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- Prisoners Under Sentence of Death: 1980 - 1989Characteristic 1980 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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- Total 714 1,575 1,781 1,967 2,117 2,250
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- White 427 896 1,006 1,128 1,235 1,310
- Black & other 287 679 775 839 848 903
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- Age:
- Under 20 years 11 13 19 10 11 6
- 20-24 years 173 212 217 222 195 191
- 25-34 years 334 804 872 969 1,048 1,080
- 35-54 years 186 531 639 744 823 917
- 55 years & over 10 31 34 39 47 56
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- Years of school
- completed:
- 7 years or less 68 147 164 181 180 183
- 8 years 74 159 174 183 184 178
- 9-11 years 204 483 577 650 692 739
- 12 years 162 440 515 591 657 695
- More than 12 years 43 127 143 168 180 192
- Unknown 163 235 208 211 231 263
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- Marital status:
- Never married 268 655 772 856 898 956
- Married 229 487 525 571 594 610
- Divorced(2) 217 449 484 557 632 684
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- Time elapsed
- since sentencing:
- Less than
- 12 months 185 273 293 295 293 231
- 12-47 months 389 739 757 804 812 809
- 48-71 months 102 303 376 412 409 408
- 72 months & over 38 276 355 473 610 802
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- Legal status
- at arrest:
- Not under sentence 384 861 992 1,123 1,207 1,301
- Parole or probation 115 (3)350 (3)409 (3)480 (3)545 (3)585
- Prison or escaped 45 81 82 91 93 94
- Unknown 170 299 298 290 279 270
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- 1. Revisions to the total number of prisoners were not carried to
- the characteristics except for race.
- 2. Includes persons married but separated, widows, widowers, and
- unknown.
- 3. 1985 and 1986, includes 20 persons; 1987, includes 22 persons;
- and for 1988 and 1989, 24 persons on mandatory conditional
- release, work release, leave, AWOL, or bail.
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- Source:U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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