The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released its yearly report on capital punishment on November 4, 2003. The figures reported were for the year 2002. (See also DPIC’s Year End Report 2002). The BJS reported that death sentences in the U.S. have declined for four straight years, dropping by almost 50% since 1998. DPIC will release a report with 2003 figures in mid-December 2003. Read Capital Punishment, 2002.
Citation Guide
- Death Penalty Information Center (2025, March 14). NEW RESOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics Releases 2002 Report. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resource-bureau-of-justice-statistics-releases-2002-report
- Death Penalty Information Center. “NEW RESOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics Releases 2002 Report.” Last modified March 14, 2025. Accessed October 4, 2026. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resource-bureau-of-justice-statistics-releases-2002-report.
- Death Penalty Information Center. “NEW RESOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics Releases 2002 Report.” Death Penalty Information Center, 14 Mar. 2025, https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resource-bureau-of-justice-statistics-releases-2002-report. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.
