US prisons resume federal executions

Experts say that even though the United States says that some states have stopped the execution process, this actually means that prisoners are dying in prison while they wait for their turn to die. Those who have been sentenced to death in states that have stopped the death penalty's implementation remain in prison until they pass away because there is no way to decide what will happen to these sentences and the convicts.

There are currently 2,000 Americans on death row in American prisons, 40 of whom are on federal death row and the remaining ones are on state death row, according to statistics.

More than 200 death row inmates have been acquitted, according to studies done in this country since 1973. These studies demonstrate that they are unable to provide reliable information about innocent people who have been executed in the United States, which makes this statistic even more concerning.

Some noteworthy changes can be seen when comparing the executions in 2024 with the predictions for similar executions in 2025.

Three of Alabama's six executions in 2024 were conducted using the contentious technique of nitrogen hypoxia, or asphyxiation with nitrogen gas. This is a state record, according to the compiled data, and it was the highest number among all US states in 2024. The United Nations has voiced strong opposition to the use of nitrogen gas for executions, and Alabama is still the only state in the US to do so.

According to Arizona, the state might start carrying out executions again in 2025. Due to a failed execution in 2022, Arizona had suspended executions for the previous two years. Due to challenges obtaining execution drugs, the state has halted executions since 2014.

Donald Trump, the US president-elect, declared during his campaign that he would carry out federal executions once more. Project 2025, Trump's second-term plan, placed a strong emphasis on federal executions; despite declaring that he was pulling out of the plan, Trump insisted on carrying out federal executions. He carried out 13 federal executions during his previous term, and it is anticipated that 40 will be carried out during his second term.