Holton was the first person to be executed by electrocution in Tennessee in 47 years.

Yet four thousand people have been executed in just three years: hanged, burned, or beheaded.

If the execution is carried out, Nadarkhani would be the first Christian executed for religious reasons in Iran in over 20 years.

Tennessee executed its first death row inmate in 40 years early this morning.

Shaikh was the first EU national to be executed in China in 50 years.

On July 1, 1997, Kentucky executed its first inmate in thirty five years.

Mr. Coe would have become the first murderer executed in Tennessee in 40 years.

It noted that a youthful offender had not been executed in Florida in 25 years.

Under his stewardship, the company executed its mandate in seven years.

He executed 17 urban renewal projects in nine years.