Death Penalty
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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org
DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER
Facts about the Death Penalty
New Hampshire North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wyoming
Updated March 16, 2010 following execution in Ohio
STATES WITH THE DEATH PENALTY (35)
Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada
- plus U.S. Gov’t U.S. Military
STATES WITHOUT THE DEATH PENALTY (15)
Alaska Hawaii Iowa Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Jersey New Mexico* New York North Dakota Rhode Island Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin - plus District of Columbia
*Two inmates remain on death row in NM.
100
Number of Executions Total: 1199
80
98 85 74 68 71
Number of Executions
60
66
65
56
40
59 60
53 42 37
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45 38 31 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 5 21 25 18 18 11 16 23 14 31
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Race of Defendants Executed
2% 56% 35% 7% Black - 416 Hispanic - 87 White - 672 Other - 24
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Race of Victim in Death Penalty Cases
Over 75% of the murder victims in cases resulting in an execution were white, Black 15% even though nationally only 50% of murder victims generally are Other 2% white.
Hispanic 6%
White 77%
Recent Studies on Race
• In 96% of the states where there have been reviews of race and the death penalty, there was a pattern of either race-ofvictim or race-of-defendant discrimination, or both. (Prof. David Baldus report to the ABA, 1998). 98% of the chief district attorneys in death penalty states are white; only 1%...
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org
DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER
Facts about the Death Penalty
New Hampshire North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wyoming
Updated March 16, 2010 following execution in Ohio
STATES WITH THE DEATH PENALTY (35)
Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada
- plus U.S. Gov’t U.S. Military
STATES WITHOUT THE DEATH PENALTY (15)
Alaska Hawaii Iowa Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Jersey New Mexico* New York North Dakota Rhode Island Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin - plus District of Columbia
*Two inmates remain on death row in NM.
100
Number of Executions Total: 1199
80
98 85 74 68 71
Number of Executions
60
66
65
56
40
59 60
53 42 37
52
45 38 31 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 5 21 25 18 18 11 16 23 14 31
20
11
0
Race of Defendants Executed
2% 56% 35% 7% Black - 416 Hispanic - 87 White - 672 Other - 24
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Race of Victim in Death Penalty Cases
Over 75% of the murder victims in cases resulting in an execution were white, Black 15% even though nationally only 50% of murder victims generally are Other 2% white.
Hispanic 6%
White 77%
Recent Studies on Race
• In 96% of the states where there have been reviews of race and the death penalty, there was a pattern of either race-ofvictim or race-of-defendant discrimination, or both. (Prof. David Baldus report to the ABA, 1998). 98% of the chief district attorneys in death penalty states are white; only 1%...