The last execution in the United States for 2024 took place in Oklahoma on Thursday morning.
A former grocery store employee was sentenced to this.
A man was convicted of killing a 10-year-old girl in 2006, NBC News reports.
The American was executed by lethal injection on his 45th birthday.
The Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously denied the clemency petition.
This year's use of the death penalty came amid the largest number of commutations and pardons for nonviolent offenders.
A coalition of death penalty abolitionists has called for the execution sentences of all 40 federal inmates to be commuted before Trump arrives in the White House.
In addition, many states that use the death penalty have recently had difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs.
Manufacturers, for their part, imposed restrictions on the use of their products in executions.
However, in 2024, some states resumed executions.
Author: Elena Gutyro
