As of January 1, 2025, there were 2,092 death row inmates in the United States, including 46 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]

Clemency Note: On December 23, 2024, President Joe Biden com­mut­ed the death sen­tences of 37 out of 40 fed­er­al death row pris­on­ers to sen­tences of life with­out parole. Robert Bowers, Dylann Roof, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were the only three pris­on­ers to …

For every 8.2 peo­ple exe­cut­ed in the Unit­ed States in the mod­ern era of the death penal­ty, one per­son on death row has been exon­er­at­ed. State-By-State States With and Without the Death Penalty

Bolden died on death row in September 2021 of com­pli­ca­tions from dia­betes and poor medical care. Gary Sampson — White. Sampson pled guilty to the car­jack­ing and mur­der of two Massachusetts men dur­ing a week­long crime spree.

This list contains names of people who were found guilty of capital crimes and placed on death row but later found to be wrongly convicted. Many of these exonerees' sentences were overturned by acquittal or pardon, but some of those listed were exonerated posthumously. [ 1 ]

Dec 23, 2024 · President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row. He's converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.

Jan 20, 2025 · And on December 23, 2024, President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 most vile and sadistic rapists, child molesters, and murderers on Federal death row: remorseless criminals who ...

Dec 23, 2024 · President Biden announced on Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row. The men will continue to serve life imprisonment without the possibility of...

Dec 10, 2024 · The cases of those on death row highlight deep concerns about racial disparities, the fairness of the process, and the inhumanity of the punishment.

Death Row USA includes death penalty statistics and information, data on death row populations by state, executions carried out, statistics on race and gender, current death penalty cases, and more in states with the death penalty.