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Table 8. Criminal history profile of prisoners under sentence
of death, by race and Hispanic origin, 2007
| |
Percent of prisoners under
sentence of deatha |
| |
| Allb |
|
Whitec |
|
Blackc |
|
Hispanic |
|
| |
| |
U.S. total |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
| |
| Prior felony convictions |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Yes |
65.4 |
% |
61.8 |
% |
71.0 |
% |
61.3 |
% |
| |
No |
34.6 |
|
38.2 |
|
29.0 |
|
38.7 |
|
| |
| |
Number unknown |
273 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Prior homicide convictions |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Yes |
8.4 |
% |
8.5 |
% |
8.8 |
% |
6.7 |
% |
| |
No |
91.6 |
|
91.5 |
|
91.2 |
|
93.3 |
|
| |
| |
Number unknown |
54 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Legal status at time of capital offense |
|
|
|
| |
Charges pending |
7.9 |
% |
9.1 |
% |
7.3 |
% |
5.2 |
% |
| |
Probation |
10.6 |
|
8.9 |
|
12.4 |
|
11.4 |
|
| |
Parole |
15.4 |
|
13.3 |
|
16.5 |
|
20.3 |
|
| |
On escape |
1.4 |
|
1.8 |
|
0.9 |
|
1.8 |
|
| |
Incarcerated |
3.6 |
|
4.2 |
|
3.4 |
|
2.5 |
|
| |
Other status |
0.5 |
|
0.4 |
|
0.6 |
|
0.3 |
|
| |
None |
60.6 |
|
62.5 |
|
59.0 |
|
58.5 |
|
| |
| |
Number unknown |
354 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| 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 Hispanics. |
| |
Source: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS-8).
See also Methodology. |
