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Prisoners on death row
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Number of persons under sentence of death, 1953-2007
| 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 |
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| 1978 |
482 |
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| 1979 |
593 |
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| 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 |
3,233 |
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| 2007 |
3,220 |
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| Source: Capital Punishment, 2007 - Statistical Tables, December 2008, NCJ
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