Four executions are scheduled in four states over four days this week. Here’s what we know

Donald Trump See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow

Over the next four days, four inmates in four different states are scheduled to be put to death – a cluster that, while not abnormal, comes amid a national uptick in executions while President Donald Trump calls for the death penalty’s expansion.

A cluster of executions is “not that unusual,” according to Robert Dunham, director of the Death Penalty Policy Project. “But it’s become increasingly rare as use of the death penalty has diminished.”

Indeed, the number of executions each year remains far lower than its peak in 1999 , when nearly 100 people were put to death nationwide. That figure steadily decreased until the Covid-19 pandemic, when it reached historic lows, Dunham said. Relate