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…
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 18, 2014
DEATH PENALTY 2014: FEWEST EXECUTIONS IN 20 YEARSFEWEST DEATH SENTENCES IN 40 YEARS Seven Death Row Inmates Exonerated, Highest in Five Years. (Washington, D.C.) With 35 executions this year, 2014 marks the fewest people put to death since 1994, according to a report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). The 72 new death…
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 15, 2013
Death Sentences Remain Near Record Lows, Number of States Repealing Capital Punishment Grows,and Public Support for Death Penalty at 40-Year Low. (Washington, D.C.) With 39 executions in 2013, this year marks only the second time in nearly two decades that the United States executed less than 40 people, according to a report released today by the…
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 18, 2012
(Washington, D.C.) Only nine states carried out executions this year, equaling the fewest number of states to do so in 20 years, according to a new report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). Many death penalty states with histories of high use had no new death sentences or no executions in 2012. “In 2012, fewer states…
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 15, 2011
DPIC’s Year End Report: Death Sentences Drop Well Below 100; Lowest Number Since Capital Punishment was Reinstated in 1976. Executions Decline Nationwide; Texas Executions Decrease by Almost Half Over Two Years (Washington, D.C.) New death sentences dropped to 78 in 2011, representing a dramatic decline from last year’s number of 112 and marking…
