"EXPLAINER: How Julius Jones' execution was stopped". "Judge issues stay of execution for quadruple killer Zane Floyd". ^ "First proposed Nevada execution in 15 years blocked by federal judge".^ "South Carolina court blocks executions, saying inmates must have choice of firing squad"."South Carolina court halts executions until the state's new firing squad option is finalized". ^ Lynch, Jamiel Caldwell, Travis (June 17, 2021)."Idaho inmate's execution canceled, pending clemency hearing". "DeWine pushes back executions for three Ohio death row inmates to 2024". "Governor Issues Reprieve For Three Ohio Death Row Inmates". "Ohio governor: Lethal injection no longer execution option". ^ Smith, Julie Carr Amiri, Farnoush Welsh-Huggins, Andrew (December 8, 2020)."Texas executions delayed over religious rights claims". "Federal judge stays execution of Texas death row prisoner". "Another Texas execution delayed on religious freedom claims". "Texas man gets execution delay over pastor's touch request". "Texas court stays execution on intellectual disability grounds". ^ Haynes, Danielle (February 25, 2021). "Texas appeals court stays next week's execution". ^ Haynes, Danielle (February 3, 2021).^ "Appeals court stays Texas' first scheduled 2021 execution".^ "Tennessee death row inmate Oscar Smith granted indefinite stay of execution due to COVID-19"."Tennessee execution delayed a second time after attorneys catch COVID-19". "Oklahoma executes man for 1985 slaying of schoolteacher". "Mississippi executes man who killed wife, terrorized family". ^ Pettus, Emily Wagster (November 18, 2021)."Oklahoma executes inmate who dies vomiting and convulsing". "Alabama man put to death for 1991 killing of woman". "Missouri man executed for killing 3 workers in '94 robbery". "Texas inmate executed for fatally stabbing 2 brothers". "Texas inmate executed for killing wife, father-in-law". "Absent media, Texas executes inmate who killed great aunt". "Dustin Higgs, last convict scheduled to die under Trump, is executed". "US executes Virginia gang killer despite COVID-19 infection". ^ Tarm, Michael Lavoie, Denise (January 15, 2021)."US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953". ^ Tarm, Michael Hollingsworth, Heather (January 12, 2021)."Report: 11 executions in 2021 mark three-decade low". List of women executed in the United States since 1976.List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States.List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present.List of people executed by the United States federal government.List of most recent executions by jurisdiction.List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976.List of death row inmates in the United States.The execution of Julius Jones in Oklahoma was halted hours before he was due to be executed after his death sentence was commuted to life without the possibility of parole by Governor Kevin Stitt. The execution of Zane Floyd in Nevada was stayed by a federal judge, who ruled that the state needed more time to determine the constitutionality of the lethal injection drugs that would be used for his execution. The court ruled the inmates must have the choice available to them before they can be executed. South Carolina currently has no way of executing inmates via firing squad, meaning the inmates had no choice but to be executed via electrocution. The new capital punishment law in the state requires inmates to pick between the electric chair or firing squad. Two executions in South Carolina were stayed by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the state did not have a way of carrying out execution by firing squad. Attorneys from both sides agreed to the stay of execution until the hearing concluded in November 2021. An execution in Idaho was stayed by the Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole after they granted a request for a commutation hearing. An execution in Pennsylvania was also reprieved due to the moratorium in place on capital punishment in Pennsylvania by Governor Tom Wolf. All three of these executions were rescheduled for 2024. Three executions in Ohio were reprieved due to the unofficial moratorium in place on capital punishment in Ohio by Governor Mike DeWine, due to problems in securing the drugs needed for lethal injections. Five more executions in Texas were reprieved due to the state not allowing the inmate's pastors to lay their hands on them during the execution. Three executions in Texas were also stayed to review intellectual disability claims. Two executions in Tennessee were stayed indefinitely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. List of people executed in the United States in 2021 No.Įxecutions in recent years Number of executionsĪ number of executions were canceled in 2021.
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