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2023 Cap. Punishment 1 (2023)

handle is hein.death/cpshm2023 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau ofJustice Statistics July 2025, NCJ 310309 Capital Punishment, 2023 - Statistical Tables Tracy L. Snell, BJS Statistician At yearend 2023, a total of 26 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) held 2,192 prisoners under sentence of death, which was 73 (3%) fewer than at yearend 2022 (figure 1). This represented the 23rd consecutive year in which the number of inmates under sentence of death declined. California (30%), Florida (13%), and Texas (8%) collectively held more than half of the prisoners under sentence of death in the United States on December 31, 2023 (table 1). The FBOP held 41 prisoners under sentence of death at yearend. At yearend 2023, 29 states and the federal government had death penalty statutes. In April 2023, Washington state repealed the death penalty provisions of the sentencing statute for aggravated first-degree murder. A total of 21 states and the District of Columbia had no death penalty statute in force on December 31, 2023. Five states (Texas, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Alabama) executed a total of 24 prisoners in 2023. All executed prisoners were male. Texas (8) and Florida (6) accounted for 58% of the executions carried out in 2023. This report presents statistics on prisoners who were under sentence of death in 2023 and historical trends in executions. For information on changes in state and federal capital statutes, see supplemental document, Status of Death Penalty Laws in 2023.1 FIGURE 1 Number of prisoners under sentence of death, 1953-2023 Number 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 - - 0. 1953 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2023 Year Note: Data on the number of prisoners under sentence of death at yearend have been collected annually since 1953. See appendix table 1 for counts. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics program (NPS-8), 1953-2023. IVisit the report detail page for Capital Punishment, 2023 - Statistical Tables to access this and the following supplemental documents: Supplemental Table 1. Capital offenses, by state, 2023; Supplemental Table 2. Federal capital offenses, 2023; Supplemental Table 3. Method of execution, by state, 2023; and Supplemental Table 4. Prisoners executed under civil authority in the United States, by year, region, and jurisdiction, 1977-2024. (A tA