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As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row inmates in the United States, including 48 women. [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]
Because of different definitions of what constitutes being “on death row,” some organizations such as the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel or the Bureau of Justice Statistics may have a slightly different list of those currently under federal sentence of death.
Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death.
Jul 1, 2024 · That left 2,079 prisoners facing active death sentences. 35.3% of those on U.S. death row (787 prisoners) were in states with moratoria on executions. There were 1,326 prisoners in 23 states, or 59.5% of death row, with death sentences LDF classified as active and enforceable.
8 hours ago · Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night just feet from the execution chamber where he was set to be put to death for the murder of his toddler – even as the ...
Death Row Overview. Around 2, 250 prisoners currently face execution in the United States. The national death-row population has declined for 20 consecutive years, as sentence reversals, executions, and deaths by other causes are outpacing new death sentences.
Sep 28, 2024 · Death row inmates in five states have been put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the use and support of...
