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Executions in the United States, 1608-2002: The ESPY File
Principal Investigator(s): Espy, M. Watt; Smykla, John Ortiz
Summary: This collection furnishes data on executions performed under civil authority in the United States between 1608 and 2002. The dataset describes each individual executed and the circumstances surrounding the crime for which the person was convicted. Variables include age, race, name, sex, and occupation of the offender, place, jurisdiction, date, and method of execution, and the crime for which the offender was executed. Also recorded are data on whether the only evidence for the exe... (view details)
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08451
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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) , the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention .
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