Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s deci­sion uphold­ing Kentucky’s lethal injec­tion process on April 16, there have been 9 exe­cu­tions:

William Lynd
 GA
5/​6/​08
Earl Berry
 MS
5/​21/​08
Kevin Green
 VA
5/​27/​08
Curtis Osborne
 GA
6/​4/​08
David Hill
 SC
6/​6/​08
Karl Chamberlain
TX
6/​11/​08
Terry Short
OK
6/​17/​08
James Reed
SC
6/​20/​08
Robert Yarbrough
VA
6/​25/​08

Race of Defendants: 5 white, 4 black
Race of Victims: 7 white, 5 black, 1 Asian

Regions of Country: 100% in the south
Method: 8 by lethal injec­tion; 1 by elec­tro­cu­tion

Executions sched­uled but not car­ried out:

Georgia: 1 Commutation
Virginia: 1 Commutation
Texas: 2 Stays of exe­cu­tion

See Executions and Upcoming Executions (As of June 25, 2008).

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