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   How many death sentences are there in 2021?

   • The number of new death sentences tied last year’s record low, with just 18 imposed across the country. Just five states and the federal government conducted executions in 2021.

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   Which states imposed new death sentences in 2021?

   • Seven states imposed new death sentences in 2021. Oklahoma and Alabama each handed down four new sentences, although no jury in Alabama unanimously recommended the death penalty. California and Texas each imposed three death sentences. Florida imposed two. Two states – Nebraska and Tennessee — imposed one death sentence each.

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   How many executions are there in 2021?

   • There were 11 executions in 2021, including those by states and the federal governments, and 18 people were sentenced to death. The number of executions is down from 17 in 2020, and is the fewest since 1988, the Death Penalty Information Center report found.

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   How many prisoners have been removed from sentence of death in 2021?

   • Twenty states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) removed a total of 84 prisoners from under sentence of death by means other than execution in 2021 (table 5). Note: Data on the number of prisoners under sentence of death at yearend have been collected since 1953.

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   Which states have a death penalty in 2021?

   • California (29%), Florida (14%), and Texas (8%) held more than half of the prisoners under sentence of death in the United States on December 31, 2021. The BOP held 42 prisoners under sentence of death at yearend. At yearend 2021, 30 states and the federal government had death penalty statutes (map 1).

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   Which states have the most death sentences in 2021?

   • Oklahoma and Alabama led the country in death sentences in 2021, with four each. California and Texas each imposed three. At the county level, only two U.S. counties imposed more than one death sentence: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and Los Angeles County, California each imposed two. Alabama’s 2021 death sentences were particularly problematic.

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   Dec 16, 2021 · The combined impact of the continuing COVID pandemic and dwindling support for capital punishment made 2021 the seventh consecutive year with fewer than 30 executions and 50 new death sentences in the United States.

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   Dec 15, 2021 · There were 11 executions in 2021, including those by states and the federal governments, and 18 people were sentenced to death. The number of executions is down from 17 in 2020, and is the...

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   Jan 22, 2024 · In 2021, 2,382 prisoners were sentenced to death and awaiting execution, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. More than half of prisoners with a death sentence were held in California (690 people), Florida (324), and Texas (198), the most populous states.

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   Nov 17, 2023 · A total of 16 prisoners were received under sentence of death in 2021, one more than was reported in 2020. Twenty states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) removed a total of 84 prisoners from under sentence of death by means other than execution in 2021.

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   Seven states imposed death sentences in 2021. Oklahoma and Alabama each handed down four new sentences; California and Texas each imposed three. Florida imposed two; and Nebraska and Tennessee imposed one death sentence each.

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   In 2021, all 30 states with a death penalty statute authorized lethal injection as a method of execution (table 4). Fourteen states also authorized an alternative method of execution: electrocution (8 states), firing squad (4), lethal gas (3), nitrogen hypoxia (3), and hanging (2).

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   Jan 13, 2021 · Eleven prisoners have been executed in the United States in 2021 by the U.S. federal government and five states. Executions in 2021. Most states carry out executions with a three-drug lethal-injection protocol. Others use a single drug.