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Incarceration and Capital Punishment

U.S. Prisons Overcrowded and Violent, Recidivism High

Federal Prison Inmates, by Most Serious Offense, 2003

Prison Population Exceeds Two Million

Number of Persons Executed by Jurisdiction, 1930–2007

Death Row Exonerations, 1973–2007

Women on Death Row Are Still Rare


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