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BJS Releases Annual Data Collection on Capital Punishment for 2017
Loaded on Nov. 19, 2019
by Douglas Ankney
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Statistics/Trends.
Location:
United States of America.
by Douglas Ankney
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (“BJS”) released its data collection on capital punishment for 2017. The BJS obtained data relating to every person under sentence of death in the federal government (excluding military prisoners) and in the 34 states that authorize the death penalty.
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