A repeal of New Hampshire’s death penalty fell just one vote short Thursday, in a 12 to 12 tie in the Senate.

Since the Supreme Court reinstated the punishment in the mid-1970s, more than 1,300 people have been executed, according to Death Penalty Information Center data displayed in the above Pew Research Center animation. All but three were executed in state prisons. More than a third of all executions have taken place in Texas. Just six states — Texas, Virginia, Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri and Alabama — accounted for two-thirds of all executions. Eighteen states lack the death penalty, as shown in the below graphic.
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