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Incarceration and Capital Punishment
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U.S. Prisons Overcrowded and Violent,
Recidivism High
Federal Prison Inmates, by Most Serious
Offense, 2003
State Prison Inmates, by Offense, Gender,
Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2002
Sentenced State and Federal Prisoners by
Gender and Race, 2006
Prison Population Exceeds Two Million
Prisoners in the United States,
1990–2006
Number of Persons Executed by
Jurisdiction, 1930–2007
Characteristics of Prisoners Under
Sentence of Death
Women on Death Row
Methods of Execution Used in Capital
Punishment
Death Row Exonerations,
1973–2007
Women on Death Row
Are Still Rare
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