Capital Punishment in America

EXECUTION IN AMERICA 32 States Support The Death Penalty IBEE Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Florida Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Техas Utah New Hampshire North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Virginia Washington Wyoming Georgia 1,342- 3,200 - 306 Total Number Of Executions In The United States Since 1976 Approximate Number 0f Americans Currently Awaiting Execution Number Of Death Row Inmates Exonerated Through DNA Evidence 37% Of American Executions Were Carried Out In Texas How Americans Feel About The Death Penalty 1 63% Support the death penalty 35% Oppose the death penalty 35% Additional Information: 63% 64% do not believe the death penalty deters people from committing murder 40% believe that the death penalty isn't imposed enough Methods of Execution Lethal Injection Electrocution (the electric chair) Gas Chamber Hanging Firing Squad Who Are Death Row Inmates? White 55.4% 41.7% Black 2.9% Other 98.1% Male 1.9% Female The average person on death row has a 12th grade education level 54% have never married, 20% are divorced or separated, 21% are currently married and 2% are widowed 2% Widowed 20% Divorced or 54% Separated Never Married 21% Currently Married 8% had a prior homicide conviction 65% had prior felony convictions The average age at time of arrest is 28 The Most Commonly Used Words In Death Row Inmates' Final Statements LOVE FAMILY THANK SORRY GOD - JUST FORGIVE LORD - LIFE H O P E The Average Time Spent On Death Row Is Increasing Time spent on Death Row in Months 50 100 150 200 1984 74 Months 1985 71 Months 1986 87 Months 1987 86 Months 1988 80 Months 1989 95 Months 1990 95 Months 1991 16 Months 1992 114 Months 1993 113 Months 1994 122 Months 1995 134 Months 1996 125 Months 1997 133 Months 1998 130 Months 1999 143 Months 2000 137 Months 2001 142 Months 2002 127 Months 2003 131 Months 2004 132 Months 2005 147 Months 2006 145 Months 2007 153 Months 2008 139 Months 2009 169 Months 2010 178 Months Kcheckmate Sources: http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/22/justice/georgia-execution-fact-box http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/number-executions-state-and-region-1976 http://www.innocenceproject.org/know/ http://www.gallup.com/poll/159770/death-penalty-support-stable.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/1606/death-penalty.aspx http://jonmillward.com/blog/psychological-subtleties/death-in-texas-analyzing-the-last-words-of- 478-death-row-prisoners/ http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2236 http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/time-death-row