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Table 8. Criminal history profile of prisoners under sentence of death, by race and Hispanic origin, 2006
| |
Percent of prisoners under sentence of deatha |
| |
| Allb |
Whitec |
Blackc |
Hispanic |
| |
| U.S. total |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
|
|
| Prior felony convictions |
| Yes |
65.5 |
% |
62.1 |
% |
70.9 |
% |
61.4 |
% |
| No |
34.5 |
|
37.9 |
|
29.1 |
|
38.6 |
|
|
|
| Number unknown |
276 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Prior homicide convictions |
| Yes |
8.4 |
% |
8.4 |
% |
8.8 |
% |
7.1 |
% |
| No |
91.6 |
|
91.6 |
|
91.2 |
|
92.9 |
|
|
|
| Number unknown |
56 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Legal status at time
of capital offense |
| Charges pending |
7.8 |
% |
9.0 |
% |
7.4 |
% |
5.0 |
% |
| Probation |
10.6 |
|
8.9 |
|
12.1 |
|
11.8 |
|
| Parole |
16.0 |
|
14.0 |
|
16.8 |
|
21.5 |
|
| On escape |
1.4 |
|
1.7 |
|
0.9 |
|
1.9 |
|
| Incarcerated |
3.5 |
|
4.0 |
|
3.3 |
|
2.5 |
|
| Other status |
0.5 |
|
0.4 |
|
0.6 |
|
0.3 |
|
| None |
60.2 |
|
62.0 |
|
58.9 |
|
57.0 |
|
|
|
| Number unknown |
356 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| aPercentages are based on those
offenders for whom data were reported. Detail may not add to total because
of rounding. |
| bIncludes American Indians,
Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders. |
| cWhite and black categories
exclude persons of Hispanic origin. |
| |
Source: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS-8).
See also Methodology. |
