1. Executed under civil authority;
military authorities carried out an additional 160 executions,
1930–1997.
2. In 1972 the Supreme Court ruled that
capital punishment, as it was then administered, was “cruel and unusual”
and therefore unconstitutional. On July 1, 1976, however, the Court
overturned the ruling by a 7–2 decision, and capital punishment was
reinstated.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics,
and Death Penalty Information Center. Web: www.deathpenaltyinfo.org .
