NEW RESOURCES: ​“Death Row, USA” Spring 2014 Now Available

The lat­est edi­tion of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Death Row, USA showed an ongo­ing decline in the size of the death row pop­u­la­tion. The num­ber of pris­on­ers on death row decreased from 3,070 on January 1, 2014, to 3,054 on April 1. The new total rep­re­sent­ed a 12% drop from 10 years ear­li­er, when the death row pop­u­la­tion was 3,487. California con­tin­ued to have the largest death row, with 743 inmates, fol­lowed by Florida (404), Texas (276), Alabama (201), and Pennsylvania (194). The states with the high­est per­cent­age of minori­ties on death row were Delaware (78%) and Texas (72%), among states with at least 10 inmates. The total death row pop­u­la­tion was 43% white, 42% black, 13% Latino, and 2% oth­er races. Only 1.9% of death row pris­on­ers were female.

(NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ​“Death Row, USA,” April 1, 2014; DPIC post­ed September 19, 2014). See Death Row and Studies.