United States
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 16
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 47
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The pace of USA executions is on the rise, pushed by...
- News items in the archive
- 1,047
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
United States is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 16 executions in the country, against 47 the year before. The archive holds 1,047 news items on United States, from 1999 to today.
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- MARCH 22, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Quinnipiac University National Poll on death penalty
USA - New Quinnipiac University National Poll on death penalty
- MARCH 21, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Attorney General tells prosecutors to seek death penalty in drug cases.
USA - Attorney General tells prosecutors to seek death penalty in drug cases.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Trump wants drug dealers to face death penalty.
USA - Trump wants drug dealers to face death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Lack of Death-Penalty Counsel Brings Guantánamo War Crimes Trial to a Halt.
USA - Lack of Death-Penalty Counsel Brings Guantánamo War Crimes Trial to a Halt.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan sentenced Al Qaeda operative Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun to life in prison.
USA - U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan sentenced Al Qaeda operative Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun to life in prison.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - At Guantanamo trial, Military judge wants civilian attorneys arrested for quitting al Nashiri’s case
USA - At Guantanamo trial, Military judge wants civilian attorneys arrested for quitting al Nashiri’s case
- FEBRUARY 10, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pentagon Fires Harvey Rishikof, War Court Official Who Was Attempting to Negotiate End to Guantánamo Death-Penalty Trial.
USA - Pentagon Fires Harvey Rishikof, War Court Official Who Was Attempting to Negotiate End to Guantánamo Death-Penalty Trial.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - American Bar Association Resolution: Ban Death Penalty for Offenders Age 21
USA - American Bar Association Resolution: Ban Death Penalty for Offenders Age 21
- JANUARY 29, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - There are 53,290 people serving LWOP sentences as of 2016.
USA - There are 53,290 people serving LWOP sentences as of 2016.
- JANUARY 9, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Murder Victims’ Family Members Speak of Moving Forward Without the Death Penalty
USA - Murder Victims’ Family Members Speak of Moving Forward Without the Death Penalty Murder Victims’ Family Members Speak of Moving Forward Without the Death Penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
To date, the death penalty no longer exists in 18 of the 50 U.S. States
To date, the death penalty no longer exists in 18 of the 50 U.S. States
- DECEMBER 20, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 39 (or maybe 43) new death sentences in 2017
USA - 39 (or maybe 43) new death sentences in 2017
- DECEMBER 14, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC 2017 Year End Report: Death Sentences, Executions At Near-Historic Lows.
USA - DPIC 2017 Year End Report: Death Sentences, Executions At Near-Historic Lows.
- DECEMBER 13, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Report: Deterrence is Based on Certainty of Apprehension, Not Severity of Punishment.
USA - Report: Deterrence is Based on Certainty of Apprehension, Not Severity of Punishment.
- DECEMBER 12, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Trump: Terrorism offenders deserve death penalty.
USA - Trump: Terrorism offenders deserve death penalty.
- DECEMBER 3, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - US executions reached 23 in 2017.
USA - US executions reached 23 in 2017.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ahmed Abu Khattala, Benghazi 'on scene commander', found guilty on terrorism charges.
USA - Ahmed Abu Khattala, Benghazi 'on scene commander', found guilty on terrorism charges.
- OCTOBER 26, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Gallup Poll: Support for Death Penalty in U.S. Falls to a 45-Year Low.
USA - Gallup Poll: Support for Death Penalty in U.S. Falls to a 45-Year Low.
- OCTOBER 26, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Report Documents “Dramatic Rise” in Republican Support for Death-Penalty Repeal.
USA - New Report Documents “Dramatic Rise” in Republican Support for Death-Penalty Repeal.
- OCTOBER 11, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - In Guantanamo, in the case of al Nashiri, the entire civilian legal team has quit the case over a secret ethical conflict.
USA - In Guantanamo, in the case of al Nashiri, the entire civilian legal team has quit the case over a secret ethical conflict.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Study: Worst Crimes Carry Highest Risk of Bad Evidence, Wrongful Convictions.
USA - Study: Worst Crimes Carry Highest Risk of Bad Evidence, Wrongful Convictions.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC Study Finds No Evidence that Death Penalty Deters Murder or Protects Police
USA - DPIC Study Finds No Evidence that Death Penalty Deters Murder or Protects Police
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Sixteen Years Later, No Date in Sight for Death-Penalty Trial of Alleged 9/11 Conspirators.
USA - Sixteen Years Later, No Date in Sight for Death-Penalty Trial of Alleged 9/11 Conspirators.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row USA Spring 2017" as of April 1, 2017.
USA - "Death Row USA Spring 2017" as of April 1, 2017.
- AUGUST 23, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
- AUGUST 21, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Johnson & Johnson speaks out against the planned use of Etomidate for the upcoming execution of Asay.
USA - Florida. Johnson & Johnson speaks out against the planned use of Etomidate for the upcoming execution of Asay.
- AUGUST 10, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - More Than 100 Rabbis Issue Statement Calling for End of Capital Punishment.
USA - More Than 100 Rabbis Issue Statement Calling for End of Capital Punishment.
- AUGUST 8, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Court of Appeals Invalidates Conviction of Native American for Murder on Tribal Lands.
USA - Oklahoma. Court of Appeals Invalidates Conviction of Native American for Murder on Tribal Lands.
- JULY 26, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - New studies on american prisons
USA - New studies on american prisons
- JULY 1, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Police nationwide killed 492 people in the first six months of this year
USA - Police nationwide killed 492 people in the first six months of this year