United States

- United States, Northern America (North America)
  
  3329 Number of Individuals Currently Under Sentence of Death
  
  2011 Year of Last Known Execution
  
  46 Number of Executions in 2010
  
  52 Number of Executions in 2009
  
  37 Number of Executions in 2008
- Party to the ICCPR Yes
- Party to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR No
- Party to the American Convention on Human Rights No
- Party to the Death Penalty Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights No
- UN 2010 moratorium resolution: cosponsor No
- UN 2010 moratorium resolution: vote Against
- UN 2010 moratorium resolution: Signed the Note Verbale of Dissociation No
- Does the country have a mandatory death penalty? No
- Is there currently an official moratorium on executions within the country? Unclear
- Source: Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law
- Other countries
- Maldives | 0 executions in 2010 Geographical region Asia (South-central Asia)
- Gambia | 0 executions in 2010 Geographical region Africa (Western Africa)
- Focus on
- World Day 9th World Day Against the Death Penalty: the inhumanity of the death penalty
  On 10 October 2011, the 9th World Day is to raise awareness on the inhumanity of the death penalty throughout the entire process, from sentence to execution.

United States, Northern America (North America)