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This is a list of women on death row in the United States. The number of death row inmates fluctuates daily with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [1]
As of October 1, 2024, there were 2,180 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]
As of November 19, 2024, the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide reports there are 51 women on death rows across the United States. To see Professor Streib’s summaries of the cases of the women who were on death row as of December 2012, click here.
Because of different definitions of what constitutes being “on death row,” some organizations such as the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel or the Bureau of Justice Statistics may have a slightly different list of those currently under federal sentence of death.
Since 1976, when the Supreme Court of the United States lifted the moratorium on capital punishment in Gregg v. Georgia, 18 women have been executed in the United States. [1] . Women represent about 1.12 percent of the 1,604 executions performed in the United States since 1976. [2]
22 wrz 2021 · The nearly 2,000 women serving life-without-parole sentences can expect to die in prison. Death sentences are permitted by 27 states and the federal government, and currently 52 women sit on death row. This report presents new data on the prevalence of both of these extreme sentences imposed on women.
1 lip 2024 · There were 1,328 prisoners in 23 states, or 60% of death row, with death sentences LDF classified as active and enforceable. Jurisdictions with the most prisoners on death row: Jurisdictions (having 10 or more death-row prisoners) with the highest percent of minorities on death row:
