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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- JULY 1, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Survey: support for the death penalty remains high
USA - Survey: support for the death penalty remains high
- JULY 1, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The top United Nations human rights official has appealed to the Texas governor to commute the death sentence of Humberto Leal
USA - The top United Nations human rights official has appealed to the Texas governor to commute the death sentence of Humberto Leal
- JUNE 22, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Receiving Death Penalty Is As Random As Being 'Struck By Lightning': Report.
USA - Receiving Death Penalty Is As Random As Being 'Struck By Lightning': Report.
- JUNE 11, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
USA - Lundbeck told the Financial Times that the firm is taking new hard-line measures to block its use for lethal injection
USA - Lundbeck told the Financial Times that the firm is taking new hard-line measures to block its use for lethal injection
- JUNE 9, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
EP OPPOSES DEATH SENTENCE TO BE IMPOSED BY US MILITARY COURT
the European Parliament urged US authorities not to impose the death penalty on Saudi
- MAY 31, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pentagon files death penalty case against five accused 9/11 plotters
USA - Pentagon files death penalty case against five accused 9/11 plotters
- MAY 13, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - At the Guantanamo Bay detention center, 174 men were still being held
USA - At the Guantanamo Bay detention center, 174 men were still being held
MAY 6, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTYBIN LADEN: HANDS OFF CAIN- WE DO NOT SHARE OBAMA'S OPINION
“Regarding Osama Bin Laden, we know too little to say if it was an ‘extra-judicial execution’ or an act of ‘legitimate defence’,” Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio D’Elia said.
- APRIL 22, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nearly 2/3 of the 16 states with active death chambers are switching to Pentobarbital for execution
USA - Nearly 2/3 of the 16 states with active death chambers are switching to Pentobarbital for execution
- APRIL 20, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - US Military. Pentagon Seeks Death Penalty Against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, USS Cole Bombing Suspect.
USA - US Military. Pentagon Seeks Death Penalty Against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, USS Cole Bombing Suspect.
- APRIL 17, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Opinionis says: Obama tries to obstruct executions
USA - Opinionis says: Obama tries to obstruct executions
- APRIL 11, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. In Louisiana U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan has tossed the federal death sentence of John Wayne Johnson, 58, black
USA - Federal. In Louisiana U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan has tossed the federal death sentence of John Wayne Johnson, 58, black
APRIL 7, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FIRM TO STOP SELLING EXECUTION DRUG TO US PRISONS
An Indian drug company that supplied a key execution drug to U.S. prisons has decided to halt future sales following objections from death-penalty opponents.
- APRIL 1, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee and Kentucky turned over their supplies of Sodium thiopental to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
USA - Tennessee and Kentucky turned over their supplies of Sodium thiopental to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
- MARCH 30, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Lundbeck, the supplier of pentobarbital, says it's not going to withdraw or restrict it
USA - Lundbeck, the supplier of pentobarbital, says it's not going to withdraw or restrict it
MARCH 16, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: BLOOD MONEY – CIA CONTRACTOR ACQUITTED OF MURDERS
Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor, who was alleged to have shot and killed two men
- MARCH 15, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): DEA SEIZES SUPPLY OF EXECUTION DRUG
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized Georgia's supply of sodium
- MARCH 13, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal prisons run out of key execution drug
USA - Federal prisons run out of key execution drug
- FEBRUARY 10, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Europe. Novartis and its Sandoz unit have taken steps to stop sodium thiopental ending up in the United States.
USA - Europe. Novartis and its Sandoz unit have taken steps to stop sodium thiopental ending up in the United States.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 13 states ask Justice Department aid in obtaining sodium thiopental
USA - 13 states ask Justice Department aid in obtaining sodium thiopental
- FEBRUARY 3, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury voted to recommend that Brandon Rolle, 26, black, be executed
USA - Florida. A jury voted to recommend that Brandon Rolle, 26, black, be executed
- JANUARY 28, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The New York Times Opinion: On Lethal Injection, F.D.A. and Supreme Court are wrong
USA - The New York Times Opinion: On Lethal Injection, F.D.A. and Supreme Court are wrong
- JANUARY 26, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Drug maker opposes use of its sedative for executions
USA - Drug maker opposes use of its sedative for executions
- JANUARY 25, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - UK firm 'has sold enough drugs to execute 90 inmates'.
USA - UK firm 'has sold enough drugs to execute 90 inmates'.
- JANUARY 23, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - American Society of Anesthesiologists Statement on Sodium Thiopental’s Removal from the Market
USA - American Society of Anesthesiologists Statement on Sodium Thiopental’s Removal from the Market
- JANUARY 21, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Hospira announced today it will exit the sodium thiopental market and no longer attempt to resume production of its product
USA - Hospira announced today it will exit the sodium thiopental market and no longer attempt to resume production of its product
- JANUARY 15, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - federal. Judge Ginger Berrigan has overturned the death sentence of Paul Hardy
USA - federal. Judge Ginger Berrigan has overturned the death sentence of Paul Hardy
- JANUARY 12, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Long neutral, FDA helps states get drug needed for executions.
USA - Long neutral, FDA helps states get drug needed for executions.
- JANUARY 8, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Police officials argue death penalty doesn't make us safer
USA - Police officials argue death penalty doesn't make us safer
- JANUARY 4, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Murder Victims’ Families Need Services More Than the Death Penalty.
USA - Murder Victims’ Families Need Services More Than the Death Penalty.