Bureau of Justice Statistics, Filename: cp06sbt01.csv, "Box table #: 1 Advance count of executions, by jurisdiction, January 1, 2007-November 30, 2007", "Report title: Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables NCJ 220219", Data source: National Prisoner Statistics (NPS-8), Author: Tracy L. Snell, Refer questions to: askbjs@usdoj.gov (202) 307-0765, Date of version: 12/5/07, "Box table 1. Advance count of executions, by jurisdiction, January 1, 2007-December 31, 2007", Jurisdiction,Number of executions Texas,26 Alabama,3 Oklahoma,3 Indiana,2 Ohio,2 Tennessee,2 South Dakota,1 Georgia,1 South Carolina,1 Arizona,1 Total,42 "Note: On September 25, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the use of lethal injection. In Baze v. Rees (No. 07-5439), the Supreme Court will consider whether lethal injection constitutes cruel and unusual punishment as it is currently implemented. No executions have been carried out since the Supreme Court agreed to consider this issue.",