Death Row U.S.A
DEATH ROW U.S.A. Winter 2019 A quarterly report by the Criminal Justice Project of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Deborah Fins Consultant to the Criminal Justice Project NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc Death Row U.S.A. Winter 2019 (As of January 1, 2019) TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATH ROW INMATES KNOWN TO LDF: 2,690 [236]* Race of Defendant: White 1,129 (41.97%) Black 1,123 (41.75%) Latino/Latina 359 (13.35%) Native American 28 (1.04%) Asian 50 (1.86%) Unknown at this issue 1 (0.04%) Gender: Male 2,636 (97.99%) Female 54 (2.01%) JURISDICTIONS WITH CURRENT DEATH PENALTY STATUTES: 32 Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming, U.S. Government, U.S. Military. JURISDICTIONS WITHOUT DEATH PENALTY STATUTES: 21 Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico [see note below], New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin. [NOTE: New Mexico repealed the death penalty prospectively. The men already sentenced remain under sentence of death.] * Starting with this issue, we will note the number of people who are not under active death sentence because of court reversal, but whose sentence may be reimposed. Death Row U.S.A. Page 1 In the United States Supreme Court Update to Fall 2018 Issue of Significant Criminal, Habeas, & Other Pending Cases for Cases to Be Decided in October Term 2018 1.
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