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U.S. capital punishment - executions per year 1990-2020

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 4, 2023
In 2020, a total of 17 prisoners were executed in the United States, compared to a total of 22 prisoners who were executed the year prior. 1998 saw the most prisoners executed in the United States, with 98 executions.

Number of prisoners under sentence of death executed per year in the United States from 1990 to 2020

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Release date

December 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2020

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