List Of United States Death Row Inmates
The following is a list of notable people on death row by state and federal/military jurisdiction in the United States. There were approximately 3,254 people on death row as of May 7, 2011. The states with the largest death row populations were California (704), Florida (398), Texas (333), Pennsylvania (222), and Alabama (204). Wyoming and New Hampshire had the fewest inmates on death row (one each), New Mexico and Montana both had two, and Colorado and South Dakota had three. There are 59 people on federal death row and seven on military death row.
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