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Characteristics of Prisoners Under Sentence of Death

Characteristic 1980 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2003 2004
Race and age              
 White 418 1,368 1,732 1,833 1,864 1,917 1,948 1,998 1,882 1,850
 Black and other 270 978 1,332 1,409 1,464 1,548 1,579 1,612 1,495 1,464
 Under 20 years 11 8 20 17 16 16 16 11 1 1
 20 to 24 years 173 168 264 288 275 273 251 237 133 95
 25 to 34 years 334 1,110 1,068 1,088 1,077 1,108 1,108 1,103 965 896
 35 to 54 years 186 1,006 1,583 1.711 1.809 1,897 1,958 2,019 1,969 1,977
 55 years and over 10 64 19 138 151 171 194 223 306 345
Years of schooling completed              
 7 years or less 68 178 191 196 205 208 201 214 213 207
 8 years 74 186 195 201 206 218 221 233 227 221
 9 to 11 years 204 775 979 1,040 1,069 1,122 1,142 1,157 1,073 1,053
 12 years 162 729 995 1,037 1,084 1,128 1,157 1,184 1,108 1,091
 More than 12 years 43 209 272 282 288 301 307 315 270 262
 Unknown 163 279 422 486 476 488 499 490 483 480
Marital status                
 Never married 268 998 1,412 1,507 1,555 1,645 1,689 1,749 1,641 1,622
 Married 229 632 718 739 740 752 731 739 684 658
 Divorced1 217 726 924 996 1,033 1,068 1,107 1,105 1,049 1,034
Time elapsed since sentencing              
 Less than 12 months 185 231 287 306 262 293 259 208 137 117
 12 to 47 months 389 753 784 816 844 816 800 786 495 421
 48 to 71 months 102 438 423 447 456 482 499 507 451 388
 72 months and over 38 934 1,560 1,673 1,766 1,874 1,969 2,092 2,291 2,388
Legal status at arrest                  
 Not under sentence 384 1,345 1,764 1,881 1,957 2,036 2,088 2,202 2,048 2,026
 Parole or probation2 115 578 866 894 880 879 886 921 845 809
 Prison or escaped 45 128 110 112 116 127 125 126 137 145
 Unknown 170 305 314 355 375 423 428 344 344 334
Total 688 2,346 3,064 3,242 3,328 3,465 3,527 3,601 3,377 3,314
NOTE: Excludes prisoners under sentence of death confined in local correctional systems pending appeal or who have not been committed to prison.
1. Includes persons married but separated, widows, widowers, and unknown.
2. Includes prisoners on mandatory conditional release, work release, leave, AWOL, or bail.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Capital Punishment, annual, from Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2007.

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