In the state of California, a total of *** people were under sentence of death as of December 31, 2021, by far the most out of any state. Florida, Texas, Alabama, and North Carolina rounded out the top five states with the most people under sentence of death in that year.
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 10, 2023). Number of prisoners under sentence of death in the United States in 2021, by state [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/199011/number-of-prisoners-under-sentence-of-death-by-state-in-the-us/
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