2021年7月19日 · About six-in-ten (63%) say the death penalty does not deter people from committing serious crimes, and nearly eight-in-ten (78%) say there is some risk that an …

Here are ten facts about the death penalty in the past, present, and where it might go from here. #1. The crimes punishable by death vary significantly through the years

2023年9月17日 · The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is a controversial issue not only in the United States but all over the world. There are strong arguments on both sides …

2024年8月22日 · 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 …

2022年3月3日 · States use the death penalty more often than the federal government. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that the federal government had 51 prisoners with death …

DPI is a national non-profit organization providing news, data, and facts about the death penalty. With over 20 special reports on issues including innocence, race, arbitrariness, and costs, …

New death sen­tences have fall­en more than 85 % since peak­ing at more than 300 death sen­tences per year in the mid 1990 s. Executions have declined by 75 % since peak­ing at 98 …

2014年3月26日 · People faced the death penalty for a range of non-lethal crimes including robbery, drug-related and economic offences, as well as “adultery” or “blasphemy.” Many …

2015年8月17日 · The 50 facts pro­vide an excel­lent intro­duc­tion to a vari­ety of death penal­ty top­ics, includ­ing costs, deter­rence, race, inno­cence, and more. Each fact is pre­sent­ed in …

2021年6月2日 · Former President Joe Biden granted 4,245 acts of clemency during his four-year tenure in the White House, more than any previous president on record. Here’s a closer look …