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The ranks of people sentenced to death and the number executed declined in 2004 as the Death Row population kept shrinking, the government reported Sunday.
3,315: Number of people on Death Row in 2004
3,378: Number of people on Death Row in 2003
59: Number of prisoners executed in 2004
65: Number of prisoners executed in 2003
125: Number of people convicted of murder who received a death sentence in 2004
22: Number of Death Row inmates who died of natural causes or who committed suicide
107: Number of Death Row inmates whose sentences were commuted, tossed out or overturned
