BJS Releases Capital Punishment, 2022 – Statistical Tables
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Capital Punishment, 2022 – Statistical Tables. This report describes findings on capital punishment in 2022, collected through the National Prisoner Statistics program.
The report presents statistics on persons who were under sentence of death in 2022 and historical trends in executions. It describes which jurisdictions carried out an execution in 2022 and includes advance counts of 2023 executions. The report also presents demographics (including sex, race and ethnicity, age, education and marital status) and the criminal history of persons under sentence of death.
A summary of state and federal death penalty laws and lists of federal and state capital offenses accompany the report and are available separately on the BJS website.
| Title: | Capital Punishment, 2022 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 309498) |
| Author: | Tracy L. Snell, BJS Statistician |
| Where: | https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/capital-punishment-2022-statistical-tables |
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Kevin M. Scott, Ph.D., is the acting director. More information about BJS and criminal justice statistics can be found at bjs.ojp.gov.
About the Office of Justice Programs
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