The Trump administration has executed 10 people over the last five months the first federal executions in nearly two decades. The government is trying to execute three more people before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden , who now opposes the death penalty. An outgoing administration has not carried out an execution after losing reelection since 1889 . And this has already been the most federal executions conducted in one year since 1896.

But most voters have barely noticed the unusual federal execution spree, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov survey . Only 13% of voters say theyve heard a lot about the news that President Donald Trump resumed the practice of federal executions this year. Four in 10 say theyd heard nothing about the executions at all.

The Trump administration resumed federal executions in July, following a 17-year hiatus that was caused by legal challenges, drug availability issues and an Obama-era review of capital punishment. When then-Attorney General William Barr announced the decision, he claimed the people selected for death were the worst criminals . In reality, the cases are more complicated. They include people with an intellectual disability or untreated mental illness, as well as people who were barely old enough to be sentenced to death. Some were given the harshest punishment even though they were not the ones to pull the trigger . The people chosen for execution are disproportionately Black, an indication of the racist origins of the punishment .