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2010 Cap. Punishment 1 (2010)

handle is hein.death/cpshm2010 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2011, NCJ 236510 Capital Punishment, 2010 - Statistical Tables Tracy L. Snell, BJS Statistician t yearend 2010, 36 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons held 3,158 inmates under sentence of death, 15 fewer inmates than at yearend 2009. This represents the tenth consecutive year that the number of inmates under sentence of death has decreased. Four States (California, Florida, Texas, and Pennsylvania) held more than half of all inmates on death row as of December 31, 2010. The Federal Bureau of Prisons held 58 inmates on death row. Of those under sentence of death at yearend, 55% were white and 42% were black. The 388 Hispanic inmates under sentence of death accounted for 14% of inmates with a known ethnicity. Ninety-eight percent of inmates under sentence of death were male, and 2% were female. The race and gender of those under sentence of death has remained relatively unchanged since 2000. During 2010, 119 inmates were removed from under sentence: 46 were executed, 20 died by means other than execution, and 53 were removed as a result of sentences or convictions overturned or commutations FIGURE 1 Number of persons executed in the United States, 1930-2010 Executions 200. of sentences. A total of 104 inmates were received under sentence of death during 2010, representing the smallest number of admissions since 1973 when 44 persons were admitted. During 2010, 22 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons received 104 prisoners under sentence of death. Admissions in California (24), Florida (14), Arizona (9), and Texas (8) accounted for 53% of those sentenced to death in 2010. Twelve states executed 46 inmates during 2010, 6 fewer inmates than in 2009. The inmates executed in 2010 had been under sentence of death an average of 14 years and 10 months, which was 9 months longer than those executed in 2009. Of the 7,879 people under sentence of death between 1977 and 2010, 16% had been executed, 6% died by causes other than execution, and 39% received other dispositions.* *Following the U.S. Supreme Court's approval of revised statutes in some states (Gregg v. Georgia), executions of inmates resumed in 1977. FIGURE 2 Number of persons under sentence of death, 1953-2010 Number 4,000 ... .. .... . .. ... .. ... ... . 9 1953 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Source: BJS, National Prisoner Statistics Program. (A rI -v vw -I ID 0 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Source: BJS, National Prisoner Statistics Program. 0l B's

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