Appendix:

1) Capital Punishment Laws in the World page 77

2) Number of Persons Under Sentence of Death, 1976-2005 page 78

3) Census Regions and Divisions of the United States page 79

4) Executions by State page 80

5) Capital offenses, by State, 2005 page 81

Appendix 1: Capital Punishment Laws in the World[94]

Appendix 2: Number of Persons Under Sentence of Death, 1976-2005[95]

Year	Number of prisoners under sentence of death
1976	420
1977	423
1978	482
1979	593
1980	692
1981	860
1982	1,066
1983	1,209
1984	1,42
1985	1,575
1986	1,8
1987	1,967
1988	2,117
1989	2,243
1990	2,346
1991	2,465
1992	2,58
1993	2,727
1994	2,905
1995	3,064
1996	3,242
1997	3,328
1998	3,465
1999	3,54
2000	3,601
2001	3,577
2002	3,562
2003	3,377
2004	3,32
2005	3,254

Source: Capital Punishment 2005, December 2006, NCJ 215083

Appendix 3: Census Regions and Divisions of the United States[96]

Appendix 4: Executions by State[97]

Appendix 5: Capital offenses, by State, 2005[98]

Alabama. Intentional murder with 18 aggravating factors

Arizona*. First-degree murder accompanied by at least 1 of 14 aggravating factors

Arkansas*. Capital murder with a finding of at least 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances; treason.

California*. First-degree murder with special circumstances; train wrecking; treason; perjury causing execution

Colorado*. First-degree murder with at least 1 of 17 aggravating factors; treason

Connecticut*. Capital felony with 8 forms of aggravated homicide

Delaware*. First-degree murder with aggravating circumstances

Florida*. First-degree murder; felony murder; capital drug trafficking; capital sexual battery

Georgia*. Murder; kidnapping with bodily injury or ransom when the victim dies; aircraft hijacking; treason

Idaho*. First-degree murder with aggravating factors; aggravated kidnapping; perjury resulting in death

Illinois*. First-degree murder with 1 of 21 aggravating circumstances

Indiana*. Murder with 16 aggravating circumstances

Kansas*. Capital murder with 8 aggravating circumstances

Kentucky*. Murder with aggravating factors; kidnapping with aggravating factors

Louisiana*. First-degree murder; aggravated rape of victim under age 12; treason

Maryland*. First-degree murder, either premeditated or during the commission of a felony, provided that certain death eligibility requirements are satisfied

Mississippi. Capital murder; aircraft piracy

Missouri*. First-degree murder

Montana. Capital murder with 1 of 9 aggravating circumstances; capital sexual assault

Nebraska*. First-degree murder with a finding of at least 1 statutorily-defined aggravating circumstance

Nevada*. First-degree murder with at least 1of 15 aggravating circumstances

New Hampshire. Six categories of capital murder

New Jersey. Murder by one's own conduct, by solicitation, committed in furtherance of a narcotics conspiracy, or during commission of a crime of terrorism

New Mexico*. First-degree murder with at least 1 of 7 statutorily-defined aggravating circumstances

New York*. First-degree murder with 1 of 13 aggravating factors

North Carolina*. First-degree murder

Ohio*. Aggravated murder with at least 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances

Oklahoma. First-degree murder in conjunction with a finding of at least 1 of 8 statutorily-defined aggravating circumstances

Oregon. Aggravated murder

Pennsylvania. First-degree murder with 18 aggravating circumstances

South Carolina*. Murder with 1 of 11 aggravating circumstances

South Dakota*. First-degree murder with 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances; aggravated kidnapping

Tennessee*. First-degree murder with 1 of 15 aggravating circumstances

Texas. Criminal homicide with 1 of 9 aggravating circumstances

Utah*. Aggravated murder

Virginia*. First-degree murder with 1 of 13 aggravating circumstances

Washington*. Aggravated first-degree murder

Wyoming. First-degree murder

*As of December 31, 2005, 27 States excluded mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing. Mental retardation is a mitigating factor in South Carolina.