"Executions in the U.S. nearly doubled in 2025 over the previous year as Florida executed more prisoners in a 12-month span than ever before, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The organization, which tracks capital punishment, released its year-end report on Monday. It showed a complicated picture: although public support for the death penalty remained at a low point, executions ticked upward. "These trends show there is a real disconnect between what the American public wants and what elected officials are doing with the death penalty," said Robin Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI). The group does not take a position on the death penalty itself but is critical of how it has been applied."
"According to the report, states have carried out 46 executions so far in 2025 up from 25 in 2024. Two executions are scheduled in Georgia and Florida later this week, which will bring the total to 48, the highest in over 15 years. Nineteen people about 40% of the nation's total were or will be executed in Florida this year. The dramatic increase coincides with the second term of President Trump, an avid supporter of the death penalty. Since his return to office, Trump has ordered the resumption of federal executions, which were paused by former President Joe Biden in 2021. The most recent federal executions took place during the last days of Trump's first term."
Executions in the U.S. nearly doubled to 46 in 2025 from 25 in 2024. Florida executed 19 people, about 40% of the national total, breaking its single-year record. Two additional executions scheduled in Georgia and Florida will raise the tally to 48, the highest in over 15 years. The increase coincides with President Trump's second term and his directive to resume federal executions that had been paused in 2021. Public support for the death penalty remained at a low point even as executions rose. Critics pointed to a disconnect between public preference and elected officials' actions; Florida officials cited resolved pandemic delays.
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