Thirty Seven. Eighteen of which were in Texas.

1) 37 in the US in 2008: "Executions by State 2007 2008 Texas 26 18 Virginia 0 4 Georgia 1 3 South Carolina 1 3 Florida 0 2 Mississippi 0 2 Ohio 2 2 Oklahoma 3 2 Kentucky 0 1 Alabama 3 0 Arizona 1 0 Indiana 2 0 South Dakota 1 0 Tennessee 2 0 TOTALS 42 37" Source and further information: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/2008YearEnd.pdf 2) For the world, I have found data for 2007: "Since World War II there has been a consistent trend towards abolishing the death penalty. In 1977, 16 countries were abolitionist. As at November 6, 2008 93 countries had abolished capital punishment, 9 had done so for all offences except under special circumstances, and 35 had not used it for at least 10 years or under a moratorium. Sixty actively retained the death penalty. At least 3,000 people (and probably considerably more) were sentenced to death during 2007, and at the end of the year around 25,000 were on death row, with Pakistan and the USA accounting for about half this figure. China carries out by far the greatest number of executions: Amnesty International has confirmed at least 470 during 2007, but the true figure has been estimated at up to 6,000. Outside China, at least 800 people were put to death in 23 countries during 2007, with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq and the USA the main contributors. Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen executed people for crimes committed when they were juveniles, in contravention of international law. Executions are known to have been carried out in the following countries in 2007: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Botswana, China, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Libya, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, USA, Vietnam, Yemen. In 2007 the largest number of verifiable executions were carried out in the six countries listed below (with the exception of the US, the figures are believed to be under-estimates): Most Executions carried out in 2007 Country Number China 470+ (other sources est. 5,000)1 Iran 317+ Saudi Arabia 143+ Pakistan 135+ USA 42 Iraq 33+ 1.Based on a combination of published and anecdotal evidence, Dui Hua foundation suggests the real tally in China may be as high as 5,000" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment Further information: http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/stats-on-human-rights/statistics-on-capital-punishment/