Rank

County

State

Death Verdicts/ 1000 Homicides

No. of Death Verdicts

Number of Homicides

Overall Reversal Rate, Direct Appeal and Federal Habeas

97

Baldwin

AL

41.10

6

146

67%

38

Barbour

AL

69.44

5

72

60%

3

Blount

AL

180.00

9

50

56%

147

Calhoun

AL

24.73

7

283

17%

22

Coffee

AL

93.75

6

64

57%

15

Colbert

AL

112.36

10

89

78%

56

Escambia

AL

56.60

6

106

33%

121

Etowah

AL

33.47

8

239

63%

104

Houston

AL

38.46

6

156

67%

145

Jefferson

AL

25.45

55

2161

55%

82

Lee

AL

49.18

6

122

100%

150

Madison

AL

24.02

8

333

38%

140

Mobile

AL

27.73

36

1298

56%

19

Monroe

AL

98.59

5

71

0%

89

Montgomery

AL

44.96

25

556

56%

36

Morgan

AL

72.00

9

125

50%

99

Russell

AL

40.27

6

149

43%

16

Talladega

AL

109.76

18

164

39%

151

Tuscaloosa

AL

23.90

6

251

40%

26

Benton

AR

83.33

6

72

36%

173

Jefferson

AR

18.35

6

327

100%

235

Pulaski

AR

6.91

8

1157

60%

106

Sebastian

AR

37.04

6

162

58%

98

Maricopa

AZ

40.98

114

2782

84%

18

Mohave

AZ

98.77

16

162

40%

45

Pima

AZ

63.89

63

986

71%

142

Pinal

AZ

26.40

8

303

100%

53

Yavapai

AZ

60.81

9

148

100%

47

Yuma

AZ

62.50

12

192

25%

198

Alameda

CA

15.42

31

2010

0%

231

Contra Costa

CA

8.87

9

1015

0%

205

Fresno

CA

14.33

18

1256

40%

156

Kern

CA

22.89

22

961

36%

232

Los Angeles

CA

8.33

150

17998

37%

166

Orange

CA

20.14

35

1738

100%

176

Riverside

CA

18.28

27

1477

31%

161

Sacramento

CA

21.82

29

1329

29%

199

San Bernardino

CA

15.38

30

1950

100%

228

San Diego

CA

9.91

23

2322

60%

240

San Francisco

CA

4.85

7

1444

40%

216

San Joaquin

CA

11.70

9

769

17%

152

San Mateo

CA

23.73

14

590

0%

185

Santa Barbara

CA

17.42

5

287

0%

210

Santa Clara

CA

12.92

15

1161

22%

49

Shasta

CA

62.07

9

145

0%

115

Stanislaus

CA

34.91

14

401

80%

194

Turlare

CA

15.53

8

515

25%

174

Ventura

CA

18.35

10

545

14%

6

Kent

DE

128.44

14

109

45%

153

New Castle

DE

23.47

10

426

22%

195

Alachua

FL

15.46

6

388

20%

65

Bay

FL

54.62

13

238

83%

31

Bradford

FL

76.09

7

92

36%

79

Brevard

FL

49.79

24

482

54%

164

Broward

FL

21.16

55

2599

84%

41

Citrus

FL

68.18

6

88

71%

139

Collier

FL

28.21

9

319

100%

34

Columbia

FL

73.53

10

136

60%

201

Dade

FL

14.85

103

6936

67%

134

Duval

FL

29.57

66

2232

51%

66

Escambia

FL

54.58

28

513

87%

21

Hernando

FL

94.12

8

85

38%

108

Hillsborough

FL

36.43

67

1839

72%

76

Indian River

FL

51.28

8

156

43%

130

Lake

FL

30.30

8

264

50%

131

Lee

FL

29.70

15

505

60%

83

Leon

FL

47.97

13

271

23%

135

Manatee

FL

29.09

8

275

83%

93

Marion

FL

42.49

15

353

60%

57

Martin

FL

56.45

7

124

67%

132

Monroe

FL

29.70

6

202

50%

60

Okaloosa

FL

55.87

10

179

50%

128

Orange

FL

32.23

40

1241

71%

217

Palm Beach

FL

11.64

17

1461

50%

37

Pasco

FL

71.68

20

279

100%

77

Pinellas

FL

50.10

51

1018

89%

117

Polk

FL

34.68

31

894

78%

73

Putnam

FL

52.29

8

153

50%

12

Santa Rosa

FL

115.38

9

78

100%

160

Sarasota

FL

21.90

6

274

67%

181

Seminole

FL

17.91

6

335

33%

183

St Lucie

FL

17.72

7

395

71%

91

St. Johns

FL

43.80

6

137

40%

10

Sumter

FL

120.69

7

58

100%

48

Taylor

FL

62.50

5

80

50%

9

Union

FL

122.45

6

49

100%

80

Volusia

FL

49.45

27

546

44%

40

Baldwin

GA

68.38

8

117

100%

207

Bibb

GA

13.45

8

595

56%

162

Chatham

GA

21.60

17

787

85%

180

Clayton

GA

17.92

5

279

80%

114

Cobb

GA

35.63

16

449

76%

5

Cook

GA

138.89

5

36

75%

187

De Kalb

GA

16.90

18

1065

100%

24

Douglas

GA

90.91

8

88

22%

242

Fulton

GA

4.22

14

3314

71%

92

Glynn

GA

42.55

8

188

69%

85

Gwinnett

GA

46.61

11

236

100%

33

Jefferson

GA

75.76

5

66

20%

4

Jones

GA

153.85

6

39

17%

17

Meriwether

GA

103.90

8

77

93%

124

Muscogee

GA

32.95

20

607

66%

46

Polk

GA

63.29

5

79

83%

227

Richmond

GA

9.93

7

705

100%

2

Seminole

GA

192.31

5

26

100%

13

Wayne

GA

114.75

7

61

43%

58

Ada

ID

56.45

7

124

100%

28

Canyon

ID

81.40

7

86

100%

218

Cook

IL

10.96

138

12586

57%

100

Du Page

IL

40.00

11

275

50%

11

Jefferson

IL

119.05

5

42

25%

138

Lake

IL

28.25

10

354

100%

234

St. Clair

IL

7.41

7

945

50%

105

Will

IL

38.03

17

447

38%

200

Lake

IN

15.33

23

1500

100%

225

Marion

IN

10.47

15

1433

18%

129

Vanderburgh

IN

30.86

5

162

0%

193

Fayette

KY

15.87

5

315

40%

212

Jefferson

KY

12.49

15

1201

53%

178

Calcasieu

LA

18.18

6

330

100%

224

E. Baton Rouge

LA

10.50

9

857

67%

190

Jefferson

LA

16.11

14

869

56%

172

Lafayette

LA

18.87

5

265

25%

230

Orleans

LA

8.96

28

3126

73%

44

St. Charles

LA

64.10

5

78

80%

61

Baltimore Cnty.

MD

55.56

34

612

100%

239

Prince George’s

MD

5.59

6

1074

50%

1

Cole

MO

266.67

12

45

9%

238

Jackson

MO

6.02

11

1827

33%

86

Jefferson

MO

46.15

6

130

63%

244

St Louis City

MO

3.04

7

2306

0%

144

St. Louis County

MO

25.96

36

1387

37%

43

De Soto

MS

64.52

6

93

90%

107

Forrest

MS

37.04

5

135

100%

27

Grenada

MS

81.97

5

61

100%

68

Harrison

MS

53.71

21

391

100%

149

Hinds

MS

24.26

22

907

81%

165

Lauderdale

MS

20.33

5

246

80%

84

Lowndes

MS

47.62

5

105

100%

30

Beaufort

NC

76.92

6

78

67%

51

Bladen

NC

61.73

5

81

40%

171

Buncombe

NC

19.31

5

259

50%

90

Burke

NC

43.86

5

114

75%

103

Cabarrus

NC

38.76

5

129

75%

177

Cumberland

NC

18.27

11

602

63%

122

Davidson

NC

33.33

6

180

67%

64

Duplin

NC

54.95

5

91

75%

116

Edgecombe

NC

34.72

5

144

100%

203

Gaston

NC

14.41

5

347

33%

222

Guilford

NC

10.64

6

564

60%

74

Halifax

NC

52.17

6

115

75%

206

Mecklenburg

NC

13.82

14

1013

64%

95

Onslow

NC

41.38

6

145

50%

50

Robeson

NC

61.76

21

340

76%

72

Rockingham

NC

52.98

8

151

67%

158

Wake

NC

22.54

11

488

64%

188

Douglas

NE

16.72

11

658

68%

221

Camden

NJ

10.73

6

559

100%

243

Essex

NJ

4.20

8

1905

88%

155

Monmouth

NJ

22.99

6

261

75%

236

Bernalillo

NM

6.14

5

814

20%

14

Carson City

NV

113.21

6

53

67%

63

Clark

NV

55.12

71

1288

64%

70

Washoe

NV

53.37

19

356

13%

118

Butler

OH

34.31

7

204

40%

159

Cuyahoga

OH

21.92

45

2053

24%

191

Franklin

OH

16.10

8

497

17%

101

Hamilton

OH

39.89

29

727

8%

81

Lorain

OH

49.30

7

142

40%

167

Lucas

OH

20.08

10

498

17%

67

Summit

OH

54.42

8

147

33%

35

Canadian

OK

73.53

5

68

40%

113

Comanche

OK

35.71

7

196

71%

39

Creek

OK

69.31

7

101

83%

7

Grady

OK

125.00

8

64

50%

75

Muskogee

OK

51.95

8

154

0%

78

Oklahoma

OK

49.96

68

1361

75%

55

Pottawatomie

OK

57.47

5

87

20%

189

Tulsa

OK

16.37

13

794

100%

20

Coos

OR

94.34

5

53

100%

209

Multnomah

OR

13.16

10

760

88%

213

Allegheny

PA

12.23

14

1145

64%

154

Berks

PA

23.04

5

217

33%

127

Bucks

PA

32.65

8

245

33%

215

Deleware

PA

12.22

6

491

0%

123

Erie

PA

33.11

5

151

20%

32

Lackawanna

PA

75.95

6

79

60%

110

Montgomery

PA

36.14

12

332

40%

141

Philadelphia

PA

27.03

127

4698

25%

120

York

PA

34.09

6

176

20%

111

Anderson

SC

35.86

9

251

44%

157

Charleston

SC

22.69

13

573

69%

148

Florence

SC

24.69

6

243

67%

219

Greenville

SC

10.81

6

555

40%

59

Greenwood

SC

56.07

6

107

50%

69

Horry

SC

53.64

14

261

82%

54

Lancaster

SC

60.24

5

83

50%

23

Lexington

SC

92.78

18

194

67%

229

Richland

SC

9.46

6

634

40%

197

Spartanburg

SC

15.45

7

453

50%

94

York

SC

41.67

9

216

44%

237

Davidson

TN

6.05

8

1323

29%

137

Hamilton

TN

28.27

16

566

27%

179

Knox

TN

18.04

9

499

100%

202

Shelby

TN

14.42

32

2219

23%

25

Washington

TN

88.24

6

68

50%

196

Bell

TX

15.46

6

388

67%

211

Bexar

TX

12.52

41

3275

48%

87

Bowie

TX

45.71

8

175

71%

175

Brazoria

TX

18.32

5

273

33%

29

Brazos

TX

80.88

11

136

57%

125

Cameron

TX

32.86

14

426

33%

88

Collin

TX

45.23

9

199

0%

220

Dallas

TX

10.74

61

5682

67%

146

Denton

TX

24.75

5

202

33%

184

El Paso

TX

17.71

13

734

73%

163

Fort Bend

TX

21.47

7

326

50%

223

Galveston

TX

10.54

7

664

44%

204

Gregg

TX

14.37

5

348

75%

170

Harris

TX

19.33

190

9829

32%

214

Hidalgo

TX

12.22

5

409

50%

143

Jefferson

TX

26.28

18

685

35%

126

Liberty

TX

32.68

5

153

33%

168

Lubbock

TX

19.70

12

609

60%

136

McLennan

TX

28.57

13

455

59%

102

Montgomery

TX

39.01

11

282

13%

42

Navarro

TX

67.31

7

104

29%

169

Nueces

TX

19.48

15

770

20%

112

Potter

TX

35.81

13

363

30%

8

Randall

TX

123.08

8

65

50%

119

Smith

TX

34.30

13

379

44%

192

Tarrant

TX

15.93

42

2636

54%

133

Taylor

TX

29.70

6

202

0%

226

Travis

TX

10.26

10

975

44%

62

Walker

TX

55.56

5

90

50%

186

Wichita

TX

17.42

5

287

80%

233

Salt Lake

UT

7.63

5

655

20%

96

Weber

UT

41.18

7

170

0%

109

Chesterfield

VA

36.36

6

165

0%

71

City of Danville

VA

53.10

6

113

0%

208

Fairfax

VA

13.30

5

376

14%

52

Prince William

VA

61.54

8

130

0%

241

Richmond

VA

4.67

5

1071

17%

182

Virginia Beach

VA

17.91

6

335

0%