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About six-in-ten (63%) say the death penalty does not deter people from committing serious crimes, and nearly eight-in-ten (78%) say there is some risk that an innocent person will be executed. Opinions about the death penalty vary by party, education and race and ethnicity.
As of 2021, 2,382 prisoners in the U.S. were under sentence of death. Of those sentenced, 97.9 percent were male, and around 40 percent of them were Black. In that same year, 84 prisoners...
In 2022, 18 inmates were executed in the United States. The Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) Capital Punishment reports present characteristics of persons under sentence of death and persons executed, and summarize the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status.
2023 is the 9th consecutive year with fewer than 30 people executed (24) and fewer than 50 people sentenced to death (21). Three exonerations this year bring the total to 195 in the modern death penalty era.
DPI is a national non-profit providing news, data and facts about the death penalty. With over 20 special reports on issues including innocence, race, arbitrariness, and costs, DPI’s work has informed and shaped the national discussion on this critical issue.
Status of the death penalty in 2020. As of December 31, 2020, a total of 31 states and the federal government authorized the death penalty (tables 1, 2, and 3). While the Washington Supreme Court declared the state death penalty statute unconstitutional, as applied, on October 11, 2018 (State v. Gregory, 192 Wash. 2d 1, 427 P.3d 621 (2018)), the
For the eighth consecutive year, fewer than 30 people were executed and fewer than 50 people were sentenced to death. The five-year average of new death sentences, 26.6 per year, is the lowest in 50 years. The five-year average of executions, 18.6 per year, is the lowest in more than 30 years, a 74% decline over the course of one decade.
During 2021, the number of prisoners under sentence of death declined for the 21st consecutive year. A total of 16 prisoners were received under sentence of death in 2021, one more than was reported in 2020.
During 2021, the number of prisoners under sentence of death declined for the 21st consecutive year. A total of 16 prisoners were received under sentence of death in 2021, one more than was reported in 2020.
States use the death penalty more often than the federal government. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that the federal government had 51 prisoners with death sentences in December 2020, executing 16 prisoners from 1977 to 2021: two in 2001, one in 2003, 10 in 2020, and three in 2021.