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gender and the death penalty  

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  • According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 38 states and the federal government currently hold statutes allowing for capital punishment. At the end of fiscal year 2005, there were 3,254 prisoners under the sentence of death, 66 fewer prisoners than at the end of fiscal 2004. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Death Penalty, Gender and the]

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