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DPIC Year-End Reports

Dec 15, 2015

The Death Penalty in 2015: Year End Report

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

The Death Penalty in 2014: Year End Report

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

The Death Penalty in 2013: Year End Report

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

The Death Penalty in 2012: Year End Report

(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

The Death Penalty in 2011: Year End Report

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…