Death row - Wikipedia
Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death.
Death Row Overview - Death Penalty Information Center
Death Row Overview. Around 2, 250 prisoners currently face execution in the United States. The national death-row population has declined for 20 consecutive years, as sentence reversals, executions, and deaths by other causes are outpacing new death sentences.
List of death row inmates in the United States - Wikipedia
As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row inmates in the United States, including 48 women. [1] 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]
Upcoming Executions - Death Penalty Information Center
Nov 17, 2017 · This page will be updated at 12 noon (Eastern Time) each day. to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours. Please scroll over each state on the above map to see the number of active and inactive death warrants, as well as the number of …
"Death Row USA" - Death Penalty Information Center
Jul 1, 2024 · That left 2,079 prisoners facing active death sentences. 35.3% of those on U.S. death row (787 prisoners) were in states with moratoria on executions. There were 1,326 prisoners in 23 states, or 59.5% of death row, with death sentences LDF classified as …
Capital Punishment - Bureau of Justice Statistics
Feb 18, 2021 · Death row refers to incarcerated persons who have been sentenced to death and are awaiting execution (as in "inmates on death row"). Historically, death row was a slang term that referred to the area of a prison in which prisoners who were under a …
Death Row USA: Death Penalty Cases and Statistics - Legal …
The death penalty is infected with fundamental flaws, including persistent racism, and human error. LDF's Death Row USA reports contain death row populations by state, statistics, race and gender data, cases and other information on the death penalty in the U.S.
Death row | Definition, History, Trivia, & Facts | Britannica
Oct 22, 2024 · Death row is the part of a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after they have been sentenced to death for a capital crime. The term also applies to the status of prisoners who are awaiting execution in regions where a separate facility for housing them does not exist; nevertheless, they are referred to as ‘being on death row.’
Robert Roberson case: What’s next for the Texas death row …
Oct 22, 2024 · The case of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson evolved dramatically as his execution, scheduled for last Thursday, was halted.
These are the 737 inmates on California's death row
Mar 13, 2019 · The order will prevent the state from putting prisoners to death by granting temporary reprieves to all 737 condemned inmates on California’s death row, the largest in the nation.