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[4] Although 31 states still retain the death penalty, only 7 of them actually carried out executions in 2014. [5] Twenty-six states have carried out executions during the last ten years; [6] the remaining 7 states, the U.S. Federal Government, and the U.S. Military are de facto abolitionist by U.N. standards.
Britain influenced the colonies more than any other country and has a long history of punishment by death. About 450 BC, the death penalty was often enforced by throwing the condemned into a quagmire. By the 10th Century, hanging from gallows was the most frequent execution method.