Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

~--------- - ~~ --------- ------------ -----------------------Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Table 6.55 Prisoners under sentence of death, by race orethnicity and jurisdiction, on Apr. 20, 1983NOTE: The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.periodically collects data on persons on death row. As of Apr. 20,1983, 39 jurisdictions had capitol punishment lows and 32jurisdictions hod at least I prisoner under sentence of death.Between Jan. I, 1973 and Apr. 20, 1983, on estimated 551 deathsentences have been vacated as unconstitutional and on estimated500 convictions or sentences have been reversed or vacated onother grounds.Race or ethnicit~N:ltiveJurisdiction Total Block White His2anic Americon AsianUnited States 1,168 491 610 55 8 4Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 59 38 0 21 0 0 0AlaskaXX X X XArizona 54 7> 42 4 0 0Arkansas 23 7 c 15 c I 0 0California 124 47 52 20 2 3Colorado I 0 I 0 0 0Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0Delaware 6 3 3 0 0 0District of Columbia X X X X X XFlorida 195 BO Ill c 4 0 0Georgia 115 56 0 59c ,d 0 0 0Hawaii X X X X X XIdaho 7 0 6 I 0 0Illinois 53 34 15 4 0 0Indiana 16 8 8 0 0 0Iowa X X X X X XKansas X X X X X XKentucky 13 I 12 0 0 0Louisiana 37 19 18 c 0 0 0Moine X X X X X XMoryland 13 9 3 0 0 1 0 0Massachusetts 0 0 0 0 0 0Michigan X X X X X XMinnesota X X X X X XMississippi 35 20 150 0 0 0Missouri 21 12 9 0 0 0Montano 4 I 3 0 0 0Nebraska 12 3 8 0 I 0Nevada 18 50 II 2 0 0New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0New Mexico 5 I 2 2 0 0New York 0 0 0 0 0 0North Carolina 31 14 16 0 0 I 0North Dakota X X X X X XOhio 5 2 3 0 0 0Oklahoma 36 5 30c ,d 0 I 0Oregon X X X X X XPennsylvania 48 25 23 0 0 0Rhode Island X X X X X XSouth Corolina 23 9 14 0 0 0South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0Tennessee 33 10 22 0 I 0Texas 151 56 BOO 15 0 0Utah 4 3 I 0 0 0Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0Virginia 19 II 6 I 0 IWashington 3 0 3 0 0 0West Virginia X X X X X XWisconsin X X X X X XWyoming 2 0 2 0 0 0U.S. military 7 5 0 0~Includes one female.Includes two persons sentenced to death in the State butservintl another sentence in another State.Includes one person sentenced to death in the State butservina another sentence in another State.Includes two females.Source: Table constructed by Sa..RCEBOO