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BJS Releases Capital Punishment 2023 Statistical Tables


BJS Releases Capital Punishment, 2023 – Statistical Tables

The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, released Capital Punishment, 2023 – Statistical Tables today. This report describes findings on capital punishment in 2023.

The report presents statistics on persons who were under sentence of death in 2023 and historical trends in executions. It details the jurisdictions that carried out...