Capital offenses
Capital Punishment 1997
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1998 202/307-0784 SEVENTEEN STATES EXECUTED 74 PRISONERS DURING 1997 WASHINGTON, D.C. Seventeen states executed 74 prisoners during 1997, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Texas executed half of them--37. Virginia put 9 to death, Missouri 6, Arkansas 4 and Alabama 3, according to BJS' annual death...
Capital Punishment 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | BJS |
December 11, 2001 | 202/307-0784 |
EIGHTY-FIVE OFFENDERS EXECUTED DURING 2000 13 PERCENT DROP FROM PREVIOUS YEAR
Thirty-seven States and Federal Government Held Almost 3,600 Inmates on Death Row
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fourteen states executed 85 prisoners, 83 men and 2 women, during 2000, which was 13 fewer than in 1999, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today. The executed...
Capital Punishment, 2003
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
SUNDAY, November 14, 2004 | Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784 |
After hours: 301-983-9354 |
NUMBER OF DEATH ROW INMATES DECLINED FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR DURING 2003
WASHINGTON - There were 3,374 state and federal death row inmates on December 31, 2003, which was 188 fewer than a year earlier, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics...
Capital Punishment, 2004
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2005 | www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs |
Contact: Stu Smith 202-307-0703 | |
After hours: 301-983-9354 |
NUMBER OF DEATH ROW INMATES DECLINED FOR FOURTH YEAR DURING 2004
WASHINGTON, D.C. - There were 3,315 state and federal death row inmates on December 31, 2004, 63 fewer than on the same date in 2003, the Department of Justice's...