>>>http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/23/virginia.woman.execution/index.html?hpt=C1
>>>
>>>I guess someone will be updating the lyrics for "Gramma got run over by a reindeer"
>>
>>BBC stated that "Virginia carries out the second highest number of executions of any state in the US." Which state is the first one in this respect?
>
>Got to be Texas, I suspect by a wide margin.
>
>Here you go --
>
>http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/number-executions-state-and-region-1976

What is the common factor of OH and AL having a growth rate far above anybody else ?
Current governors refusing to postpone executions ?
A rise in crimes/sentences a few years ago fueling it now ?

[partially trivial numbers just make me curious...
only answer if you know it through common knowledge not availabe here]


regards

thomas