DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 17, 2002
As in almost every year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, the South led the U.S. Texas carried out 33 executions this year, nearly half of the country’s total executions (71) and nearly 5 times as many as Oklahoma, the next leading state with 7. since the death penalty was reinstated, 13 (62%) have been in Texas.
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 12, 2001
For the first time since the death penalty was reinstated, the number of people on death row also appears to be decreasing. A drop in the number of executions in the leading death penalty states of Texas and Virginia contributed to the first two-year decline since the death penalty was reinstated. The number of people on death row also declined,…
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 19, 2000
A broad change in the way the American public views capital punishment was precipitated by a steady sequence of eye-opening events, including releases from death row, reports on the unfairness of the process, and governmental action to limit or halt the death penalty.
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 01, 1999
Such mistakes in the application of the death penalty have resulted in proposals from state legislators, judges, and religious and international leaders to impose a moratorium on the death penalty. Legislation to reform or stop the death penalty progressed further than at any time in recent years.
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 18, 1998
The number of executions in 1998 declined slightly from the record number in 1997. The number of people on death row again moved to a record high and now stands at 3,517, though the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported a 19% drop in new death sentences in 1997.
