There are about 60 people on federal death row and more than 3,000 on death rows across the country in state prisons.
Thirty-two states have a death penalty. Massachusetts is one of the 18 states without a death penalty. It was abolished there in 1984. In a Boston Globe poll taken in September, 57% of Boston respondents supported a life sentence for Tsarnaev, and 35% favored the death penalty.
Total abolitionist in law or practice: 139
Retentionist: 58