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

    United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute houses the federal death row for men and the federal execution chamber. 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 ...

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      John Arthur Bennett (April 10, 1936 – April 13, 1961) was a...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Capital_punishment_in_theCapital punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

    In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. [b] [1] It is also a legal penalty for some military offenses. Capital punishment has been abolished in 23 states and in the federal capital, Washington, D.C. [2] It is usually applied for only the most ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_people_executed_byList of people executed by the United States federal government

    United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas Killed a federal prison employee. Linked to 4 other murders; claimed to have killed 22 people. George Barrett: Hanging Murder of a federal officer March 24, 1936 Marion County Jail, Indiana: The first person to be executed under a law that made it a capital offense to kill a federal agent.

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    Name
    Race
    Age
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    Timothy McVeigh
    White
    33
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    Juan Raul Garza
    Hispanic
    44
    3
    Louis Jones Jr.
    Black
    53
    4
    Daniel Lewis Lee
    White
    47

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  5. bjs.ojp.gov › content › pubCapital Punishment, 2020 – Statistical Tables

    Capital Punishment, 2020 – Statistical Tables. Tracy L. Snell, BJS Statistician At yearend 2020, a total of 28 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) held 2,469 prisoners under sentence of death, which was 94 (4%) fewer than at yearend 2019. During 2020, the number of prisoners under sentence of death declined for the twentieth ...

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  6. bjs.ojp.gov › topics › correctionsCapital Punishment | Bureau of Justice Statistics

    Feb 18, 2021 · Capital Punishment. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) collects data on persons held under sentence of death and persons executed during the calendar year from the state departments of corrections and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, see Capital Punishment series. Reports produced from this collection summarize the movement of prisoners into ...

  7. bjs.ojp.gov › library › publicationsCapital Punishment, 2020 – Statistical Tables | Bureau of ...

    Dec 10, 2021 · Colorado repealed the death penalty provision of its first-degree murder statute in July 2020, and the governor commuted the death sentences of the three prisoners under previously imposed sentences of death to life without the possibility of parole. Seven states received a total of 14 prisoners under sentence of death in 2020, the smallest ...

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

    Mar 21, 2024 · Capital punishment was reinstated in 1977. In 2019 Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order granting reprieves to all persons sentenced to death in California. Colorado (CO) not legal. none. Capital punishment was reinstated in 1975 and abolished in 2020. Connecticut (CT) not legal.