News Organization Corrects Texas 2025 Execution Figure of 169
Updated
Updated · NPR · May 17
News Organization Corrects Texas 2025 Execution Figure of 169
8 articles · Updated · NPR · May 17
A May 17 correction said a previous report wrongly described 169 as the number of executions in Texas in 2025.
The corrected figure refers instead to the number of people known to be under sentence of death in Texas at the end of 2025, according to Amnesty International.
The fix amends a broader story that said executions nearly doubled in the United States last year and surged abroad.
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