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* There have also been 3 federal executions since 1976.
Maryland has had five executions since 1976, far fewer than states such as Texas (491) and Virginia (109). Maryland is one of 33 states that have executed criminals since 1976, when the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty. Seventeen states and Washington, D.C., have had no executions since that year.
