DEATH SENTENCES (2012 – 2020)
BY COUNTY OR FEDERAL DISTRICT*

State County 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 TOTAL
CA Riverside 4 6 3 8 1 5 0 2 3 32
CA Los Angeles 6 7 4 3 4 1 2 0 0 27
AZ Maricopa 1 2 3 3 1 3 2 0 1 16
NV Clark 2 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 10
FL Duval 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 8
TX Harris 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 8
AL Mobile 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 8
CA Orange 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 8
CA Kern 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 7
OH Cuyahoga 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 6
TX Dallas 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
FL Hillsborough 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
OK Oklahoma 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6
CA San Bernardino 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 6
FL Polk 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
TX Tarrant 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
FL Brevard 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
FL Pinellas 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
FL Santa Rosa 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
PA Westmoreland 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
FL Broward 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
AL Calhoun 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
TX McLennan 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
FL Miami-Dade 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
PA Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
CA Sacramento 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
TX Smith 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
FL St. John’s 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
OH Summit 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
CA Tulare 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
FL Volusia 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
FL Walton 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
OH Warren 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
PA York 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
CA Alameda 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
AR Benton 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
TX Brazos 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
PA Bucks 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
LA Caddo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
AL Colbert 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
FL Columbia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
CA Contra Costa 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
NE Douglas 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
LA East Baton Rouge 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
AL Escambia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
IN Floyd 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
OH Franklin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
FL Gadsden 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
AR Garland 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
MS Harrison 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
FL Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
AL Jefferson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
TX Jefferson 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
TX Kaufman 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
CA Kings 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
FL Lafayette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
PA Lancaster 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
FL Lee 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
OH Mahoning 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
OH Medina 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
SD Minnehaha 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Federal MO, Western District 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PA Monroe 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
AL Morgan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
GA Newton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
FL Okeechobee 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
FL Pasco 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Federal SC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
FL Seminole 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
FL Sumter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Federal TX, Eastern District 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TX Walker 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
PA Adams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
OH Ashland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
FL Bay 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX Bexar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
AL Blount 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LA Bossier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX Bowie 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
FL Bradford 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX Brazoria 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OK Canadian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
NC Carteret 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
FL Charlotte 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PA Chester 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
AL Chilton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FL Citrus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
IN Clark 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FL Clay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
MO Clay 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OK Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
AR Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
MO Cole 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX Collin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
FL Collier 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
OK Comanche 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MS Copiah 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Federal CT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NC Cumberland 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CA El Dorado 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX El Paso 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OH Erie 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FL Escambia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
AL Etowah 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
CT Fairfield 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
AR Faulkner 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
PA Fayette 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NC Forsyth 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
US Military Fort Hood, TX 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KS Franklin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
CA Fresno 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX Ft. Bend 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OH Fulton 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
GA Fulton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MO Greene 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
AR Greene 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GA Gwinnett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
OH Hamilton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
MS Hancock 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX Hardin 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TX Hays 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
AL Henry 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
FL Hernando 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MS Hinds 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FL Holmes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SC Horry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
AL Houston 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
TX Hunt 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NC Iredell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KY Jefferson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KS Johnson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
NE Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TX Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NC Johnston 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
MS Jones 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
DE Kent 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ID Kootenai 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Federal LA, Western District 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MO LaClede 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LA Lafourche 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
FL Lake 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
IN Lake 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OH Lake 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OR Lane 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OH Lawrence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
AL Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OK LeFlore 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SC Lexington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
MS Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
AR Lincoln 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX Lubbock 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OH Lucas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NV Lyon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Federal MA, Eastern District 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
AL Madison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
MS Madison 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TN Madison 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
FL Manatee 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CA Marin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OR Marion 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
FL Marion 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
AL Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OK McClain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
AZ Mohave 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PA Montgomery 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FL Nassau 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
DE New Castle 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
CT New Haven 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PA Northampton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FL Orange 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
MS Oxford 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Federal PA, Eastern District 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FL Palm Beach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
NC Pasquotank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
MO Phelps 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PA Pike 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
AZ Pima 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NC Pitt 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
CA Placer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
OK Pottawatomie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
OH Portage 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
FL Putnam 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GA Richmond 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
AL Russell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
TN Shelby 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
WA Snohomish 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SC Spartanburg 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MO St. Charles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
AL St. Clair 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FL St. Lucie 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
OH Stark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
OK Stephens 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
AL Sumter 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
TN Tipton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX Tom Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TX Travis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OH Trumbull 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
AL Tuscaloosa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
FL Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
MS Union 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX Upton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Federal VA, Eastern 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CA Ventura 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NC Wake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
FL Wakulla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
AL Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FL Washington 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
PA Washington 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
TX Webb 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
TX Willacy 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TX Williamson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
AZ Yavapai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
CA Yolo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
AZ Yuma 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
77 79 73 49 31 39 42 34 18 442

* Entries in bold indi­cate the most death sen­tences for a giv­en year or span of years.

Since DPIC began track­ing death sen­tences by coun­ty in 2012, Riverside County has imposed more new death sen­tences (32) than any oth­er U.S. coun­ty. During that time, it also has imposed more death sen­tences on defen­dants of col­or (29) than any oth­er coun­ty has imposed on all defen­dants com­bined and more death sen­tences on Latino defen­dants (19) than any oth­er coun­ty except Los Angeles has imposed on all defendants combined.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEATH SENTENCES (2012 – 2020) BY RACE

Defendants Sentenced to Death

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

TOTAL

Latino

1

4

1

5

0

4

0

2

2

19

Black

2

2

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

8

White

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

3

Other

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

ALL

4

6

3

8

1

5

0

2

3

32



Sources

Data from Death Penalty Information Center mon­i­tor­ing of new death sen­tences. See DPIC Webpages on Recent Death Sentences by Name, Race, County, and Year for 2012 through 2020.