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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 were...
- Number of Prisoners by Ethnicity 2020
Generation gap on social issues - attitude towards death...
- Most Common Reasons to Oppose The Death Penalty in The U.S. 2014
In 2014, 40 percent of the respondents opposing the death...
- Moral Stance Towards The Death Penalty 2022
In 2024, 55 percent of survey respondents from the United...
- Number of Prisoners by Ethnicity 2020
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.
1 gru 2023 · For the first time, the October 2023 survey reports that more Americans believe the death penalty is applied unfairly (50%) than fairly (47%). Between 2000 and 2015, 51%—61% of Americans said they thought capital punishment was applied fairly in the U.S., but this number has been dropping since 2016.
18 lut 2021 · 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.
16 gru 2021 · The combined impact of the continuing COVID pandemic and dwindling support for capital punishment made 2021 the seventh consecutive year with fewer than 30 executions and 50 new death sentences in the United States.
16 gru 2022 · Key Findings. Eighth consecutive year with fewer than 30 executions and 50 new death sentences. Botched executions and protocol errors lead to halts in Alabama and Tennessee. Executions heavily concentrated in few jurisdictions – more than half in Oklahoma and Texas.
1 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.
