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USA still has the death penalty?

• hollerith 3y ago
  Yes, it does. But criminal justice in the US is mostly dispensed at the state level of government, and many of the 50 states do not ever impose the death penalty: https://dpic-cdn.org/production/images/StatesWithWithoutDP-Mar-23-2020.png https://dpic-cdn.org/production/images/StatesWithWithoutDP-M...
• mr_toad 3y ago
  The most recent execution by the federal government was 2021, after a gap of 17 years. A lot depends on who is president.
  • fbdab103 3y ago
    That sounded unbelievable, but Wikipedia supports it[0]. Last US federal execution in 2003-03-18 was followed by 2020-07-14. The first person executed in 2020 had been on death row for 21 years. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_by_the_United_States_federal_government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_by_the...
    • mxfihdsgyxegaas 3y ago
      It sounds unbelievable because its not correct[0]: >Number of executions >2025 — >2024 5 >2023 24 >Total 29 [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_the_United_States_in_2024 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_t...
      • pavlov 3y ago
        Those are executions by states, not by the U.S. federal government.
        • naveen99 3y ago
          It’s the united _states_, not the federal america