How many people on death row come from YOUR county?

California has become a rogue state when it comes to the death penalty.  

In 2009, our District Attorneys sought death sentences at a higher rate than Texas and Florida, making our death row the largest in the country.  In fact, we are currently housing 700 people on death row and have already experienced six new death sentences within the first three months of 2010.  But not all of California’s District Attorneys are to blame for our high death sentencing rates; in fact, over the past 10 years, 86% of death sentences came from only 10 of California’s 58 counties.  Additionally, on June 8, 2010 voters from every County in California (except San Francisco and Los Angeles) will vote for their District Attorney.  The DA holds the sole discretion to decide which cases will be tried as death penalty cases, and in deciding to do so, they cost their county $1.1 million dollars more than a non death penalty trial.  Take action now!

Explore the map below to learn about the death penalty in your county. 

Does your District Attorney waste millions every year pursuing death penalty trials, or does he or she choose to put the needs of the community first and instead seek permanent imprisonment?  Click on the different counties on the map to learn how much each county has spent in the last 10 years seeking death sentences, how many people have been sentenced to death in the last 10 years, and how many of the 700 people on death row come from that county. Then take action to let your DA know that you think she or he should replace the death penalty.

View California Death Row Population by County in a larger map

	Counties with over 200 people on death row
	Counties with 31 to 70 people on death row
	Counties with 11 - 30 people on death row
	Counties with 5 - 10 people on death row
	Counties with 2 - 4 people on death row
	Counties with 1 person on death row
	Counties with zero people on death row