DPIC has updat­ed its Executions Per Death Death Sentence page to reflect data through 2010. This page lists states in order of the per­cent­age of death sen­tences result­ing in an exe­cu­tion since the death penal­ty was rein­stat­ed in 1976. If every death sen­tence result­ed in an exe­cu­tion, the state would be at 100%, or a rate of 1.00. Using this ratio of exe­cu­tions per death sen­tence, the first five states are Virginia (.725), Texas (.498), Utah (.368), Missouri (.347), and Delaware (.311). Of those states that have car­ried out at least one exe­cu­tion, the five states with the low­est rate of exe­cu­tion are Pennsylvania (.008), California (.015), Idaho (.025), Oregon (.028), and Tennessee (.035). Four states with the death penal­ty dur­ing this time peri­od had no exe­cu­tions: Kansas, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York. The lat­ter two have aban­doned the death penal­ty. Nationally, about 15% of death sen­tences have result­ed in an exe­cu­tion (a rate of .150). Another mea­sure of state exe­cu­tion rates is exe­cu­tions per capi­ta (pop­u­la­tion). Under this stan­dard, Oklahoma and Texas are the leading states.

(DPIC Posted, September 6, 2011). See Executions and Studies.

Citation Guide