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.
Latest news
- MARCH 24, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) is urging its members to stop working with lethal drugs
USA - The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) is urging its members to stop working with lethal drugs
- MARCH 17, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Most death penalty sentences are overturned.
USA - Most death penalty sentences are overturned.
- MARCH 2, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - A new study says death penalty has no effect on crime
USA - A new study says death penalty has no effect on crime
- FEBRUARY 17, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Attorney General Eric Holder called today for a moratorium on the death penalty
USA - Attorney General Eric Holder called today for a moratorium on the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 9, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - A new Rasmussen poll found that 57% of American adults support the death penalty
USA - A new Rasmussen poll found that 57% of American adults support the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 4, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Conservative Leaders Seek Reprieve for Severely Mentally Ill Inmate Scott Panetti
USA - Texas. Conservative Leaders Seek Reprieve for Severely Mentally Ill Inmate Scott Panetti
- JANUARY 29, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Penalty Less Likely When Murder Victim is a Black Male.
USA - Death Penalty Less Likely When Murder Victim is a Black Male.
- JANUARY 27, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nation Saw Record Number of Exonerations in 2014
USA - Nation Saw Record Number of Exonerations in 2014
- JANUARY 20, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens acknowledged evidence that proved "beyond a shadow of doubt" that Texas executed an innocent man in 1989.
USA - Texas. Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens acknowledged evidence that proved "beyond a shadow of doubt" that Texas executed an innocent man in 1989.
- JANUARY 5, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Boston Marathon bombing trial: Jury selection to start today.
USA - Boston Marathon bombing trial: Jury selection to start today.
- JANUARY 5, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Massachusetts. Boston Marathon bombing trial: Jury selection to start today.
USA - Massachusetts. Boston Marathon bombing trial: Jury selection to start today.
- JANUARY 1, 2015United 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 18, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC Releases Year End Report: Executions and Death Sentence Fall to Historic Lows.
USA - DPIC Releases Year End Report: Executions and Death Sentence Fall to Historic Lows.
- DECEMBER 1, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition, Second Edition by E. Christian Brugger.
USA - Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition, Second Edition by E. Christian Brugger.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Attorney General Eric Holder Shares His Feelings On The Death Penalty.
USA - Attorney General Eric Holder Shares His Feelings On The Death Penalty.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Lawyers for Death Row Inmates Missed Critical Filing Deadlines in 80 Cases
USA - Lawyers for Death Row Inmates Missed Critical Filing Deadlines in 80 Cases.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The Justice Department released its annual Uniform Crime Report for 2013.
USA - The Justice Department released its annual Uniform Crime Report for 2013.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row, USA" Fall 2014 Now Available.
USA - "Death Row, USA" Fall 2014 Now Available.
- OCTOBER 31, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Another Florida Inmate Added to Exoneration List.
USA - Florida. Another Florida Inmate Added to Exoneration List.
- OCTOBER 23, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death penalty Gallup poll released today
USA - Death penalty Gallup poll released today
- OCTOBER 16, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Study: death penalties deter many murders at far less cost.
USA - Study: death penalties deter many murders at far less cost.
- OCTOBER 3, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Supreme Court Begins New Term with at Least 1 Capital Case.
USA - Supreme Court Begins New Term with at Least 1 Capital Case.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. (federal) A federal jury today imposed the death penalty on Thomas Sanders
USA - Louisiana. (federal) A federal jury today imposed the death penalty on Thomas Sanders
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - More details about the allegation of inaccurate testimony by FBI experts in many capital cases.
USA - More details about the allegation of inaccurate testimony by FBI experts in many capital cases.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row, USA" Spring 2014 Now Available.
USA - "Death Row, USA" Spring 2014 Now Available.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Former FBI Director Says People Were Executed Based Partly on Faulty Agency Testimony
USA - Former FBI Director Says People Were Executed Based Partly on Faulty Agency Testimony
- JULY 30, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Penalty on Hold in Most of the Country
USA - Death Penalty on Hold in Most of the Country
- JULY 24, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions orders new trial in Donald Fell's case
USA - U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions orders new trial in Donald Fell's case
- JULY 24, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - In Vermont, U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions overturns Donald Fell's 2005 conviction.
USA - In Vermont, U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions overturns Donald Fell's 2005 conviction.
- JULY 3, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row USA" Winter 2014 Now Available.
USA - "Death Row USA" Winter 2014 Now Available.