Death Row, V.S.A
Nlllicno/Ojfla Suite 1(,00 NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE 99 Hudson St.Rel AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. New York, N.Y. 10013-2897 (212) 219-1900 Fax : (212) 226-7592 Summer 1996 DEATH ROW, V.S.A. TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATH ROW INMATES KNOWNTO LDF : 3,153 (As of July 31, 1996) Race of Defendant: White 1,509 (47.86%) Black 1,291 (40.94%) Latino/Latina 234 ( 7.42%) Native American 49 ( 1.55%) Asian 23 ( .73%) Unknown at this issue 47 ( 1.49%) Gender: Male 3,104 (98.44%) Female 49 ( 1.55%) DISPOSITIONS SINCE JANUARY 1, 1973 : Executions : 335 Suicides: 45 Commutations: 74 (including those by the Governor of Texas resulting from favorable court decisions) Died of natural causes, or killed while under death sentence: 99 Convictions / Sentences reversed: 1537 JURISDICTIONS WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT STATUTES: 40 (Underli ned jurisdictions have statutes but no sentences imposed) Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 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, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Io wa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin. ___,_,_,_ TlocNAACP LegalDefcmc le .Educ~tJonalFund. lac . (LOF)iJ not pan Swte 301 Swa: 2lll J,J,,ctiiJ,fo,U.S. of the NanonalA AOC1a1J011for die Advanccmcn, of ColorcclPeople 1275K S<rec<, NW 315 Wes, Nindi Strft < ""- ....,.,,,., ..
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