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  1. 3 days ago · As of January 1, 2024, there were 2,241 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. 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. 2 days ago · Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.

  3. 5 days ago · The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital punishment.… Live Updates: Larry Roberts Becomes the 200th Person Exonerated from Death Row

  4. 2 days ago · Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is the state -sanctioned killing of a person as a punishment for a crime. It has historically been used in almost every part of the world. Since the mid-19th century many countries have abolished or discontinued the practice.

  5. 4 days ago · Knowing that international abolition of the death penalty was not yet a realistic goal in the years following the Universal Declaration, the United Nations shifted its focus to limiting the scope of the death penalty to protect juveniles, pregnant women, and the elderly.

  6. 4 days ago · FILE - The Supreme Court is seen, April 21, 2023, in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, declined to consider the case of a man on death row in Georgia whose lawyers argue that a prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors during his trial. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

  7. 5 days ago · Current Death Row Population: 12; Women on Death Row: 0; Number of Innocent Persons Freed From Death Row: 4; Number of Clemencies Granted: 5; Date of Reinstatement (following Furman v. Georgia): September 28, 1975; First Execution After Reinstatement: 1989; Location of Death Row: Mineral Point (Women: Fulton)