Missouri has executed 77 people since 1976, the fifth-highest total in that span (trailing Texas, Oklahoma, Virginia and Florida). Between 2006 and 2013, Missouri executed four inmates, a number that could be doubled this year alone if an execution scheduled for next month takes place. This year, Missouri, Texas and Florida have combined to carry out more than three-quarters of the 27 executions that have occurred nationwide. (In June, Missouri and Florida - along with Georgia - carried out three executions in less than 24 hours.)