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Crime > Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:37:56 +0000

Definition: Total number of white inmates on death row, by State. NOTE: There is an additional total of 42 Federally held prisoners on death row; 24 are black, 17 are white, and one is a Native American.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.
Number of states: 38

Crime > Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:33:04 +0000

Definition: Total number of inmates on death row, by State. NOTE: There is an additional total of 42 Federally held prisoners on death row.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.
Number of states: 38

Crime > Capital Punishment > Latino inmates on death row

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:21:56 +0000

Definition: Total number of "Hispanic" inmates on death row by State. NOTE: In 2006 there were an additional two latino inmates on Federal death row.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.
Number of states: 26

Crime > Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:10:17 +0000

Definition: Total number of black inmates on death row by State. NOTE: There are an additional total of 24 Federally held black prisoners on death row.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.
Number of states: 38

Crime > Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:21:57 +0000

Definition: Total number of prisoners executed by state from 1977 to 2006. NOTE: During this period of time, the Federal System executed 3 people by lethal injection.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006
Number of states: 43

Crime > Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:19:35 +0000

Definition: Total number of executions since 1930. NOTE: During this period of time, the Federal System executed 36 inmates. Military authorities carried out an additional 160 executions between 1930 and 1961.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006
Number of states: 43

Crime > Capital Punishment > Total executions 2007

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:07:03 +0000

Definition: Total number of inmates executed in the year 2007. NOTE: Lethal injection was used in 41 executions in 2007; 1 execution was by electrocution. 28 of those executed were white and 14 were black. All 42 inmates executed in 2007 were men.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2007
Number of states: 10

Crime > Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:58:29 +0000

Definition: Number of criminal offenses classified as 'hate crimes' with a 'sexual orientation related motivation bias'.
Source: Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006
Number of states: 49

Crime > Hate Crimes > Religion related

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:56:22 +0000

Definition: Number of criminal offenses classified as 'hate crimes' with a 'religion related motivation bias'. Cases include anti-semitic, anti-Islamic and anti-Catholic hate crimes.
Source: Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006
Number of states: 49

Crime > Hate Crimes > Race related

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:55:49 +0000

Definition: Number of criminal offenses classified as 'hate crimes' with a 'race related motivation bias'.
Source: Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006
Number of states: 49