National Case Outcomes

National Case Outcomes

1972-2024

Reversal

3,759

On death row

2,329

Executed

1,532

Died, not executed

708

Commutation

287

Reversal not final

239

Exoneration

179

Executed in another case

27

Unknown, not executed

14

Cases are trials for a crime prosecuted in a single legal proceeding. A defendant may be sentenced—then resentenced multiple times—throughout the course of a case. These charts shows the ultimate outcome of sentences.