In 2020, a total number of 14 people were admitted to prison in the United States awaiting execution. Of these, eight prisoners admitted to prison on death row were White. In the United States, 27 states and the federal government authorize the death penalty.
Number of prisoners in the United States received under sentence of death in 2020, by ethnicity
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Statistics on Death penalty in the U.S.
Prisoners on death row
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- Premium Statistic U.S. capital punishment - number of prisoners under sentence of death 2020, by state
- Premium Statistic Number of prisoners under sentence of death U.S. 2020, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic U.S. capital punishment - death sentences 2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Number of prisoners removed from death row U.S. 2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic U.S. capital punishment - share of prisoners with a death sentence 2020, by gender
- Basic Statistic U.S. capital punishment - prisoners under sentence of death 2020, by age
- Basic Statistic U.S. capital punishment - prisoners on death row 2020, by education
- Basic Statistic U.S. capital punishment - prisoners on death row 2020, by marital status
Executions in the U.S.
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- Basic Statistic Number of executions in the United States 2015-2023
- Premium Statistic U.S. capital punishment - executions per year 1990-2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. capital punishment - executions per year 2000-2021, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic U.S. capital punishment - executions 1976-2022, by method
- Basic Statistic U.S. capital punishment - total executions 1976-2022, by state
- Basic Statistic U.S. capital punishment - time elapsed between sentencing and execution 1990-2020
Opinion on death penalty
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 10, 2021). Number of prisoners in the United States received under sentence of death in 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/198997/number-of-death-sentence-prisoners-received-to-prison-in-2009-in-the-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of prisoners in the United States received under sentence of death in 2020, by ethnicity." Chart. December 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/198997/number-of-death-sentence-prisoners-received-to-prison-in-2009-in-the-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Number of prisoners in the United States received under sentence of death in 2020, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/198997/number-of-death-sentence-prisoners-received-to-prison-in-2009-in-the-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of Prisoners in The United States Received under Sentence of Death in 2020, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/198997/number-of-death-sentence-prisoners-received-to-prison-in-2009-in-the-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Number of prisoners in the United States received under sentence of death in 2020, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/198997/number-of-death-sentence-prisoners-received-to-prison-in-2009-in-the-us/ (last visited February 05, 2023)
Number of prisoners in the United States received under sentence of death in 2020, by ethnicity [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/198997/number-of-death-sentence-prisoners-received-to-prison-in-2009-in-the-us/