DEATH SENTENCES AT LOWEST LEVEL SINCE REINSTATEMENT OF DEATH PENALTY
Death Sentences by State:
| 2004 | 2003 | 1994 | |
| U.S. Total | 125 | 144 | 304 |
| Alabama | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| Arizona | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| California | 11 | 19 | 22 |
| Colorado | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Delaware | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Florida | 8 | 11 | 39 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Idaho | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Illinois | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Indiana | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Louisiana | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Missouri | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Montana | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nevada | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| N. Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New York | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Carolina | 3 | 6 | 27 |
| Ohio | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| Oregon | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| S. Carolina | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| S. Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Texas | 23 | 29 | 43 |
| Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Federal | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Sources: 2004 — NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
2003 – 1977 — Bureau of Justice Statistics (note: BJS revised the total for 1994 to 314 sentences).
See also DPIC’s Sentencing Page and DPIC’s Press Release on latest numbers.
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