Testimony of Richard C. Dieter, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center, before the Pennsylvania Senate Government Management and Cost Study Commission on the costs of the death penalty and its lack of return.

Testimony and Statements

Jan 21, 2014

Testimony and Statements

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An introduction to the navigation system, features, and terminology of DPI's website.

Information about scheduled executions around the country

For every 8.2 people executed in the United States in the modern era of the death penalty, one person on death row has been exonerated.

States With and Without the Death Penalty

PDF handout with facts about the Death Penalty

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Testimony of Richard C. Dieter, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center, before the Pennsylvania Senate Government Management and Cost Study Commission on the costs of the death penal­ty and its lack of return.