A few facts and figures

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A few facts and figures
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US population composition
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Source Bureau of Justice Statistics Correctional
Surveys (The National Probation Data Survey,
National Prisoner Statistics, Survey of Jails,
and The National Parole Data Survey) as presented
in Correctional Populations in the United
States, 1997.
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Almost nine out of every ten jail inmates were
adult males. However, the number of adult females
in jail increased faster than males. Since 2000,
the number of juveniles held in adult facilities
declined each year.
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Between 1990 and 2003, the number of white and
Hispanic jail inmates increased at the same
average annual rate. The number black inmates
increased at a slower pace.
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Blacks were two times more likely than Hispanics
and five times more likely than whites to be in
jail.
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Source FBIs website- Facts and figuresViolent
crimes in US
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Violent crimes in US
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Murder victims by race and gender, 2003
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Murder victims by age, race and gender
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Murder offenders by age, race and gender
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Law enforcement officers killed
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Law enforcement officers killed
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All the way from Texas

• Average time spent at death row- 10.43 years
• Shortest Time on Death Row prior to Execution 
• Joe Gonzales, Potter County, 252 days, executed
  on 9/18/962.
• Steven Renfro, Harrison County, 263 days,
  executed on 2/9/98 
• Longest Time on Death Row prior to Execution 
• Excell White Collin County, 8982 days (24 years)
  executed on 3/30/1992.
• Sammie Felder, Jr., Harris County, 8569 days (23
  years) executed on 12/15/99 

http//www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm
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All the way from Texas

• Average Age of Executed Offenders 39
• Youngest at Time of Execution 
• Jay Pinkerton, Nueces County, age 24 , executed
  on 5/15/1986
• Jesse De La Rosa, Bexar County, age, 24, executed
  on 5/15/1985 
• Oldest at Time of Execution
• William Chappell, Tarrant County, age 66,
  executed on 11/20/2002
• Hilton Crawford, Montgomery County, age 64,
  executed on 7/2/2003

http//www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm
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Juveniles and death penalty

• Number of countries that have abolished the death
  penalty for offenses committed while under 18
  years of age 70
• Number of countries where the execution of minors
  is prohibited by treaty or legislation 112
• Number of countries that have executed a juvenile
  offender, 1970-1985 9
• Number of death sentences imposed on juvenile
  offenders in the United States since 1976 224

http//www.westernprisonproject.org/PrisonIndex/Se
ction_1/DeathPenalty.html
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Juveniles and death penalty

• Number of death sentences carried out on juvenile
  offenders in the United States since 1976 21
• Number of death sentences carried out on juvenile
  offenders since 1976 that were in Texas 13
• Number of First World countries other than the
  U.S. who execute juvenile offenders 0

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