Forty-two people were executed in the United States in 2007. Twenty-six of them were in the state of Texas. One (Daryl Keith Holton) was executed via electrocution. Holton, who waived his appeals and chose the electric chair, was the first person to be electrocuted by the state of Tennessee since 1960. The state of South Dakota carried out its first execution since 1947. In September 2007, executions in the United States were halted, due to certiorari in Baze v. Rees, which questioned the constitutionality of lethal injection. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed all executions until a decision was made. The stay was not lifted until May 2008.
List of people executed in the United States in 2007 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 9, 2007 38 23 15Male Black OklahomaLethal injection 2 January 10, 2007 36 27 9 HispanicTexas 3 January 17, 2007 32 20 12White 4 January 30, 2007 31 28 3 5 February 7, 2007 47 37 10 Black 6 February 22, 2007 30 22 8White 7 February 27, 2007 44 19 25 8 March 6, 2007 48 35 13 Hispanic 9 March 7, 2007 45 19 26Black 10 March 20, 2007 42 33 9 11 March 28, 2007 28 18 10 Hispanic 12 March 29, 2007 51 39 12White 13 April 11, 2007 38 2513 14 April 24, 2007 41 28 Ohio 15 April 26, 2007 30 18 12 Texas 16 May 3, 2007 55 26 29 Black Alabama 17 May 4, 2007 42 19 23White Indiana 18 May 9, 2007 53 28 25 Tennessee 19 May 16, 2007 41 22 19 Texas 20 May 22, 2007 50 30 20 Arizona 21 May 24, 2007 37 32 5 Ohio 22 June 6, 2007 56 44 12 Texas 23 June 15, 2007 36 20 16 Indiana 24 June 20, 2007 19 17HispanicTexas 25 June 21, 2007 33 249 26 June 22, 2007 40 31 Black South Carolina 27June 26, 2007 49 39 10White Oklahoma 28 39 23 16 Texas 29 63 43 20 Black Georgia 30 July 11, 2007 25 18 7 White South Dakota 31 July 24, 2007 44 27 17Black Texas 32 July 26, 2007 46 19 27 Alabama 33 August 15, 2007 27 18 9 Texas 34 August 21, 2007 46 25 21 White Oklahoma 35 August 22, 2007 32 23 9Black Texas 36 August 23, 2007 47 28 19 Alabama 37 August 28, 2007 32 19 13Texas 38 August 29, 2007 18 12 Hispanic 39 September 5, 2007 30 219White 40 September 12, 2007 45 36 Tennessee Electrocution 41 September 20, 2007 32 23TexasLethal injection 42 September 25, 2007 48 26 22 Black Average: 40 years 26 years 14 years
Demographics Gender Male 42 100% Female 0 0% Ethnicity White 22 52% Black 14 33% Hispanic 6 14% State Texas 26 62% Alabama 3 7% Oklahoma 3 7% Indiana 2 5% Ohio 2 5% Tennessee 2 5% Arizona 1 2% Georgia 1 2% South Carolina 1 2% South Dakota 1 2% Method Lethal injection 41 98% Electrocution 1 2% Month January 4 10% February 3 7% March 5 12% April 3 7% May 6 14% June 8 19% July 3 7% August 6 14% September 4 10% October 0 0% November 0 0% December 0 0% Age 20–29 3 7% 30–39 17 40% 40–49 16 38% 50–59 5 12% 60–69 1 2% Total 42 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2008 37 2007 42 2006 53 Total 132
See also List of death row inmates in the United States List of most recent executions by jurisdiction List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States List of women executed in the United States since 1976
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