STATE BY STATE COMPARISON State % Reversed/ Direct Appeal Post-Conviction* Federal Habeas Number of Attorneys National 41 9 40 68 Wyoming 67 33 50**  89 Mississippi  61 20 71 91 North Carolina  61 10 18 71 Alabama  55 9  45 77 South Carolina 54  18 14  67 Maryland  53  52  100**  100 Kentucky  50 0  100**  100 Florida  49 17  37 73 Oklahoma 48  2 50  75 Louisiana 46  7 27 64 Washington 45 unknown  33** unknown Arizona  42  10 60  79 Montana  42  9 75  87 Idaho 41  5 67** 82 Arkansas  40  4 48  70 Illinois  39  7  40  66 Georgia  35 12 65  80 Utah 35  23 33** 67 Indiana  32  25  50  75 California 31 4  80  87 Texas 31 6 26 52 Nevada 30  8 50 68 Nebraska 29 13 43 65 Tennessee 29  17 100**  100 Pennsylvania 28 1 40 57 Delaware  26 unknown 0**  unknown Missouri  17 4 15 32 Virginia 10 4  6 18 * Because state post-conviction data are incomplete, these figures are in most cases lower than the actual figure. ** States with three or fewer federal habeas cases  Circuit Breakdown of Reversals on Federal Habeas Review Circuit State % Capital Judgments Reversed on Habeas 4th Circuit       Maryland  100   North Carolina 18   South Carolina  14   Virginia  6 5th Circuit       Mississippi 71   Louisiana  27   Texas  26 8th Circuit       Arkansas 48   Nebraska 43   Missouri  15 11th Circuit       Georgia 65   Alabama  45   Florida 37 9th Circuit       Arizona  60   California  80   Idaho 67   Montana 75   Nevada  50   Washington 33 7th Circuit       Illinois  40   Indiana  50 3rd Circuit       Delaware  0   Pennsylvania  40   Back to "68 Percent Error Rate Found in Death Case Study"