Death Penalty Information Center

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State by State Information

Source for Death Row Population: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. "Death Row USA" January 1, 2008
State executions accurate as of most recent execution.
Source for most Pre-1976 executions: The Espy Database.

Puerto Rico's Pre-1976 total is from International Viewpoint, October 2001

States with and without the Death Penalty
Source for Murder Rates: FBI Uniform Crime Statistics for 2006 (Published September, 2007)