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2003 Cap. Punishment 1 (2003)

handle is hein.death/cpshm2003 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs November 2004, NCJ 206627 Capital Punishment, 2003 By Thomas P. Bonczar and Tracy L. Snell BJS Statisticians Eleven States and the Federal Govern- ment executed 65 prisoners during 2003. The number executed was 6 fewer than in 2002. Those executed during 2003 had been under sentence of death an average of 10 years and 11 months, 4 months longer than the period for inmates executed in 2002. At yearend 2003, 3,374 prisoners were under sentence of death. California held the largest number on death row (629), followed by Texas (453), Florida (364), and Pennsylvania (230). During 2003, 25 States and the Federal prison system received 144 prisoners under sentence of death. During the year, 267 inmates were removed from death row, the largest number since 1976 when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty. Illinois accounted for 60% of these removals. (See page 8.) In 2003, 65 men were executed, including 41 whites, 20 blacks, 3 Hispanics (all white), and 1 American Indian. Sixty-four were carried out by lethal injection; one by electrocution. From January 1, 1977, to December 31, 2003, 885 inmates were executed by 32 States and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Two-thirds of the executions occurred in 5 States: Texas (313), Virginia (89), Oklahoma (68), Missouri (61), and Florida (57). Status of death penalty, December 31, 2003 Executions during 2003* Texas 24 Oklahoma 14 North Carolina 7 Ohio 3 Alabama 3 Florida 3 Georgia 3 Indiana 2 Missouri 2 Virginia 2 Federal 1 Arkansas 1 Number of prisoners under sentence of death California 629 Texas 453 Florida 364 Pennsylvania 230 Ohio 209 North Carolina 195 Alabama 192 Arizona 123 Georgia 111 Oklahoma 102 Tennessee 96 Louisiana 87 Nevada 84 25 other jurisdictions 499 65 Total • At yearend 2003, 37 States and the Federal prison system held 3,374 prisoners under sentence of death, 188 fewer than at yearend 2002. • Of those under sentence of death, 56% were white, 42% were black, and 2% were of other races. Persons under sentence of death 1993 2003 White 1,585 1,878 Black 1,125 1,418 American Indian 24 29 Asian 16 35 Unknown race 5 14 • The 369 Hispanic inmates under sentence of death accounted for 12% of inmates with a known ethnicity. • Forty-seven women were under sentence of death in 2003, up from 38 in 1993. * For 2004 data on executions, see page 11. Jurisdictions without a death penalty Alaska District of Columbia Hawaii Iowa Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota North Dakota Rhode Island Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin 3,374 • The 144 inmates received under sentence of death during 2003 repre- sent the smallest number of admis- sions since 1973. • The number of executions de- creased to 65 during 2003, the lowest number since 1996 (45). • Of the 7,061 people under sentence of death between 1977 and 2003, 12% were executed, 4% died by causes other than execution, and 36% received other dispositions. • The number of States authorizing lethal injection increased from 25 in 1993 to 37 in 2003. In 2003, 98% of executions were by lethal injection, compared to 68% in 1993. • Since 1977, 718 of the 885 execu- tions (81%) were by lethal injection.

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