Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The United States had the highest number of executions in about 15 years this year due to an increase in Florida despite historically low support for the form of punishment, the Death Penalty Information Center said in its year-end report.
As of Monday, 46 executions have been carried out in 2025, with another two scheduled before the end of December. The last time the annual total was that high was in 2010, when 46 people were executed.
The total for 2025 nearly doubled the previous year's figure of 24.
"The increase in this year's execution numbers was caused by the outlier state of Florida, where the governor set a record number of executions," said Robin Maher, the center's executive director.
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