Texas led the states, with 13. Executions were held in 12 others: Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia. Texas's 477 executions since 1977 are the most, by far. Texas, Virginia and Oklahoma account for more than half the nation's 1,277 executions since Gary Gilmore faced a firing squad in Utah on Jan. 17, 1977, the first execution after the resumption.
