Number of prisoners getting death penalty by 2020 over 400, highest number of prisoners from UP
According to the NCRB's 2020 prison data report, the number of prisoners getting death penalty in the country's jails by the end of the year has been more than 400. At the same time, this year, the sentence of 29 such prisoners was commuted to the death penalty. Read the full report. The number of death row prisoners lodged in the country's prisons was 413 at the end of 2020. This information has been revealed in the latest data released by the central government. Of these 413 prisoners, 94 were sentenced to death in 2020. This information has been given in the data of the 'Prison Statistics India' report for 2020 of the NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) which comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs. In 2020, the death penalty of 29 convicts was commuted to life imprisonment. In 2020, 94 people were sentenced to death. According to the report, "During 2020, 94 people were executed in the country. Of these, 15 each were from Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. ...