Yahoo Web Search

Sign In

Search results

      • With 25 executions and 42 death sentences expected this year, the use of the death penalty remained near historic lows in 2018, according to a report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). 2018 marked the fourth consecutive year with fewer than 30 executions and 50 death sentences, reflecting a long-term decline of capital punishment across the United States.
      deathpenaltyinfo.org › facts-and-research › dpic-reports

      The Death Penalty in 2018 : Year End Report

  2. People also ask

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Capital_punishment_by_theCapital punishment by the United States federal government

    Capital punishment is a legal punishment under the criminal justice system of the United States federal government. It is the most serious punishment that could be imposed under federal law. The serious crimes that warrant this punishment include treason, espionage, murder, large-scale drug trafficking, or attempted murder of a witness, juror ...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_people_executed_inList of people executed in the United States in 2018 - Wikipedia

    A total of twenty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2018; of whom 23 died by lethal injection and two, in Tennessee, by electrocution, marking the first calendar year since 2000 in which more than one inmate was executed in that way. [1]

  5. www.britannica.com › topic › capital-punishment-incapital punishment in the United States - Encyclopedia Britannica

    Capital punishment is legal in some U.S. states and not legal in others. In some states it has been officially or effectively put on hold as a result of gubernatorial actions. The map and table below indicate the legal or effective status, methods, and recent history of capital punishment in each of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

  6. Videos

    View all

  7. bjs.ojp.gov › content › pubCapital Punishment, 2018 – Statistical Tables

    Capital Punishment, 2018 – Statistical Tables. Tracy L. Snell, BJS Statistician . A. t year-end 2018, a total of 30 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) held 2,628 prisoners under sentence of death, which was 75 (3%) fewer than at year-end 2017. In 2018, the number of prisoners under sentence of death declined for the 18th ...

    • 728KB
    • 25

  8. deathpenaltyinfo.org › facts-and-research › dpicThe Death Penalty in 2018 : Year End Report

    Dec 14, 2018 · FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. 2018 Marked the Fourth Consecutive Year with Fewer than 30 Executions and Less than 50 Death Sentences. Washington State Becomes 20 th State to End Capital Punishment. (Washington, D.C.)

  9. www.ojp.gov › library › publicationsCapital Punishment, 2018 - Statistical Tables | Office of ...

    This report presents information on persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2018 and persons executed in 2018. Tables show state-by-state statistics on the movement of prisoners sentenced to death during 2018, the status of capital statutes, and methods of execution.