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Most Executions by State

(1930–2006)

Rank	State	Since 1930	Since 1976
1.	Texas	676	379
2.	Georgia	405	39
3.	New York	329	0
4.	California	306	13
5.	North Carolina	306	43
6.	Florida	234	64
7.	South Carolina	198	36
8.	Ohio	196	24
9.	Virginia	190	98
10.	Alabama	170	35

Note: Table denotes executions under civil authority; military authorities carried out an additional 160 executions, 1930–97. Note: In 1972 the Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as it was then administered, was “cruel and unusual” and therefore unconstitutional. On July 1, 1976, however, the Court overturned the ruling by a 7–2 decision, and capital punishment was reinstated.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, and Death Penalty Information Center. Web: www.deathpenaltyinfo.org.