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Tracy L. Snell, Laura M. Maruschak, Bureau of Justice Statistics
December 15, 2002 NCJ 197020
Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2001, and of persons executed in 2001. Preliminary data on executions in 2002 include State, method used, and race of inmate. The report summarizes the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during 2001. 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. This report is published annually.
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Part of the Capital Punishment Series
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Full report (PDF 402K)
ASCII file (25K)
Spreadsheet (Zip format 65K)
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https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=438
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