Death Sentences in the United States From 1977 By State and By Year

Posted: January 15, 2004
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DPIC's Projection of Death Sentences in 2011

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 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977
FEDERAL 3 4 3 6 5 6 10 2 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NORTH
EAST
 3 8 7 8 4 8 7 7 10 7 16 21 14 13 14 23 24 22 16 21 13 17 22 22 25 20 21 19 9 5 3 4 0 8
CT 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 3 4 0 0 3 1 1 8 6 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PA 2 8 5 6 4 7 5 6 9 6 12 15 12 10 11 20 21 17 16 19 10 15 21 13 19 13 14 15 9 5 3 4 0 8
RI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIDWEST 9 7 14 9 10 11 13 14 21 14 20 29 33 27 47 43 36 32 42 37 34 26 51 36 58 54 46 39 26 25 27 18 23 27
IL 1 1 3 3 3 1 4 2 6 1 9 8 7 6 16 13 11 12 16 7 17 9 13 11 25 15 12 16 10 11 16 14 4 1
IN 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 1 8 4 6 10 7 6 5 5 4 1 2 1
KS 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MO 0 2 6 1 4 2 2 3 2 5 3 7 6 10 9 10 9 6 7 13 6 5 17 9 10 8 7 2 8 7 5 2 0 0
NE 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 2 1 4 0
OH 7 1 3 5 2 5 5 7 7 5 3 10 16 8 17 17 13 11 14 13 8 11 12 12 15 21 17 15 3 0 0 0 13 25
SD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOUTH 45 49 58 71 71 70 75 85 102 93 131 162 186 157 168 184 195 165 149 158 144 145 153 186 174 167 157 143 157 141 114 93 134 87
AL 7 9 9 13 13 12 7 6 11 7 11 12 25 15 19 17 24 8 15 6 14 20 13 14 8 13 9 13 20 14 8 10 20 15
AR 1 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 3 5 4 5 5 4 8 7 4 2 7 6 3 4 4 6 1 1 3 12 3 2 4 2
DE 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 5 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0
FL 14 15 16 21 18 15 9 11 10 15 20 20 25 18 25 31 39 32 27 45 31 37 42 44 39 27 38 34 39 24 29 23 32 25
GA 0 2 3 4 0 3 3 1 3 1 4 8 11 13 6 7 6 8 8 7 14 9 7 15 11 8 12 7 8 5 9 12 5 10
KY 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 2 2 0 4 2 3 3 0 1 2 3 8 6 2 6 6 4 4 0 3 0
LA 2 3 3 1 3 4 6 1 7 2 9 10 9 12 9 12 6 7 7 7 0 0 1 9 3 10 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 0
MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 7 0 0 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 0 8 0 7 7 1 1 0 0
MS 4 2 0 2 4 2 2 3 5 2 3 4 8 7 9 3 5 12 4 5 10 3 3 12 2 5 7 5 10 13 3 1 2 7
NC 4 2 1 3 5 6 4 6 7 14 18 24 20 22 25 34 27 32 22 17 14 9 17 16 11 20 12 11 12 5 8 7 6 2
OK 0 2 9 3 4 5 5 9 7 2 7 6 15 11 16 15 12 8 5 12 9 11 15 15 16 14 16 8 8 9 7 9 12 5
SC 2 2 4 4 4 3 5 5 5 8 5 5 8 5 8 10 7 7 2 8 3 7 4 1 13 9 9 12 2 8 7 5 3 4
TN 1 3 0 1 1 2 3 6 4 3 4 6 4 7 3 4 4 2 7 12 8 6 7 9 7 11 8 5 8 8 6 3 7 0
TX 8 8 9 14 11 14 23 29 37 26 34 48 39 32 33 40 43 27 31 26 24 29 34 36 41 36 21 33 28 26 26 17 33 16
VA 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 6 3 4 8 7 9 4 1 6 10 6 7 6 6 5 3 6 9 2 9 3 4 5 4 3 5 1
WEST 44 44 29 21 25 33 20 36 19 39 45 59 47 56 66 58 49 58 58 49 53 63 70 55 40 32 56 51 72 57 43 44 26 11
AZ 9 14 6 7 6 8 4 9 1 7 7 6 6 8 5 5 10 13 8 13 11 8 13 12 6 4 12 7 15 8 12 16 10 4
CA 24 29 20 10 17 23 11 19 14 24 31 43 31 36 39 36 22 33 37 24 33 30 32 27 24 16 27 33 39 40 24 20 7 0
CO 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
ID 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 3 0 1 1 7 0 5 2 0 1 0 1
MT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NV 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 7 5 2 4 10 11 8 3 2 4 5 10 7 5 5 7 8 6 5 4 3 3 4 1
NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
OR 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 3 2 6 4 6 3 0 8 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
UT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
WA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 4 2
WY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0
TOTAL 104 112 119 120 123 139 140 152 166 159 224 277 294 268 315 313 313 287 287 268 251 256 289 287 300 261 286 251 267 223 173 151 185 137

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SOURCES: 1977-2010 See Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin, Capital Punishment Annual Reports, (for those persons sentenced to death more than once, only the most recent sentence is counted).

NOTE: The Bureau of Justice Statistics makes revisions to its national annual totals in subsequent reports, but does not provide the revisions to each state. The totals at the bottom of the chart are the most recent available. There may be a slight discrepancy with the totals at the bottom from the totals based on individual states. The regional breakdowns are based on BJS classifications.

DPIC's Projection of Death Sentences in 2011

States:    2011 New Sentences
Alabama            8
Arizona              8
Arkansas           0
California         10
Colorado            0
Connecticut       0
Delaware            2
Florida              13
Georgia              1
Idaho                  0
Illinois                0
Indiana               0
Kansas               1
Kentucky            0
Louisiana           5
Maryland            0
Mississippi        1
Missouri             0
Montana             0
Nebraska            0
Nevada               0
New Hampshire 0   
North Carolina   3  
Ohio                    2
Oklahoma           0
Oregon                4
Pennsylvania      5
South Carolina    0
South Dakota      1
Tennessee           3
Texas                   8
Utah                     0
Virginia                2
Washington         0
Wyoming             0
US Government  1 
US Military           0
Total:                   78

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