By James J. Stephan
and Tracy L. Snell
BJS Statisticians
Thirteen States executed 31 prisoners
during 1994. The number of persons
executed was seven fewer than in
1993. The prisoners executed during
1994 had been under sentence of
death an average of 10 years and 2
months, about 9 months more than
the average for inmates executed the
previous year.
At yearend 1994, 2,890 prisoners were
under sentence of death. Texas held
the largest number of death row in-
mates (394), followed by California
(381), Florida (342), and Pennsylvania
(182). Six prisoners were in Federal
custody under a death sentence on
December 31, 1994.
Between January 1 and December 31,
1994, 26 State prison systems re-
ceived 304 prisoners under sentence
of death. Texas (43 admissions), Flor-
ida (39), North Carolina (27), and Ala-
bama (24) accounted for 44% of the
inmates entering prison under a death
sentence in 1994.
During 1994, 31 persons in 13 States
were executed 14 in Texas; 5 in Ar-
kansas; 2 in Virginia; and 1 each in
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illi-
nois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska,
North Carolina, and Washington. All
were men. Eighteen of the executed
prisoners were non-Hispanic whites;
10 were non-Hispanic blacks; 1, white
Hispanic; 1, white with unknown
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bulletin
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Capital Punishment 1994
During 1994, 31 men were
executed:
20 were white
11 were black.
The 31 persons executed in 1994
were under sentence of death an av-
erage of 10 years and 2 months.
At yearend 1994, 34 States and the
Federal prison system held 2,890
prisoners under sentence of death,
5.9% more than at yearend 1993.
All had committed murder.
Of persons under sentence of
death
1,645 were white
1,197 were black
23 were Native American
17 were Asian American
8 were classified as "other race."
The 224 Hispanic inmates under
sentence of death accounted for
8.4% of inmates with a known
ethnicity.
Forty-one women were under a
senten