DPI- End of year report

The Death Penalty Information Center has published a report regarding death sentences and executions for 2024.

The report provides that in the United States, just four states were responsible for more than three-quarters (76%) of executions this year.

Further, executions reflect the views of jurors at the time of sen­tenc­ing — increas­ing­ly, views that are 20 or 30 years out of date.

The major­i­ty of indi­vid­u­als exe­cut­ed in 2024 would like­ly not receive death sen­tences if their cas­es were tried today.

Legislative and legal changes, increased scruti­ny of pros­e­cu­to­r­i­al prac­tices, and shifts in soci­etal atti­tudes over recent decades have sig­nif­i­cant­ly affect­ed whether defen­dants receive death sentences.

You can read the report here.