Death Penalty Facts

Find information about all aspects of the death penalty including death penalty costs, death penalty statistics and arguments against the death penalty. You can also find information about executions by year, state, or method, or view the current schedule of executions in the U.S.

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• Death Penalty Trends
• Death Penalty and Innocence
• Death Penalty Cost
• Death Penalty and Race
• Death Penalty and Arbitrariness
• Death Penalty and Deterrence
• Lethal Injection
• Death Penalty and Mental Illness
• "Voluntary" Death Penalty
• Death Penalty and the Rights of Foreign Nationals
• Death Penalty and International Standards
• Federal Death Penalty

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More information

• Since 1977, over 1,100 people have been executed in the U.S.; there are currently around 3,300 men and women on death row across the country.
• Scheduled executions in the U.S.
• Death Penalty Curriculum Guide
• How much do you know about the death penalty? Take the quiz