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Bookmark or Share- State by State | Death Penalty Information CenterState by State. 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.
- 10 facts about the death penalty in the U.S. | Pew Research ...As of July 2021, the death penalty is authorized by 27 states and the federal government – including the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. military – and prohibited in 23 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
- Upcoming Executions | Death Penalty Information CenterThis page is updated each business day by 12 pm Eastern Time. 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. For information on all known warrants this year, see the Outcome of Death Warrants in 2024 page.
- Death Penalty Information Center | Death Penalty Information ...DPIC’s database of more than 9, 800 death sentences imposed between the Supreme Court ruling striking down U.S. death penalty laws in 1972 and January 1, 2022 details the systemic arbitrariness, bias, and error of the modern U.S. death penalty.
- About Us | Death Penalty Information CenterThe Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to serve the media, policymakers, and the general public with data and analysis on issues concerning capital punishment and the people it affects.
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