Report: Fewer People on Death Row in 2004
The Department of Justice has issued its annual death penalty statistics. There are 63 fewer people on death row in America than there were in 2003.
That's still 3,315 too many.
Texas continues to lead the country in the number of executions carried out. California has the largest death row population, followed by Texas. As for race and gender:
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