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Table 7. Age at time of arrest for capital offense and age of
prisoners under sentence of death at yearend 2007
| Age |
Prisoners under sentence of death |
| |
| At time of arrest |
On December 31, 2007 |
| |
| Number* |
|
Percent |
|
Number |
|
Percent |
|
| |
Total number under sentence
of death on 12/31/07 |
2,955 |
|
100 |
% |
3,220 |
|
100 |
% |
| |
| 19 or younger |
317 |
|
10.7 |
|
1 |
|
-- |
|
| 20-24 |
812 |
|
27.5 |
|
42 |
|
1.3 |
|
| 25-29 |
677 |
|
22.9 |
|
249 |
|
7.7 |
|
| 30-34 |
508 |
|
17.2 |
|
431 |
|
13.4 |
|
| 35-39 |
321 |
|
10.9 |
|
574 |
|
17.8 |
|
| 40-44 |
172 |
|
5.8 |
|
546 |
|
17.0 |
|
| 45-49 |
88 |
|
3.0 |
|
583 |
|
18.1 |
|
| 50-54 |
34 |
|
1.2 |
|
357 |
|
11.1 |
|
| 55-59 |
19 |
|
0.6 |
|
250 |
|
7.8 |
|
| 60-64 |
5 |
|
0.2 |
|
127 |
|
3.9 |
|
| 65 or older |
2 |
|
0.1 |
|
60 |
|
1.9 |
|
| Mean age |
29 |
yrs. |
|
|
43 |
yrs. |
|
|
| Median age |
27 |
yrs. |
|
|
42 |
yrs. |
|
|
| |
| -- Less than .05% |
| Note: The youngest person under sentence
of death was a black male in Texas, born in June 1988 and sentenced
to death in June 2007. The oldest person under sentence of death was
a white male in Arizona, born in September 1915 and sentenced to death
in June 1983. |
| *Excludes 265 inmates for whom
the date of arrest for capital offense was not available. |
| |
Source: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS-8).
See also Methodology. |
