The Death Penalty in 2025: Year End Report | Death Penalty Information Center

This document provides a good snapshot of where we are with the death penalty in the United States in 2025. It is probably more information than you want, but I think it is a useful resource. Please feel free to scan it, and think about how the death penalty implicates the theories of punishment that we have been discussing together.

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