Outcomes in the Death Penalty Census

Outcomes in the Death Penalty Census

Sentence Outcomes Nationally 1972-2024

All Reversals

4,732

On death row

2,272

Executed

1,542

Died, not executed

734

Commutation

291

Exoneration

183

Executed for another sentence

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.