Based on new data from the Bureau of Justice...

Based on new data from the Bureau of Justice, Alabama leads the nation in the rate of new death sentences for the fifth straight year. Last year, Alabama sentenced more people to death than Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Virginia and Ohio combined. With a population of only 4.5 million people, Alabama's 13 new death sentences was greater than the 11 new death sentences imposed in Texas, which has a population of 23.5 million people.