Last updated on: 12/8/2020 | Author: ProCon.org

COVID-19 Has Killed More Prisoners in 2020 Than the Death Penalty Has in 43 Years

Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977, there have been 1527 executions. COVID-19 (coronavirus) deaths overtook executions as of Dec. 4, 2020, when virus deaths totaled at least 1568.