
Executions |
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| 1930 |
155 |
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| 1931 |
153 |
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| 1932 |
140 |
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| 1933 |
160 |
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| 1934 |
168 |
|
| 1935 |
199 |
|
| 1936 |
195 |
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| 1937 |
147 |
|
| 1938 |
190 |
|
| 1939 |
160 |
|
| 1940 |
124 |
|
| 1941 |
123 |
|
| 1942 |
147 |
|
| 1943 |
131 |
|
| 1944 |
120 |
|
| 1945 |
117 |
|
| 1946 |
131 |
|
| 1947 |
153 |
|
| 1948 |
119 |
|
| 1949 |
119 |
|
| 1950 |
82 |
|
| 1951 |
105 |
|
| 1952 |
83 |
|
| 1953 |
62 |
|
| 1954 |
81 |
|
| 1955 |
76 |
|
| 1956 |
65 |
|
| 1957 |
65 |
|
| 1958 |
49 |
|
| 1959 |
49 |
|
| 1960 |
56 |
|
| 1961 |
42 |
|
| 1962 |
47 |
|
| 1963 |
21 |
|
| 1964 |
15 |
|
| 1965 |
7 |
|
| 1966 |
1 |
|
| 1967 |
2 |
|
| 1968 |
0 |
|
| 1969 |
0 |
|
| 1970 |
0 |
|
| 1971 |
0 |
|
| 1972 |
0 |
|
| 1973 |
0 |
|
| 1974 |
0 |
|
| 1975 |
0 |
|
| 1976 |
0 |
|
| 1977 |
1 |
|
| 1978 |
0 |
|
| 1979 |
2 |
|
| 1980 |
0 |
|
| 1981 |
1 |
|
| 1982 |
2 |
|
| 1983 |
5 |
|
| 1984 |
21 |
|
| 1985 |
18 |
|
| 1986 |
18 |
|
| 1987 |
25 |
|
| 1988 |
11 |
|
| 1989 |
16 |
|
| 1990 |
23 |
|
| 1991 |
14 |
|
| 1992 |
31 |
|
| 1993 |
38 |
|
| 1994 |
31 |
|
| 1995 |
56 |
|
| 1996 |
45 |
|
| 1997 |
74 |
|
| 1998 |
68 |
|
| 1999 |
98 |
|
| 2000 |
85 |
|
| 2001 |
66 |
|
| 2002 |
71 |
|
| 2003 |
65 |
|
| 2004 |
59 |
|
| 2005 |
60 |
|
| 2006 |
53 |
|
| 2007 |
42 |
|
| Source: Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables, December 2007, NCJ
220219 |
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