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  1. 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 ...

  2. List of death row inmates held by the United States federal government. Capital punishment by the United States federal government. Capital punishment in the United States. List of people executed for crimes committed within the District of Columbia.

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  4. Highlights. At year-end 2016, a total of 32 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) held 2,814 prisoners under sentence of death, which was 58 (2%) fewer than at year-end 2015.

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  5. Capital Punishment, 2016. NCJ Number. 251430. Author (s) Elizabeth Davis; Tracy L. Snell. Date Published. April 2018. Length. 18 pages. Annotation.

  6. Mar 21, 2024 · Capital punishment was reinstated in 1975 and abolished in 2020. Connecticut (CT) not legal: none: Capital punishment was reinstated in 1973 and abolished in 2012. Delaware (DE) not legal: none: Capital punishment was reinstated in 1974 and abolished in 2016. District of Columbia (DC) not legal: none: Capital punishment was abolished in 1981 ...