Twenty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2024, three by nitrogen hypoxia and twenty-two by lethal injection.
[1] The first person executed in 2024, Kenneth Eugene Smith, became the first person in the United States and in the world to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia.
[3][4] South Carolina carried out its first execution since 2011 in September.
[5] Indiana conducted its first execution since 2009 in December.
[6] September 2024 also saw the greatest number of inmates executed within a one-week span since July 2003.