USA | Only 7 states imposed new death sentences in 2023; 1 of them has passed new laws likely to expand number

Texas and Florida accounted for more than half of the executions this year, with Florida putting six inmates to death and Texas executing eight, according to a report by the Death Penalty Information Center.Only three other states conducted executions in 2023: Alabama (two), Missouri (four) and Oklahoma (four), according to a Dec. 1 press release.The last time that so few states conducted