The § 2255 Project maintains various data and demographic information about the federal death row population since 1991, the year in which the first death sentence of the modern federal penalty era was imposed. Please click on the links in the menu on the left to open relevant charts documenting: (1) the racial composition of inmates on federal death row in the modern era; and (2) the states and federal judicial circuits in which the capital cases of federal death row inmates originated. Please contact the § 2255 Project with any additional inquiries concerning the federal death row population.
