HELP US END MASS INCARCERATION The Prison Policy Initiative uses research, advocacy, and organizing to dismantle mass incarceration. We’ve been in this movement for 23 years, thanks to individual donors like you.

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A map showing the number of executions by state, 1977-2002.

Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Capital Punishment 2002. (Map: Peter Wagner, 2004)

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