Prisoners Under Sentence of Death by Characteristic statistics



Characteristic	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998


Total ¹..................................................	688	856	1,063	1,209	1,420	1,575	1,800	1,967	2,117	2,243	2,346	2,466	2,575	2,727	2,905	3,064	3,242	3,328	3,452

White.......................................................	418	497	611	692	806	896	1,013	1,128	1,235	1,308	1,368	1,450	1,508	1,575	1,653	1,732	1,833	1,864	1,906
Black and other.......................	270	359	452	517	614	679	787	839	882	935	978	1,016	1,067	1,152	1,252	1,332	1,409	1,464	1,546

Under 20 years................................................	11	15	18	12	11	13	19	10	11	6	8	14	12	13	19	20	17	16	15
20-24 years..............................................	173	171	115	217	215	212	217	222	195	191	168	179	188	211	231	264	288	275	267
25-34 years................................................	334	415	531	597	702	804	872	969	1,048	1,080	1,110	1,087	1,078	1,066	1,088	1,068	1,088	1,077	1,101
35-54 years...............................................	186	224	294	359	453	531	639	744	823	917	1,006	1,129	1,212	1,330	1,449	1,583	1,711	1,809	1,899
55 years and over...........................................	10	13	12	17	24	31	34	39	47	56	64	73	85	96	103	119	138	151	170

Years of school completed:

7 years or less.......................	68	74	81	99	121	147	164	181	180	183	178	173	181	185	186	191	196	205	206
8 years.............................................	74	83	105	123	137	159	174	183	184	178	186	181	180	183	198	195	201	206	217
9-11 years....................................................	204	247	318	358	401	483	577	650	692	739	775	810	836	885	930	979	1,040	1,069	1,111
12 years..................................................	162	199	258	319	385	440	515	591	657	695	729	783	831	887	939	995	1,037	1,084	1,120
More than 12 years....................................	43	57	78	88	110	127	143	168	180	192	209	222	232	244	255	272	282	288	297
Unknown...............................................................	163	178	210	215	251	235	208	211	231	263	279	313	315	332	382	422	486	476	501

Marital status:
Never married...........................................	268	327	413	484	570	655	772	856	898	956	998	1,071	1,132	1,222	1,320	1,412	1,507	1,555	1,641
Married....................................................	229	259	317	368	443	487	525	571	594	610	632	663	663	671	707	718	739	740	749
Divorced ^href="#2">²\.................................................	217	252	320	450	392	449	484	557	632	684	726	746	780	823	863	924	996	1,033	1,062

Time elapsed since
sentencing:
Less than 12 months....................................	185	227	264	251	279	273	293	295	293	231	231	252	265	262	280	287	306	262	275
12-47 months..............................................	389	416	525	622	694	739	757	804	812	809	753	718	720	716	755	784	816	844	813
48-71 months................................................	102	110	150	186	228	303	376	412	409	408	438	441	444	422	379	423	447	456	482
72 months and over.....................................	38	85	111	143	204	276	355	473	610	802	934	1,071	1,146	1,316	1,476	1,560	1,673	1,766	1,882

Legal status at arrest:
Not under sentence.......................................	384	433	556	605	739	861	992	1,123	1,207	1,301	1,345	1,415	1,476	1,562	1,662	1,764	1,881	1,957	2,029
Parole or probation ³....................................	115	147	182	225	279	350	409	480	545	585	578	615	702	754	800	866	894	880	877
Prison or escaped.....................................	45	55	65	72	84	81	82	91	93	94	128	102	101	102	103	110	112	116	127
Unknown..............................................	170	203	247	300	303	299	298	290	279	270	305	321	296	298	325	314	355	375	419

1 Revisions to the total number of prisoners were notcarried to the characteristics except for race.
2 Includes persons married but separated, widows, widowers, and unknown.
3 Includes prisoners on mandatory conditional release, work release,leave, AWOL, or bail. Covers 20 prisoners in 1985 and 24 prisoners in 1989, 28 in 1990, and 29 in 1991 and 1992, 33 in 1993 and 1995,31 in 1994 and 1996, and 30 in 1997.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Capital Punishment, annual.Most recent 1998, series NCJ 179012, December 1999.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/correct.htm

*Capital Punishment in the United States

This series provides annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death and on those whose offense sentences werecommuted or vacated during the years indicated. Information is supplied on basic sociodemographic characteristics such asage, sex, race, ethnicity, marital status at time of imprisonment, level of education, and state of incarceration. Criminal historydata include prior felony convictions for criminal homicide and legal status at the time of the capital offense . Additionalinformation is available for inmates removed from death row by yearend of the last year indicated and for inmates who wereexecuted.

Principal Investigator: Bureau of Justice Statistics

Years Produced: Annually (latest release contains all years)

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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373. Prisoners Under Sentence of Death by Characteristic