DEATH ROW DATA---The 10 states with the most death-row inmates:

1. California/606

2. Texas/457

3. Florida/383

4. Pennsylvania/247

5. North Carolina/222

6. Ohio/204

7. Alabama/187

8. Illinois/175

9. Arizona/129

10. Georgia/124

(South Carolina has 76 inmates on death row.)



MOST EXECUTIONS

The 10 states that have performed the most executions since the death
penalty was reinstated in 1976:

1. Texas/272

2. Virginia/86

3. Missouri/57

4. Florida/51

5. Georgia/29

6. Louisiana/27

7. South Carolina/26

8. Arkansas/24

9. Alabama/24

10. Arizona/22

[my note---I have updated state totals to reflect current/accurate numbers]




MOST DEATH-ROW INMATES FREED

The states that have freed the most inmates from death rows since 1973:

Florida/22

Illinois/13

Oklahoma and Texas/7

Georgia and Arizona/6

Louisiana/5

New Mexico and Pennsylvania/4

California, South Carolina, Alabama and North Carolina/3

STATES WITH NO DEATH PENALTY





12 states and the District of Columbia don't have the death penalty. The
states are: Alaska, Maine, Minnesota, Vermont, Hawaii, Massachusetts,
North Dakota, West Virginia, Iowa, Michigan, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.

Thanks for the info Sherri!

Now, since the the death penalty is supposed to help lower crime rates, is there any proof that the crime rates in the states that don't have the death penalty are higher than the states that do have the death penalty? What I am saying is I don't believe this argument is really an argument!!! There is never a reason to justify the state sanctioned killing of another human being.