Welcome to The Data Point, a series from the NBC News Data Graphics team that explains a slice of the latest news through charts and visuals. Three things are certain in life: death, taxes and people ...

Welcome to The Data Point, a series from the NBC News Data Graphics team that explains a slice of the latest news through charts and visuals. Executions and death sentences continued to decline this ...

What makes a good data graphic? As a data columnist, I’m tasked with communicating facts, figures and statistics clearly and effectively. And a good data graphic goes a long way in helping to do that.