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Prisoners on death row
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Number of persons under sentence of death, 1953-2006
Year |
Number of prisoners under
sentence of death |
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1953 |
131 |
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1954 |
147 |
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1955 |
125 |
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1956 |
146 |
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1957 |
151 |
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1958 |
147 |
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1959 |
164 |
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1960 |
212 |
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1961 |
257 |
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1962 |
267 |
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1963 |
297 |
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1964 |
315 |
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1965 |
331 |
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1966 |
406 |
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1967 |
435 |
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1968 |
517 |
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1969 |
575 |
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1970 |
631 |
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1971 |
642 |
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1972 |
334 |
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1973 |
134 |
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1974 |
244 |
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1975 |
488 |
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1976 |
420 |
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1977 |
423 |
|
1978 |
482 |
|
1979 |
593 |
|
1980 |
692 |
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1981 |
860 |
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1982 |
1,066 |
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1983 |
1,209 |
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1984 |
1,420 |
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1985 |
1,575 |
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1986 |
1,800 |
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1987 |
1,967 |
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1988 |
2,117 |
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1989 |
2,243 |
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1990 |
2,346 |
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1991 |
2,465 |
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1992 |
2,580 |
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1993 |
2,727 |
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1994 |
2,905 |
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1995 |
3,064 |
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1996 |
3,242 |
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1997 |
3,328 |
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1998 |
3,465 |
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1999 |
3,540 |
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2000 |
3,601 |
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2001 |
3,577 |
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2002 |
3,562 |
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2003 |
3,377 |
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2004 |
3,320 |
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2005 |
3,245 |
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2006 |
3,228 |
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Source: Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables, December 2007, NCJ
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