Of the 28 executions scheduled for 2025, ten have been carried out, and 11 more are scheduled, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The remaining seven have either been rescheduled until 2027 and 2028, stayed, or withdrawn, DPIC reported.
Southern states were the most active. Florida, South Carolina, and Texas each killed two people, and Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, and Oklahoma each executed one person. Four of those executions took place in three days — from March 18 through March 21.
Two states, Louisiana and Arizona, resumed executions after hiatuses. Louisiana’s execution of Jessie Hoffman earlier this month was the state’s first execution in 15 years. It was also the first time Louisiana had executed a person with nitrogen gas. Arizona killed Aaron Gunches in its first execution since 2022. The state used lethal injection to kill Gunches.
