Here is what the page “US Death Penalty in 2025: Tennessee Case Spotlights a Declining Practice” contains. Christa Pike, Tennessee's only woman on death row, survived two lethal injection attempts in January 2025, bringing renewed attention to the death penalty in the United States. Pike, convicted of a 1995 murder, faced a botched execution that highlights ongoing problems with lethal injection protocols. Her case is the latest in a series of high-profile execution failures that have fueled debate over capital punishment. Nationally, the use of the death penalty has been declining for decades.
In 2024, there were 24 executions across five states—Alabama, Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Georgia—down from a peak of 98 in 1999. New death sentences have also dropped sharply, from over 300 per year in the mid-1990s to just 21 in 2024. Public support for the death penalty has fallen to around 53%, the lowest in five decades. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.