Forty-five U.S. prisoners were executed in 1996, bringing the total number of persons executed since the death penalty was resumed in 1977 to 432. More stats Capital punishment Environment Homelessness Welfare reform Our booming prisons Disappearing health care Refugees worldwide Misc. Two states, Idaho and Utah , still authorize the firing squad. The prisoner is strapped in a chair, hooded, and a target is pinned to the chest. Five executioners, one with blanks, take aim and fire.
Capital cases are the costliest of criminal cases.
The New York State Defenders Association via the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy. International human rights agreements prohibit the execution of anyone under 18 years old at the time of the offense. Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, U.S., and Yemen. As in previous years, a small number of countries accounted for the vast majority of global executions. During the 1980s and early 1990s, only about one percent of those on death row were women.