Jul 19, 2021 · Nearly all (98%) of the people who were on death row at the end of 2019 were men. Both the mean and median age of the nation’s death row population was 51. Black prisoners accounted for 41% of death row inmates, far higher than their 13% share of the nation’s adult population that year.
as of April 1, 2022 (In this table, the total of inmates on death row will be slightly higher than the national total of 2,414 because some inmates were sentenced to death in more than one state and hence will be counted twice.) Figures from NAACP-LDF “DEATH ROW USA” (As of April 1, 2022).
StateTotalBlackWhiteAlabama1668084Arizona1161869Arkansas291414California690244226Apr 1, 2022 · That left 2,218 prisoners facing active death sentences, a decrease of 18 from the quarter before. 36.4% of those on U.S. death row ( 887 prisoners) were in states with moratoria on executions. There were 1,385 prisoners in 23 states, or 58.9% of death row, with death sentences LDF classified as active and enforceable.
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)).
Add languages. As of April 1, 2022, there were 2,414 death row inmates in the United States. [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]
Dec 27, 2021 · 11 Americans on Death Row Were Executed in 2021. Ten men and a woman were put to death in the U.S. this year. The 11 executions by the federal government and five states in 2021 were the fewest ...