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Capital Punishment 1997
Presents characteristics
of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 1997, and of persons
executed in 1997. Preliminary data on executions in 1998 include State,
method used, and race of inmate. The report summarizes the movement of prisoners
into and out of death sentence status during 1997. Numerical tables present
data on offenders' sex, race, Hispanic origin, education, marital status,
age at time of arrest for capital offense, legal status at time of capital
offense, methods of execution, trends, and time between imposition of death
sentence and execution. Historical tables present executions since 1930
and sentencing since 1973. 12/98 NCJ 172881
This report is one in a series.
More recent editions may be available. To view a list of all in the series
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