DPIC Year-End Reports

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. cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment, since the Supreme Court declared exist­ing death penal­ty statutes uncon­sti­tu­tion­al in 1972. The 20 exe­cu­tions this year…

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. The 28 exe­cu­tions this year marked the low­est num­ber since 1991, accord­ing to a report released today by the Death Penalty…

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…