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How many people are under a sentence of death in the United States?
Statistics on the number of individuals sentenced to death in the United States may be accessed from...
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Last Updated: May 23, 2008
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Can individuals who were under 18 years of age at the time of their offense receive a death penalty sentence in either Federal or state courts within the United States?
The minimum age at which the death penalty can be imposed in the Federal and State judicial systems ...
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Last Updated: September 12, 2008
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| Publications |
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Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables,
BJS, December 2007, NCJ 220219.
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Final Technical Report: Habeas Litigation in U.S. District Courts: An Empirical Study of Habeas Corpus Cases Filed by State Prisoners Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996,
NIJ-Sponsored, 2007, NCJ 219559. (127 pages).
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Final Technical Report: Habeas Litigation in U.S. District Courts: An Empirical Study of Habeas Corpus Cases Filed by State Prisoners Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Executive Summary),
NIJ-Sponsored, 2007, NCJ 219558. (13 pages).
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Justice Delayed? Time Consumption in Capital Appeals: A Multistate Study,
NIJ-Sponsored, 2007, NCJ 217555. (56 pages).
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Reevaluating the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment: Model and Data Uncertainty,
NIJ-Sponsored, December 2006, NCJ 216548. (38 pages).
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Capital Punishment, 2005,
BJS, December 2006, NCJ 215083. (17 pages).
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