Texas executes most in 2002

Texas executed 33 people this year, the most of any US state and almost double the number put to death in Texas last year, a study showed.

Since resuming executions 20 years ago, 298 Texas inmates have been executed, far more than in any other state. The 17 executions in Texas in 2001 represented a sharp drop for the state, which executed a record 40 people in 2000 and has executed an average of 22 inmates annually since 1992.