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2009 Cap. Punishment 1 (2009)

handle is hein.death/cpshm2009 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2010, NCJ 231676 Capital Punishment, 2009-Statistical Tables Tracy L. Snell, BJS Statistician At yearend 2009, 36 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons held 3,173 inmates under sentence of death, which was 37 fewer inmates than at yearend 2008. This represents the ninth consecutive year that the population has decreased. California, Florida, Texas, and Pennsylvania held half of all inmates on death row as of December 31, 2009. The Federal Bureau of Prisons held 55 inmates. Of those under sentence of death at yearend, 56% were white, and 42% were black. The 376 Hispanic inmates under sentence of death accounted for nearly 14% of inmates with a known ethnicity. Ninety-eight percent of all inmates were male, and 2% were female. The race and gender of those under sentence of death has remained relatively unchanged since 2000. During 2009, 149 inmates were removed from under sentence: 52 were executed*, 27 died by means other than execution, and 70 were removed as a result of sentences and/or convictions overturned or commutations of sentences. A total of 112 inmates were received under sentence of death during 2009, representing the smallest number of admissions since 1973 when 44 persons were admitted. During 2009, 21 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons received 112 prisoners under sentence of death. Admissions in California (29), Florida (15), Arizona (14), and Alabama (9) accounted for 60% of those sentenced to death in 2009. Eleven states executed 52 inmates during 2009. The inmates executed in 2009 had been under sentence of death an average of 14 years and 1 month, which was about 30 months longer than for those executed in 2008. Of the 7,773 people under sentence of death between 1977 and 2009, 15% had been executed, 5% died by causes other than execution, and 39% received other dispositions. *For 2010 data on executions, see table 21, page 22. IiGURE 1 Number of persons under sentence of death in the United States, 1953-2009 Number of prisoners 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 1953 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2009 Year FIGURE 2 Number of persons executed in Number of executions 200 - the United States, 1930-2009 0 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2009 Year

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