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Women on Death Row
(as of 1/1/2014) State Total White Black Latina American Indian Asian…Characteristics of Prisoners Under Sentence of Death
Characteristic 1980 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2003…U.S. Prisons Overcrowded and Violent, Recidivism High
Confronting Confinement, a June 2006 U.S. prison study by the bipartisan Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons, reports than on any given day more than 2 million people are…guilt
(Encyclopedia) guilt, in psychology, a term denoting an unpleasant feeling associated with unfulfilled wishes. Sigmund Freud initially contended that sexual drives produce sense of guilt in the…pardon
(Encyclopedia) pardon, in law, exemption from punishment for a criminal conviction granted by the grace of the executive of a government. A general pardon to a class of persons guilty of the same…State Prison Inmates, by Offense, Gender, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2003
Most serious offense All Male Female White Black Hispanic…crime
(Encyclopedia) crime: see criminal law; criminology; gang; juvenile delinquency; organized crime.punishment
(Encyclopedia) punishment: see capital punishment; corporal punishment; criminal law; prison.exile, in politics and government
(Encyclopedia) exile, removal of a national from his or her country, or the civilized parts of it, for a long period of time or for life. Exile may be a forceful expulsion by the government or a…counterfeiting
(Encyclopedia) counterfeiting, manufacturing spurious coins, paper money, or evidences of governmental obligation (e.g., bonds) in the semblance of the true. There must be sufficient resemblance to…