The statistic shows the number of executions, new inmates under death sentences and death row population in 1999, 2008 and 2009. 37 people were executed in the U.S. in 2008.
Number of executions, new inmates under death sentences and death row population in 1999, 2008 and 2009
* Executions as of December 17, 2009, no other executions scheduled after. The source for death sentences in 1999 and 2008 is the the Bureau of Justice. The value for 2009 is based on investigations of the Death Penalty Information Center. Death row inmates as of July 1, 2009. The source for death row inmates is the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, "Death Row USA".
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DPIC. (March 10, 2010). Number of executions, new inmates under death sentences and death row population in 1999, 2008 and 2009 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/267123/number-of-executions-and-death-row-population-in-the-us-since-1999/
DPIC. "Number of executions, new inmates under death sentences and death row population in 1999, 2008 and 2009." Chart. March 10, 2010. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267123/number-of-executions-and-death-row-population-in-the-us-since-1999/
DPIC. (2010). Number of executions, new inmates under death sentences and death row population in 1999, 2008 and 2009. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267123/number-of-executions-and-death-row-population-in-the-us-since-1999/
DPIC. "Number of Executions, New Inmates under Death Sentences and Death Row Population in 1999, 2008 and 2009." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267123/number-of-executions-and-death-row-population-in-the-us-since-1999/
DPIC, Number of executions, new inmates under death sentences and death row population in 1999, 2008 and 2009 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267123/number-of-executions-and-death-row-population-in-the-us-since-1999/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Number of executions, new inmates under death sentences and death row population in 1999, 2008 and 2009 [Graph], DPIC, March 10, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/267123/number-of-executions-and-death-row-population-in-the-us-since-1999/