Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |The nation’s imprisonment rate is at its lowest level in more than two decades. The greatest decline has come among black Americans, whose imprisonment rate has decreased 34% since 2006.There were 1,501 black prisoners for every 100,000 black adults at the end of 2018, according to a , the statistical agency of the U.S. Justice Department. That was down sharply from 2,261 black inmates per 100,000 black adults at the end of 2006, according...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |The nation’s imprisonment rate is at its lowest level in more than two decades. The greatest decline has come among black Americans, whose imprisonment rate has decreased 34% since 2006.There were 1,501 black prisoners for every 100,000 black adults at the end of 2018, according to a , the statistical agency of the U.S. Justice Department. That was down sharply from 2,261 black inmates per 100,000 black adults at the end of 2006, according...WW…

Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week announced a in his state, a move that will affect on the largest death row in the country. The decision marks a significant change in policy, but not in practice: California is one of 11 states that have capital punishment on the books but have not carried out an execution in more than a decade.Overall, 30 states, the federal government and the U.S. military authorize the death penalty, while 20 states and the...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week announced a in his state, a move that will affect on the largest death row in the country. The decision marks a significant change in policy, but not in practice: California is one of 11 states that have capital punishment on the books but have not carried out an execution in more than a decade.Overall, 30 states, the federal government and the U.S. military authorize the death penalty, while 20 states and the...WW…

Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldMy AccountMorePresident Donald Trump has made since taking office in 2017. Trump has appointed two Supreme Court justices – Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh – as well as nearly 200 other judges with lifetime appointments to lower federal courts.So how does Trump compare with other presidents in the number and personal characteristics of the judges he has appointed to the federal bench so far? Below are four charts that compare Trump’s record on judicial appointments to those of his recent White House predecessors, going back to Jimmy Carter.All...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldMy AccountMorePresident Donald Trump has made since taking office in 2017. Trump has appointed two Supreme Court justices – Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh – as well as nearly 200 other judges with lifetime appointments to lower federal courts.So how does Trump compare with other presidents in the number and personal characteristics of the judges he has appointed to the federal bench so far? Below are four charts that compare Trump’s record on judicial appointments to those of his recent White House predecessors, going back to Jimmy Carter.All...WW…

Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |The United States has now recorded , but Republicans and Democrats point to different explanations for the recent increase in confirmed cases, according to a .Overall, six-in-ten Americans say the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. is rising primarily because there are more new infections in the country, not just because more people are being tested compared with previous months. Around four-in-ten (39%) say the increase is primarily...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |The United States has now recorded , but Republicans and Democrats point to different explanations for the recent increase in confirmed cases, according to a .Overall, six-in-ten Americans say the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. is rising primarily because there are more new infections in the country, not just because more people are being tested compared with previous months. Around four-in-ten (39%) say the increase is primarily...WW…

Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |The federal prison population, which declined for the under President Barack Obama, fell further during the administration of President Donald Trump.The number of federal prisoners sentenced to more than a year behind bars decreased by 5% (or 7,607 inmates) between 2017, Trump’s first year in office, and the end of 2019, the most recent year for which final data is available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Preliminary figures for 2020 show that...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |The federal prison population, which declined for the under President Barack Obama, fell further during the administration of President Donald Trump.The number of federal prisoners sentenced to more than a year behind bars decreased by 5% (or 7,607 inmates) between 2017, Trump’s first year in office, and the end of 2019, the most recent year for which final data is available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Preliminary figures for 2020 show that...WW…

Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |By andDonald Trump stunned the political world in 2016 when he became the first person without government or military experience ever to be elected president of the United States. His four-year tenure in the White House revealed extraordinary fissures in American society but left little doubt that he is a figure unlike any other in the nation’s history.Trump, the New York businessman and former reality TV show star, won the 2016 election after a...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |By andDonald Trump stunned the political world in 2016 when he became the first person without government or military experience ever to be elected president of the United States. His four-year tenure in the White House revealed extraordinary fissures in American society but left little doubt that he is a figure unlike any other in the nation’s history.Trump, the New York businessman and former reality TV show star, won the 2016 election after a...WW…

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