In 2014 there were 43,236 crimes reported n the U.S. state of West Virginia, including 74 murders.[1]

State statistics

In 2008 there were 51,376 crimes reported in West Virginia, including 67 murders.[1] West Virginia's ten worst cities statistically to live in are Fairmont, South Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Beckley, Wheeling, Charleston and Huntington with an annual crime rate of 394.

Capital punishment laws

Capital punishment is not applied in this state.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "West Virginia Crime Rates 1960 to 2019".
  2. ↑ "Facts about capital punishment - the death penalty".
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