Thirty-eight states have the death penalty, but Illinois and Maryland have placed a moratorium on all executions. Since 1976, 820 inmates have been executed in the United States.
%% EXECUTIONS SINCE 1976 DEATH ROW INMATES
As of Dec. 17, 2002 As of Oct. 1, 2002*
STATE RANK/TOTAL RANK/TOTAL
Texas 1 289 2 454
Virginia 2 87 22 26
Missouri 3 59 16 70
Oklahoma 4 55 11 119
Florida 5 54 3 386
Georgia 6 31 10 120
South Carolina 7 28 15 76
Louisiana 8 27 13 97
Alabama 9 25 7 190
Arkansas 10 24 18 42
North Carolina 11 23 5 219
Arizona 12 22 9 125
Delaware 13 13 24 20
Illinois 14 12 8 156
California 15 10 1 613
Nevada 16 9 14 87
Indiana 16 9 19 40
Utah 18 6 28 11
Mississippi 18 6 17 69
Ohio 20 5 6 202
Washington 21 4 27 12
Maryland 22 3 25 17
Nebraska 22 3 29 7
Pennsylvania 22 3 4 244
Kentucky 25 2 20 39
Montana 25 2 31 6
Oregon 25 2 21 30
Colorado 28 1 32 5
Idaho 28 1 23 22
New Mexico 28 1 36 3
Tennessee 28 1 12 106
Wyoming 28 1 37 2
Connecticut — 0 29 7
Kansas — 0 35 4
New Hampshire — 0 — 0
New Jersey — 0 26 16
New York — 0 33 5
South Dakota — 0 33 5
* Illinois’ Death Row total is through Saturday.
%% Note: The U.S. government has carried out two executions since 1976. There are 26 inmates on federal Death Row and 7 on the U.S. military’s.
Source: Death Penalty Information Center
Chicago Tribune
