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As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row inmates in the United States, including 48 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]
Jan 15, 2020 · Seventeen prisoners were executed in the United States in 2020. Five states and the Federal Government carried out executions. Most states carry out executions with a three-drug lethal-injection protocol. Others use a single drug.
DateNumber Since 1976StateName1/15/201513TXJohn Gardner1/29/201514GADonnie Lance2/6/201515TXAbel Ochoa2/20/201516TNNicholas Todd SuttonA total of seventeen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2020, sixteen by lethal injection and one by electrocution. [1] The federal government of the United States executed ten people in 2020, ending a hiatus on federal executions which had lasted for over 17 years.
Feb 10, 2021 · Over the course of our reporting, we followed cases in 15 states and the federal government, which resumed executions in 2020 after a lengthy hiatus. Four of the states we watched—Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma and South Carolina—did not put anyone to death, though they made efforts to.
Dec 16, 2020 · The DPIC also found that five innocent men were exonerated and taken off death row, two were executed who were likely innocent and “several others” were granted retrials.
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May 24, 2022 · The tables below show how many people have been on death row and how many have been executed since 2003, as well as executions by race and jurisdiction. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic put many states’ trials and executions for 2020. For information on US executions before 2003, see: The ESPY List: US Executions 1608-2002.
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Dec 10, 2021 · Seven states received a total of 14 prisoners under sentence of death in 2020, the smallest annual number reported since the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated capital punishment statutes in several states in 1972 (see Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972)).
