Bureau of Justice Statistics,
filename: dr.csv,
data source: Capital Punishment 2006,
authors: Tracy L. Snell,
refer questions to: askbjs@usdoj.gov (202) 307-0765,
date of version: 12/12/2007,


"Number of persons under sentence of death, 1953-2006",


Year,Number of prisoners under sentence of death

1953,131
1954,147
1955,125
1956,146
1957,151
1958,147
1959,164
1960,212
1961,257
1962,267
1963,297
1964,315
1965,331
1966,406
1967,435
1968,517
1969,575
1970,631
1971,642
1972,334
1973,134
1974,244
1975,488
1976,420
1977,423
1978,482
1979,593
1980,692
1981,860
1982,1066
1983,1209
1984,1420
1985,1575
1986,1800
1987,1967
1988,2117
1989,2243
1990,2346
1991,2465
1992,2580
1993,2727
1994,2905
1995,3064
1996,3242
1997,3328
1998,3465
1999,3527
2000,3601
2001,3577
2002,3562
2003,3377
2004,3320
2005,3245
2006,3228
"Source: Capital Punishment, 2006 -Statistical Tables,  December  2007, NCJ-220219",