Executions per Death Sentence
|
State |
Cumulative Death Sentences 1977 through 2007 |
Cumulative Executions 1977 through 2007 |
Executions per Death Sentence |
|
1. Virginia |
148 |
98 |
0.662 |
|
2. Texas |
907 |
405 |
0.447 |
|
3. Missouri |
185 |
66 |
0.357 |
|
4. Utah |
18 |
6 |
0.333 |
|
5. Delaware |
43 |
14 |
0.326 |
|
6. Montana |
10 |
3 |
0.300 |
|
7. Oklahoma |
296 |
86 |
0.291 |
|
8. Arkansas |
113 |
27 |
0.239 |
|
9. Indiana |
94 |
19 |
0.202 |
|
10. South Carolina |
186 |
37 |
0.199 |
|
11. Louisiana |
147 |
27 |
0.184 |
|
12. Georgia |
225 |
40 |
0.178 |
|
13. South Dakota |
6 |
1 |
0.167 |
|
14. Wyoming |
7 |
1 |
0.143 |
|
15. Nebraska |
26 |
3 |
0.115 |
|
16. Washington |
37 |
4 |
0.108 |
|
17. North Carolina |
436 |
43 |
0.099 |
|
18. Maryland |
53 |
5 |
0.094 |
|
19. Alabama |
412 |
38 |
0.092 |
|
20. Arizona |
261 |
23 |
0.088 |
|
21. Nevada |
140 |
12 |
0.086 |
|
22. Ohio |
310 |
26 |
0.084 |
|
23. Connecticut |
13 |
1 |
0.077 |
|
24. Colorado |
13 |
1 |
0.077 |
|
25. Florida |
845 |
64 |
0.076 |
|
26. New Mexico* |
14 |
1 |
0.071 |
|
27. Mississippi |
163 |
8 |
0.049 |
|
28. Illinois |
299 |
12 |
0.040 |
|
29. Oregon |
69 |
2 |
0.029 |
|
30. Idaho |
40 |
1 |
0.025 |
|
31. Kentucky |
82 |
2 |
0.024 |
|
32. Tennessee |
166 |
4 |
0.024 |
|
33. California |
802 |
13 |
0.016 |
|
34. Pennsylvania |
345 |
3 |
0.009 |
|
35. New Jersey* |
57 |
0 |
0.000 |
|
36. Kansas** |
8 |
0 |
0.000 |
|
37. New York*† |
8 |
0 |
0.000 |
|
38. New Hampshire |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
Executions based on Espy Execution Database.
Death Sentences from Bureau of Justice Statistics, Capital Punishment Annual Reports
* States that have abolished the Death Penalty
**Kansas reinstated Death Penalty in 1994
† New York reinstated Death Penalty in 1995