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title: 'U.S. Death Sentences 2012-2020 by County'
description: '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…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/u-s-death-sentences-2012-2020-by-county'
section: stories
date: '2021-03-17T17:46:00-04:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T15:11:41-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

**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** |

Data from Death Penalty Information Center monitoring of new death sentences. See DPIC Webpages on *[Recent Death Sentences by Name, Race, County, and Year](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/data/sentencing-data/death-sentences-by-year/2020-death-sentences-by-name-race-and-county)* for 2012 through 2020.
