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The Times reports that ten of the twelve states without the death penalty have homicide rates below the national average, whereas half of the states with the death penalty have homicide rates above. During the last 20 years, the homicide rate in states with the death penalty has been 48% - 101% higher than in states without the death penalty.
16 gru 2021 · The 2021 Gallup poll measured public support for the death penalty at a half-century low, with 54% of respondents to the organization’s annual crime survey saying that they were “in favor of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder.”
17 lis 2023 · 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.
16 gru 2022 · According to Gallup, support for capital punishment has remained between 54-56% for each of the past six years. 42% of respondents told Gallup they oppose the death penalty, one percentage point below 2021’s 50-year high.
This chart shows countries by existence and practice of death penalty laws (2023).
3 sie 2021 · This factsheet provides information about the death penalty statuses of countries around the world, and parties and signatories of international abolition treaties.
Our comprehensive database tracks the laws and practices of all countries that retain the death penalty. An essential resource for researchers, practitioners, and the public at large, the database provides fully searchable analysis of national and global trends relating to capital punishment.
