Three new items have been added to DPIC’s Web site, including a summary of a new report from The Sentencing Project, the complete results of a recent North Carolina poll, and an updated “Special Resources from DPIC” Web page:
1. A summary of important facts from The Sentencing Project’s new report: “The Meaning of ‘Life’: Long Prison Sentences in Context.” For example, the report notes that the use of life-without-parole sentences has expanded significantly – of the lifers in prison, one in four (26.3%) is serving a sentence of life without parole, having increased from one in six (17.8%) in 1992. Read DPIC’s summary of the report.
2. The complete report of a recent public opinion poll (see previous What’s New item) in North Carolina. In particular, the poll found that by a margin of more than two-to-one (63% to 28%), state residents favor a two-year suspension of executions. See the North Carolina poll (pdf).
3. A newly revised page of Special Resources from DPIC to help in your research of the death penalty.
- Death Penalty Information Center (2025, March 14). NEW RESOURCES: Three New Items Of Interest. Retrieved October 3, 2026, from https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resources-three-new-items-of-interest
- Death Penalty Information Center. “NEW RESOURCES: Three New Items Of Interest.” Last modified March 14, 2025. Accessed October 3, 2026. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resources-three-new-items-of-interest.
- Death Penalty Information Center. “NEW RESOURCES: Three New Items Of Interest.” Death Penalty Information Center, 14 Mar. 2025, https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resources-three-new-items-of-interest. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.