Facts about the Death Penalty
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Recent Studies on Race
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The Death Penalty Information Center has available more extensive reports on a variety of issues, including:
• "Doomed to Repeat: The Legacy of Race in Tennessee's Contemporary Death Penalty" (June 2023)
• "The Death Penalty in 2022: Year-End Report" (December 2022)
• "Deeply Rooted: How Racial History Informs Oklahoma's Death Penalty" (October 2022)
• "DPIC Special Report: The Innocence Epidemic" (February 2021)
• "Behind the Curtain: Secrecy and the Death Penalty in the United States" (November 2018)
• "Battle Scars: Military Veterans and the Death Penalty" (November 2015)
• "Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis" (October 2009)
• "A Crisis of Confidence: Americans' Doubts About the Death Penalty" (2007)
• "Blind Justice: Juries Deciding Life and Death with Only Half the Truth" (2005)
Updated every month, this 4-page summary covers executions, death row, and much more (in PDF format).