This page is updated on business days by 12pm Eastern Time to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours. *Although Ohio has issued execution warrants for numerous dates through 2029, ...

This page is updated on business days by 12 pm Eastern Time to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Atkins v. Virginia (2002) banned the execution of individuals with intellectual disabilities (mental retardation), but allowed each state to set guidelines for determining ...

For 2020, the average Murder Rate of Death Penalty states was 7.3, while the average Murder Rate of States without the Death Penalty was 4.7 For 2019, the average Murder Rate of Death Penalty states ...

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This week, The National Registry of Exonerations published its annual report on exonerations that took place in 2023. According to the report, “The Registry recorded 153 exonerations last year, and ...

After spending more than three decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit, Robert Melock was issued a Certificate of Innocence (COI), with a court formally clearing his name and ordering his ...

According to October 2025 polling produced by Gallup, public support for the death penalty has fallen to a five-decade low. Overall, Gallup found 52% of Americans in favor of the death penalty — down ...

Connecticut-based company Absolute Standards, which was identified as the source of lethal injection drugs used in 13 federal executions in 2020 and 2021, has said it will no longer produce the drug ...

Mr. Duckett was set to be executed on March 31, 2026, but five days before his scheduled execution, the Supreme Court of Florida stayed his execution date pending the completion of DNA testing which ...

A recent article by Associated Press journalist Michael Tarm reports new details about the thirteen federal executions that took place in 2019 – 2020, including last-minute clemency appeals for ...

(Washington, D.C.) As social movements pressure policymakers to redress injustices in the criminal legal system and to institute reforms to make the process more fair and equitable, the Death Penalty ...