import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv('death_row_discritized.csv')

def to_string(tokens):
    try:
        return " ".join(eval(tokens))
    except:
        return "error"
    
df['statement_string'] = df.apply(lambda x: to_string(x['last_statement']), axis=1)

df

	age_received	education_level	age_crime	occupation	prior_record	num_of_vic	main_crime	type_of_crime	weapon	co_defendants	...	vic_kid	vic_male	vic_female	vic_police	age	race	county	last_statement	time_spent	statement_string
0	twenties	some_highschool	twenties	laborer	yes	one	murder	other	other	no	...	no	no	yes	no	35-45	white	El Paso	['yeah', 'first_person_pronoun', 'want', 'to',...	10+	yeah first_person_pronoun want to address the ...
1	thirty+	no_highschool	thirty+	other	yes	two+	murder	other	knife	no	...	yes	yes	yes	no	35-45	black	Dallas	['umm', 'pamela', 'can', 'pronoun', 'hear', 'f...	10+	umm pamela can pronoun hear first_person_prono...
2	thirty+	no_highschool	twenties	other	yes	one	murder_robbery	gun	gun	yes	...	no	no	yes	no	35-45	hispanic	Johnson	['its', 'on', 'september', 'th', 'kayla', 'and...	10_or_less	its on september th kayla and david first_pers...
3	thirty+	some_highschool	thirty+	laborer	yes	two+	murder	other	knife	no	...	no	no	yes	no	45+	white	Tarrant	['hi', 'ladies', 'first_person_pronoun', 'want...	10+	hi ladies first_person_pronoun wanted to tell ...
4	twenties	some_highschool	twenties	laborer	yes	one	murder_other	other	other	no	...	no	no	yes	no	45+	white	Montgomery	['lord', 'forgive', 'pronoun', 'pronoun', 'don...	10+	lord forgive pronoun pronoun dont know what pr...
...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
561	thirty+	unknown	thirty+	other	unknown	one	murder_other	gun	gun	yes	...	no	yes	no	yes	45+	white	Lubbock	['i', 'pray', 'that', 'first_person_pronoun', ...	10+	i pray that first_person_pronoun family will r...
562	thirty+	unknown	thirty+	other	yes	one	murder_other	gun	gun	no	...	no	yes	no	yes	35-45	white	Bell	['when', 'asked', 'if', 'pronoun', 'had', 'a',...	10_or_less	when asked if pronoun had a last statement pro...
563	thirty+	unknown	thirty+	other	no	one	murder	other	other	no	...	yes	yes	no	no	35-45	white	Harris	['what', 'is', 'about', 'to', 'transpire', 'in...	10_or_less	what is about to transpire in a few moments is...
564	twenties	no_highschool	twenties	laborer	yes	two+	murder	gun	gun	yes	...	no	yes	yes	no	18-34	white	Jefferson	['none']	10_or_less	none
565	thirty+	highschool	thirty+	laborer	yes	one	murder_robbery	gun	gun	yes	...	no	yes	no	no	35-45	black	Tarrant	['statement', 'to', 'the', 'media', 'first_per...	10_or_less	statement to the media first_person_pronoun at...