Death penalty statutes
Capital Punishment, 2022 – Statistical Tables
Capital Punishment, 2021 – Statistical Tables
Capital Punishment, 2020 – Statistical Tables
Capital Punishment, 1987
Capital Punishment, 1988
Capital Punishment 1980
Capital Punishment 1983
Capital Punishment, 1985
Capital Punishment (NPS-8)
This collection yields annual data on national and state-level yearend counts of persons sentenced to death and executed. Data collected include offender demographic characteristics, prior criminal histories, criminal justice system status at the time of the capital offense, date of death sentence, and date and type of sentence disposition. The collection also includes summary information on the status of and changes to death penalty statutes.