DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 17, 2019
Capital punishment continued to wither across the United States in 2019, disappearing completely in some regions and significantly eroding in others. New Hampshire became the 21st state to abolish the death penalty and California became the fourth state with a moratorium on executions. With those actions, half of all U.S. states have abolished the…
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 14, 2018
2018 Marked the Fourth Consecutive Year with Fewer than 30 Executions and Less than 50 Death Sentences. (Washington, D.C.) With 25 executions and 42 death sentences expected this year, the use of the death penalty remained near historic lows in 2018, according to a report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). 2018 marked…
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 14, 2017
Public Support for Death Penalty Drops to 45-Year Low as Four More Death-Row Prisoners Exonerated in 2017. (Washington, D.C.) Executions and death sentences remained near historically low levels in 2017, as public support for the death penalty fell to its lowest level in 45 years, according to a report released today by the Death Penalty…
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 21, 2016
(Washington, D.C.) Death sentences, executions, and public support for capital punishment all continued historic declines in 2016. American juries imposed the fewest death sentences in the modern era of U.S. The 20 executions this year marked the lowest number in a quarter century, according to a report released today by the Death Penalty…
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 15, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDeath Penalty Use in 2015 Declines SharplyFewest Executions, Fewest Death Sentences, and Fewest States Employing the Death Penalty in Decades(Washington, D.C.) The use of the death penalty in the U.S. As of December 15, fourteen states and the federal government have imposed 49 new death sentences this year, a 33% decline over…
