A look at the status of US executions in 2025

Nineteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and nine other people are scheduled to be put to death in seven states during the remainder of 2025.

Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday. Matthew Lee Johnson in Texas and Benjamin Ritchie in Indiana died of the same method on Tuesday.

Other states with scheduled executions this year are Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma and South Carolina, though Ohio’s governor has been...