General :
Number of US states with the death penalty: 32
Total number of executions since 1976: 1,392
Current number of Death Row inmates: 3,035
Average cost of Death Penalty case: $2.4 million
New York City’s annual cost to house a prisoner: $168,000
Number of people executed by each method :
Lethal injection: 1267
Electrocution: 158
Gas chamber: 11
Hanging: 3
Firing Squad: 3
Number of US states with the death penalty: 32
Total number of executions since 1976: 1,392
Current number of Death Row inmates: 3,035
Average cost of Death Penalty case: $2.4 million
New York City’s annual cost to house a prisoner: $168,000
Number of people executed by each method :
Lethal injection: 1267
Electrocution: 158
Gas chamber: 11
Hanging: 3
Firing Squad: 3