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Abstract
Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2007, and persons executed in 2007. Tables present state-by-state information on the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during 2007, status of capital statutes, and methods of execution. Numerical tables also summarize data on offenders characteristics such as gender, race, Hispanic origin, age at time of arrest for capital offense, legal status at time of capital offense, and time between imposition of death sentence and execution. Data are from the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS-8) series.
12/08 NCJ 224528
2007 statistical tables
Table 1. | Capital offenses, by state, 2007 |
Table 2. | Method of execution, by state, 2007 |
Table 3. | Federal capital offenses, 2007 |
Table 4. | Prisoners under sentence of death, by region, jurisdiction, and race, 2006 and 2007 |
Table 5. | Demographic characteristics of prisoners under sentence of death, 2007 |
Table 6. | Hispanics and women under sentence of death, by state, 2006 and 2007 |
Table 7. | Age at time of arrest for capital offense and age of prisoners under sentence of death at yearend 2007 |
Table 8. | Criminal history profile of prisoners under sentence of death, by race and Hispanic origin, 2007 |
Table 9. | Number of persons executed, by jurisdiction, 1930-2007 |
Table 10. | Executions and other dispositions of inmates sentenced to death, by race and Hispanic origin, 1977-2007 |
Table 11. | Time under sentence of death and execution, by race, 1977-2007 |
Table 12. | Women under sentence of death, by race and jurisdiction, 12/31/07 |
Table 13. | Persons under sentence of death, by gender, race, and Hispanic origin, 12/31/07 |
Table 14. | Number of inmates received under sentence of death, 1993-2007 |
Table 15. | Number of persons executed, 1977-2007 |
Table 16. | Number of persons executed, by race, Hispanic origin, and method, 1977-2007 |
Table 17. | Elapsed time since sentencing for inmates under sentence of death on 12/31/07, by gender, race, and Hispanic origin |
Source: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS-8).
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