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U.S.
1,332
Ninth Circuit States
71 (5.25%)
Number of People on Death Row in Ninth Circuit States (As of October 1st, 2012)
Sourced total U.S. number from NAACP LDF, October 1, 2012.
994 (31.6% of U.S. death row population: 3,148)
Race of Defendant:
White: 426 (42.8%)
Black: 317 (31.9%)
Latino: 200 (20.1%)
Native American: 4 (0.4%)
Asian: 26 (2.6%)
Unknown: 21 (2.1%)
Gender:
Male: 970 (97.6%)
Female: 24 (2.4%)
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