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N«ionolOjJb Suite HiOO NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE 99 Hudson Street AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC . New York, N.Y. 10013-2897 (212) 219-1900 Fax : (212) 22~7592 Summer 1995 D£A 11i ROW, V.S.A. TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATH ROW INMATES KNOWNTO LDF: 3,028 (As of August 31, 1995) Race of Defendant: White 1,467 (48 .42%) Black 1,224 (40 . 42%) Latino / Latina 234 ( 7 . 73%) Native American 51 ( 1.68%) Asian 23 ( .76%) Unkn own at this issue 29 ( .96%) Gender: Male 2,978 (98.35%) Female 50 ( 1. 65%) DISPOSITIONS SINCE JANUARY 1, 1973: Executions: 295 Suicides: 41 Commutations: 72 (including those by the Governor of Texas resulting from favo rab le court deci si ons ) Died of natural c auses, or killed while under death sentence: 92 Convictions / Sentences reversed: 1469 JURISDICTIONS WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT STATUTES: 40 (Underlined jurisdictions have statutes but no sentences imposed) Alabama, Arizona , Arkansas, California, Colorado, Conne cticut, Delaware , Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hamps hire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New Yor k, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah , Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, U.S. Government, U.S~ .Military_ JURISDICTIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT STATUTES: 13 Alaska, Distri c t of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Is l and , Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin. C... odlllNHUfft The NAACP L<gal Drfcnsc & F.iucat ioiul Fund, lac. (LDF) is not part ....,,..i,for U .S Suite 301 SuitrD of tbe Natioiu l Association for die Advancement of Colo red People 127SK Street, NW 315 West Nind, Sattt illlOfflt ta' rrpous (NAACP ) although LDF was fowided by tbe NAACP and diam iu Wuluogton , DC 20005 Los ~le, . CA CJUIIS comm1anen1 10 equal ngbu . LDF bas bad for over 30 yean a separate (202) 682-1.100 (213) 6?,4-240!, Board, program , staff, office andbudget . Fax: (202) 682-1312 Fax: (213) 624-0075 IN THE SUPREMECOURT PENDING CASES - CAPITAL NON-CAPITAL Lonchar v. Thomas, No. 95-5015 (Capital Thompson v. Keohane, No. 94-6615 (Non Habeas Case) Capital Habeas · Case) I. Whether the Eleventh I. Whether the Ninth Circuit Circuit was correct in erred in treating as a creating, without judicial finding of fact, presumed precedent and without correct under 28 U.S.C. notice to petitioner, a novel 2254(d), the state courts' rule to bar the first petition application of the legal for writ of habeas corpus standard for determining relief ever filed by "custody" under Miranda v. petitioner based on Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 amorphous equitable (1966), to the circumstances .. notions that extend well of the case? beyond Rule 9(A) and 9(B) of the Rules Governing 2254 cases, when everyone had previously assured \ __,.. petitioner that there would be no bar to his federal petition? II. Whether, without proper notice of the novel rule and an adequate opportunity to develop evidence , a mentally-ill petitioner's varying motivations behind filing a good faith petition for habeas corpus relief for the first time in federal court w.ere .pr.operly considered as virtually dispositive of the court's duty to conscientiously consider the issues presented? 2 execution update ..--...august 31 , 1995 Total number of exec u tions s ince the 1976 reinstatem e nt of capital punishment (there were no executions in 1976): 295 z77' 78 '79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 1 0 2 0 1 2 5 21 18 18 25 11 16 23 14 31 38 31 38 gender of defendants executed gender of victims total number 295 total number 396 Female ... 1 ( .34%) Female . .. 175 (44.19%) Male ... 294 (99. 66%) Male .. 221 (54 . 81%) race of defendants executed race of victims White . 161 (54.58%) White . 326 ( 82.32%) Blac k . 117 (39 . 66%) Black . 51 (12. 88 %) Latino .... 16 ( 5. 42%) Latino 14 ( 3 . 53%) Nacive American 1 ( .34%) Asian. 5 ( 1.26%) ---Jefendant-victim racial combinations Whice Defendant and White Victim ..... 223 (56.31%) Black Victim. 4 ( 1.01%) Asian Victim 2 ( . 5 0%-) Latino / a Victim 5 ( 1. 2 6%-) Black Defendant and Whit e Victim . ...... 96 (24.24%) Black Victim . ... 46 (11.62%) Asian Victim 2 ( .50%-) Latino Victim 1 ( .25%) Lacino Defendant and White Victim . .... 8 ( 2.02%) Latino Victim . 7 ( 1. 77%) Asian Victim 1 ( . 25%) Native American and White Victim 1 ( .25%-) 3 Date of Name of State Race gender Execution Defendant/Number of Def/ of Multiple Victims Victim Victim 01-17-77 1. Gary Gilmore(*] UT W/W M 05-25-79 2. John Spenkelink FL W/W M 10-22-79 3. Jesse Bishop[*] NV W/W M 03- -09-81 4. Steven Judy[*] /3 IN W/WWW FFF 08 - 10 - 82 5. Frank Coppola[*] VA W/W F 12-07-82 6. Charlie Brooks TX B/W M 04 -22- 83 7. John Evans AL W/W M 09 - 02-83 8 . Jimmy Lee Gray MS W/W 'F 11 - 30-83 9. Robert Sullivan FL W/W M 12-14-83 10. Robert W. Williams LA B/B M 12-15-83 11 . John Eldon Smith /2 GA W/WW M-F 01-26-84 .12. Anthony Antone[+] FL W/W M 02-29-84 13. John Taylor LA B/W M 03-14-84 14. James Autry TX W/W F 03-16-84 15. James Hutchins /2 NC W/WW MM 03-31-84 16 . Ronald O'Bryan TX W/W M 04-05-84 17. Arthur Goode FL W/W M 04-05-84 18. Elmo Sonnier /2 LA W/WW M-F 05-10-84 19. James Adams FL B/W M 06-20-84 20. Carl Shriner FL W/W M 07 - 12-84 21. Ivon Stan l ey GA B/W M 07-13-84 22. David Washington/3 FL B/WBW MM-F 09-07-84 , 23. Ernest Dobbert FL W/W F 09-10-84 24. Timothy Baldwin LA W/W F 09-20-84 25. James Dupree Henry FL B/B M 10-12-84 26. Linwood Briley VA B/W M 10-30-84 27. Thomas Barefoot TX W/W M 10 -30-84 28. Ernest Knighton LA B/W M 11-02-84 29. Velma Barfield[Al NC W/ W M 11-08-84 30. Timothy Palmes FL W/W M 12-12-84 31. Alpha Otis Stephens GA B/W M 12-28-84 32. Robert Lee Willie LA W/W F 01-04-85 33. David Martin / 4 LA W/WWWW MM-FF 01-09-85 34. Roosevelt Green[~] GA B/W F 01-11-85 35. Joseph Carl Shaw /2 SC W/WW M-F 01-16-85 36. Doyle Skillern[+] TX W/W M 01-30-85 37. James Raulerson FL W/W M 02-20-85 38. Van R. Solomon GA B/W M 03-06-85 39. Johnny Paul Witt FL W/W M 03-13-85 40. Stephen P. Morin[*] TX W/W F 03-20-85 41. John Young /3 GA B/WWW FF-M 04-18-85 42. James Briley /2 VA B/BB M-F 05-15-!35 43. Jesse de la Rosa TX L/A M 05-29-85 44. Marvin Francois/6 FL B/6B 6M 06-25-85 45. Charles Milton TX B/B F 06-25-85 46. Morris Mason VA B/W F 07-09-85 47. Henry M. Porter TX L/W M 09-11-85 48. Charles Rumbaugh[*#] TX W/W M 10-16-85 49. William Vandiver[*] IN W/W M 12-06-85 50. Carroll Cole[*] NV W/W F 01-10-86 51. James Terry Roach[#] SC W/W M 03-12-86 52. Charles William Bass TX W/W M 03-21-86 53. Arthur Lee Jones AL B/W 4 ,--..._ 03-12-86 52 . Charles William Bass TX W/W M 03-21-86 53. Arthur Lee Jones AL B/W M 04-15-86 54 . Daniel Thomas FL B/ W M 04-16-86 55 . Jeffrey A. Barney[*] TX W/ W F 04-22-86 56. David Funchess /2 FL B/ WW M-F 05-15-86 57 . Jay Pinkerton[#] /2 TX W/ WW FF 05-20-86 58. Ronald Straight FL {see #30 ) 06-09-86 59. Rudy Esquivel TX L/.W M 06-18-86 60. Kenneth Brock TX W/ W M 06-24 -86 61. Jerome Bowden GA B/ W F 07-31-86 62. Michael Smith VA B/ W F 08-20-86 63. Randy Woolls TX W/ W F 08-22-86 64. Larry Smith TX B/ W M 08-26-86 65. Chester Wicker TX W/ W F 09-19-86 66. John Rook NC W/ W F 12-04-86 67. Michael Wayne Evans TX B/ L F 12-18-86 68. Richard Andrade TX L/ L F 01-30-87 69. Ramon Hernandez[*] TX L/ L M 03-04-87 70. Elisio Moreno[*] TX L/W M 05-15-87 71. Joseph Mulligan GA B/ B M 05-20-87 72 . Edward Earl Johnson MS B/ W M 05-22-87 73. Richard Tucker GA B/ W F 05-28-87 74. Anthony Williams TX B/ W F 05-29-87 75. William Boyd Tucker GA W/ W F 06-07-87 76. Benjamin Berry LA W/ W M 06-09-87 77. Alvin Moore LA B/ W F -- 06-12-87 78.