New From DPIC

NEW FROM DPIC

NEW DPIC SUMMARY
DPIC’s Summary of the Chicago Tribune Series on Forensic Science




DEATH ROW U.S.A.
The July 1, 2004 Edition of Death Row USA (from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund) is avail­able on DPIC’s site.


DETERRENCE and the FBI UNIFORM CRIME REPORT 2003
The South (the region with the most exe­cu­tions) again had the high­est mur­der rate in the coun­try in 2003.



The two states with the most exe­cu­tions in 2003, Texas (24) and Oklahoma (14) saw increas­es in their mur­der rates from 2002 to 2003. Both states had mur­der rates above the nation­al aver­age in 2003: Texas — 6.4, and Oklahoma — 5.9. The top 13 states in terms of mur­der rates were all death penal­ty states.

The gap between the cumu­la­tive mur­der rates of death penal­ty and non-death penal­ty states actu­al­ly widened in 2003, from 36% in 2002 to 44% in 2003. The mur­der rate of the death penal­ty states increased from 2002, while the rate in non-death penal­ty states decreased.

Year
DP States
Non DP States
% Difference
2002
5.82
4.27
36%
2003
5.91
4.10
44%
Previous cal­cu­la­tion of 69% for 2003 did not include the District of Columbia.

• For mur­der rates by state and by year, click here.
• For a com­par­i­son between death penal­ty and non-death penal­ty states, click here.

SOURCE: 2003 FBI Uniform Crime Report, October 27, 2004