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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.
Here’s a closer look at public opinion on the death penalty, as well as key facts about the nation’s use of capital punishment.
The death penalty, more formally known as capital punishment, is a highly controversial topic in the United States, and is still used by the federal government, military, and in 27 out of 50...
The Death Penalty Information Center provides essential statistics like execution numbers, death row population, and murder rates for each state. We also provide historical background on the death penalty in each state, including abolitionist states.
The geographic distribution of capital punishment in the United States has a strong correlation with the history of slavery and lynchings. [5] States where slavery was legal before the Civil War also saw high numbers of lynchings after the Civil War and into the 20th century.
Twenty states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) removed a total of 84 prisoners from under sentence of death by means other than execution in 2021 (table 5). Among jurisdictions with prisoners under sentence of death at yearend 2021, 19 states and the BOP reported a decrease in the number of prisoners held under
Capital Punishment Description This report presents statistics on prisoners who were under sentence of death in 2021, a summary of state and federal death penalty laws in 2021, and historical trends in executions.
This report presents statistics on prisoners who were under sentence of death in 2021, a summary of state and federal death penalty laws in 2021, and historical trends in executions. It provides data on which jurisdictions have the death penalty, which jurisdictions carried out an execution in 2021, and which methods of execution are authorized ...
Statistics are available on the number of death sentences by jurisdiction and year. Recent data include racial information on sentences. Death sentences can be easily compared to the murder rates for various jurisdictions and time periods.
Lethal injection is the most common method of execution in the US; it is approved in all 30 states where capital punishment is legal. Electrocution is the second most common method, approved in eight states.