In total, 17 inmates were executed in the United States in 2020. Of these, five of the people who were executed were Black. The death penalty is authorized by 27 states and the federal government in the United States.
Number of prisoners executed in the United States 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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- U.S. capital punishment - criminal history of prisoners 2013
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- U.S. capital punishment - number of prisoners executed 2020, by state
- U.S. capital punishment - average time elapsed since sentencing
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- View of U.S. citizens on the frequency of the death sentence
- Most common reasons to oppose the death penalty in the U.S. 2014
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- Boston Bombings - survey on the death penalty for the convicted perpetrator 2013
- Most common reasons to support the death penalty in the U.S. 2014
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 10, 2021). Number of prisoners executed in the United States in 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/199002/number-of-prisoners-executed-in-the-us-in-2013/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of prisoners executed in the United States in 2020, by ethnicity." Chart. December 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/199002/number-of-prisoners-executed-in-the-us-in-2013/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Number of prisoners executed in the United States in 2020, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/199002/number-of-prisoners-executed-in-the-us-in-2013/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of Prisoners Executed in The United States in 2020, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/199002/number-of-prisoners-executed-in-the-us-in-2013/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Number of prisoners executed in the United States in 2020, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/199002/number-of-prisoners-executed-in-the-us-in-2013/ (last visited April 02, 2023)
Number of prisoners executed in the United States in 2020, by ethnicity [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/199002/number-of-prisoners-executed-in-the-us-in-2013/