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2004 Cap. Punishment 1 (2004)

handle is hein.death/cpshm2004 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Revised 2/1/06 td November 2005, NCJ 211349 Capital Punishment, 2004 By Thomas P. Bonczar and Tracy L. Snell BJS Statisticians Twelve States executed 59 prisoners during 2004. The number executed was 6 fewer than in 2003. Those executed during 2004 had been under sentence of death an average of 11 years, or 1 month longer than the period for inmates executed in 2003. At yearend 2004, 3,314 prisoners were under sentence of death. California held the largest number on death row (637), followed by Texas (446), Florida (364), and Pennsylvania (222). Thirty- three people were under a Federal death sentence. During 2004, 29 States and the Federal prison system received 125 prisoners under sentence of death. Texas (23 admissions), California (11), the Federal prison system (10), Florida (9), Alabama (7), and Louisiana (6) accounted for more than half of those sentenced in 2004 (53%). In 2004, 59 men were executed, including 36 whites, 19 blacks, 3 Hispanics (all white), and 1 Asian. Fifty- eight were carried out by lethal injec- tion; one by electrocution. From January 1, 1977, to December 31, 2004, 944 inmates were executed by 32 States and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Two-thirds of the executions occurred in 5 States: Texas (336), Virginia (94), Oklahoma (75), Missouri (61), and Florida (59). Status of death penalty, December 31, 2004 Executions during 2004* Texas 23 Ohio 7 Oklahoma 6 Virginia 5 North Carolina 4 South Carolina 4 Alabama 2 Florida 2 Georgia 2 Nevada 2 Arkansas 1 Maryland 1 Number of prisoners under sentence of death California 637 Texas 446 Florida 364 Pennsylvania 222 Ohio 201 Alabama 193 North Carolina 181 Georgia 109 Arizona 105 Tennessee 99 Oklahoma 91 Louisiana 87 Nevada 83 24 other jurisdictions 496 59 Total • At yearend 2004, 36 States and the Federal prison system held 3,314 prisoners under sentence of death, 63 fewer than at yearend 2003. • Of those under sentence of death, 56% were white, 42% were black, and 2% were of other races. Persons under sentence of death 1994 2004 White 1,665 1850 Black 1,216 1,390 American Indian 26 28 Asian 17 32 Unknown race 10 14 • The 367 Hispanic inmates under sentence of death accounted for 13% of inmates with a known ethnicity. • Fifty-two women were under sentence of death in 2004, up from 43 in 1994. * For 2005 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 3.314 *The 125 inmates received under sentence of death during 2004 repre- sent the smallest number of admis- sions since 1973. • The number of executions de- creased to 59 during 2004, the lowest number since 1996 (45). • Of the 7,187 people under sentence of death between 1977 and 2004, 13% were executed, 4% died by causes other than execution, and 37% received other dispositions. • The number of States authorizing lethal injection increased from 27 in 1994 to 37 in 2004. In 2004, 98% of executions were by lethal injection, compared to 74% in 1994. • Since 1977, 776 of the 944 execu- tions (82%) were by lethal injection.

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