DPIC Reports
Below are reports released by the Death Penalty Information Center since its inception, covering subjects such as race, innocence, politicization, costs of the death penalty, and more. When opening a report, please allow the report page to load fully before selecting links to sections or footnotes. Most of these reports are also available in printed form from DPIC. For a copy of one of these reports, e‑mail DPIC. For bulk orders, please download our Resource Order Form.
Reports are separated into Year End Reports, In-Depth Reports, and Special Reports. In-Depth Reports are DPIC’s signature long, thorough reports on major death-penalty issues. These include “The 2% Death Penalty,” examining geographic arbitrariness in capital punishment, and “Behind the Curtain,” covering secrecy in the death penalty system. Special Reports are shorter, and typically address a specific event or question. These include DPIC’s explanation of the 2017 spate of executions that were scheduled in Arkansas, and our analysis of the largest number of executions performed on a single day.
Reports: 21 — 25
Nov 20, 2018
Behind the Curtain: Secrecy and the Death Penalty in the United States
During the past seven years, states have begun conducting executions with drugs and drug combinations that have never been tried before. They have done so behind an expanding veil of secrecy laws that shield the execution process from public…
Read MoreSep 20, 2018
Ohio Executions Scheduled for 2017 – 2022
For more information about upcoming executions, see DPIC’s Upcoming Executions page, which is regularly updated on business days.Ohio had scheduled 27 executions to take place between July 2017 and September 2020. The first execution took place July 26, 2017.On September 1, 2017, the Governor revised the dates in 19 of the 26 scheduled executions, which pushed out the dates through April 2022.On…
Read MoreFeb 19, 2018
DPIC Analysis: What is the Most Number of Executions Carried Out in a Single Day?
Three states scheduled executions for February 22,…
Read MoreDec 14, 2017
The Death Penalty in 2017: Year End Report
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Read MoreDec 08, 2017
Background on Arkansas April 2017 Executions
Eight executions were scheduled in Arkansas from April 17 – 27, 2017. The state scheduled two executions per day on four days during that period. The men scheduled for execution were (top row, from left to right) Bruce Ward, Marcel Williams, Jason McGehee, and Kenneth Williams; (bottom row, from left to right) Stacey Johnson, Ledell Lee, Don Davis, and Jack Jones. The state carried out four executions during this…
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