The DP3 Substack (Death Penalty Policy Project)

Surge in U.S. Executions Exhibits Huge White-Victim Preference

Spring 2025 Death Row USA: U.S. Death Row Down 7.2% in Past Year; Recent Executions Point to Growing Race-of-Victim Bias

DP3 Analysis: U.S. death row experiences largest population decline in 20 years, highest percentage decline in half-century

DP3 Testimony on Bill to Abolish Ohio's Death Penalty

DP3 Study: After 1,600 Executions, the Public and Police are Safer in States with No Death Penalty

DP3 Analysis: The Death Penalty Does Not Deter Mass Shootings

Death Row USA, Winter 2024

Unfit for a Dog: A ‘Textbook’ Case of the Unacceptability of Nitrogen Suffocation Executions

U.S. Death Row Population Falls Below 2,300 for First Time Since 1989

DP3 Analysis: More Than 10% of U.S. Exonerations in 2023 Involved Wrongful Use or Threat of the Death Penalty

DP3 Submits Statement to United Nations on U.S. Death Penalty Developments Since U.N. Resolution Calling for a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty.

DP3 Analysis: Death Penalty States Are Weakest in Nation on Gun Safety