Riverside County most likely to hand down death sentences

A map colors in counties based on how many death sentences have been handed down for every 1,000 homicides since 1987. Riverside County has had the most, with more than 26 death sentences per 1,000 homicides.

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Chart: Jill CastellanoSource: Death penalty data from The Death Sentence Census; homicide data from the California Attorney General's Office. Analysis includes death sentences per 1,000 willful homicides since 1987 for counties with 200,000 or more residents.