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The Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on disseminating studies and reports related to the death penalty. Founded in 1990, DPI is primarily focused on the application of capital punishment in the United States.
The documentary follows the case of Melissa Lucio, a Texan woman who was the first woman of Hispanic descent in Texas to be sentenced to death. It was selected for the Tribeca Film Festival in 2020, and won best documentary at the Raindance Film Festival .
He began his research in the 1970s when he was a salesman, working with everything from cemetery plots to security systems. While making calls he would stop at a prison or courthouse for information. He became a full-time researcher in 1977. Espy became a death penalty opponent due to his concerns about racial bias, innocence and lack of ...
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List of death row inmates in the United States; List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976; List of most recent executions by jurisdiction; List of people executed in the United States in 2025; List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present; List of women executed in the United States since 1976; List of death row inmates in ...
Twenty-three states in the U.S. have fully banned the death penalty, 24 still permit the practice and 3 others have temporary suspensions, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. But ...
Gender Male 59 100% Female 0 0% Ethnicity White 36 61% Black 19 32% Hispanic 3 5% Asian 1 2% State Texas: 23 39% Ohio: 7 12% Oklahoma: 6 10% Virginia
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.