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Because of different definitions of what constitutes being “on death row,” some organizations such as the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel or the Bureau of Justice Statistics may have a slightly different list of those currently under federal sentence of death.
The federal death penalty applies in all 50 states and U.S. territories but is used relatively rarely. There are 40 prisoners on the federal death row, most of whom are imprisoned in Terre Haute, Indiana.
The convictions or death sentences of 148 death-row prisoners had been reversed pending retrial, resentencing, or completion of the appeals process. That left 2,079 prisoners facing active death sentences. 35.3% of those on U.S. death row (787 prisoners) were in states with moratoria on executions.
Bernard was 18 years old at the time of the murders, and is the youngest offender on federal death row in more than 70 years. Vialva, who was 19-years-old at the time of his offense, was executed on September 24, 2020. Four younger teenagers also pled guilty to federal charges relating to the crime.
Between the reinstatement of the federal death penalty in 1988 and 2021, 79 defendants have been sentenced to death, of whom 16 have been executed. Three other defendants have had a jury recommend death sentence, but a death sentence was not ultimately imposed.
Death Row Overview. Around 2, 250 prisoners currently face execution in the United States. The national death-row population has declined for 20 consecutive years, as sentence reversals, executions, and deaths by other causes are outpacing new death sentences.
This page will be updated at 12 noon (Eastern Time) each day. to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours. Please scroll over each state on the above map to see the number of active and inactive death warrants, as well as the number of executions.
While death sentences and executions hovered near historic lows for the seventh consecutive year, and public support for the death penalty remained at its lowest level in half a century, the Department of Justice performed the most federal civilian executions in any single year since 1896.
Executions Overview. 1603 men and women have been executed in the United States since the 1970 s, although executions have declined significantly over the past two decades. Most executions have been concentrated in a few states and a small number of outlier counties.
Federal Laws Providing for the Death Penalty. Bringing in and harboring certain aliens resulting in death. Destruction of aircraft, motor vehicles, or related facilities resulting in death. Murder committed during a drug-related drive-by shooting. Murder committed at an airport serving international civil aviation.