Capital punishment
Capital Punishment, 2004
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NUMBER OF DEATH ROW INMATES DECLINED FOR FOURTH YEAR DURING 2004
WASHINGTON, D.C. - There were 3,315 state and federal death row inmates on December 31, 2004, 63 fewer than on the same date in 2003, the Department of Justice's...
Capital Punishment, 2005
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THE NUMBER OF DEATH ROW INMATES DECLINED FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR DURING 2005
Washington - The Federal Bureau of Prisons and 36 states held 3,254 inmates on death row at the end of last year, which was 66 fewer such...
Capital Punishment (NPS-8)
This collection yields annual data on national and state-level yearend counts of persons sentenced to death and executed. Data collected include offender demographic characteristics, prior criminal histories, criminal justice system status at the time of the capital offense, date of death sentence, and date and type of sentence disposition. The collection also includes summary information on the status of and changes to death penalty statutes.