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Below are reports released by the Death Penalty Information Center covering subjects such as race, innocence, politicization, costs of the death penalty, and more. When opening a report, please allow the report page to load fully before selecting links to sections or footnotes.

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Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis

(released October 20, 2009)

A Crisis of Confidence: Americans' Doubts About the Death Penalty.
(released June 9, 2007) Media Coverage Report

 

 

Blind Justice: Juries Deciding Life and Death With Only Half the Truth

(released October 18, 2005)

 

 

International Perspectives on the Death Penalty:

A Costly Isolation for the U.S.
(released October 12, 1999)

 

The Death Penalty in Black & White:

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides
(released June 4, 1998)
La Peine De Mort en Noir Et Blanc: Qui Vit, Qui Meurt, Qui Decide - translated into French by Debra Mervant

 

Innocence and the Death Penalty:

 

The Increasing Danger of Executing the Innocent

(released July 15, 1997)

Killing for Votes:

The Dangers of Politicizing the Death Penalty Process
(released October 18, 1996)

Twenty Years of Capital Punishment:

A Re-evaluation
(June 1996)

With Justice for Few:

The Growing Crisis in Death Penalty Representation
(1995)


On the Front Line:

Law Enforcement Views on the Death Penalty
(1995)

The Future of the Death Penalty in the U.S.:

A Texas-Sized Crisis
(1994)

Racial Disparities:

In Federal Death Penalty Prosecutions 1988-1994
(1994)


Innocence and the Death Penalty:

Assessing the Danger of Mistaken Executions
(1993)

Sentencing for Life:

Americans Embrace Alternatives to the Death Penalty
(1993)

Millions Misspent:

What Politicians Don't Say About the High Costs of the Death Penalty

(1992, updated with additional information 1994)

Killing Justice:

Government Misconduct and the Death Penalty

(1992)

Justice on the Cheap:

The Philadelphia Story

(1992)

 

Chattahoochee Judicial District - The Buckle of the Death Belt:

The Death Penalty in Microcosm (1991)