U.S. capital punishment - prisoners under sentence of death 2020, by age
In 2020, around 12.8 percent of prisoners on death row in the United States were between 40 and 44 years of age. Most prisoners on death row, at 17.7 percent, were between the ages of 50 and 54 years old. The death penalty is authoized in 27 states and by the federal government.