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Death Penalty Fast Facts
Facts
As of March 24, 2021, capital punishment is legal in 27 US states. Three of those states have governor-imposed moratoriums.
Since 1976, when the death penalty was reinstated by the US Supreme Court, states have executed 1,532 people (as of March 2021).
Since 1973, there have been 185 death row exonerations (as of March 2021). Thirty of them are from the state of Florida.
Federal Government
The US government and US military have 49 people awaiting execution as of 2021.
Females
Twenty-two individuals were executed between 1976 and 2005 for crimes committed as juveniles.
March 1, 2005 – Roper v. Simmons. The Supreme Court rules that the execution of juvenile offenders is unconstitutional.
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