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| | Death Row |
 | | Of the 38 states that currently authorize the death penalty, 37 are holding prisoners under sentence of death, as is the federal prison system. | | | Death Penalty: Documents about administration of the death penalty in Pennsylvania, execution warrants, an execution list, and executions carried out from 1995 to the present are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format from this site from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. | | | Summary information on the status of the death penalty in the U.S.; statistics by state on executions in the United States since 1930 and persons under sentence of death. |
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http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/death/deathrow.html
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| | Death Row Fact Sheet - Florida Department of Corrections |
| | In that case, the Court held that capital punishment was unconstitutional and struck down state death penalty laws nationwide. | | | When a death warrant is signed the inmate is put under Death Watch status and is allowed a legal and social phone call. | | | Florida State Prison also has Death Watch cells to incarcerate inmates awaiting execution after the Governor signs a death warrant for them. |
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http://www.dc.state.fl.us/oth/deathrow
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| | The Ethics Site. Abortion, Euthanasia, Death Penalty, Bioethics, Kant, Aristotle, relativism |
| | 140-165, which argues that the administration of the death penalty is arbitrary because there is not a sufficiently clear distinction in kind between murders that deserve execution and murders that deserve life imprisonment. | | | If you want to see recent and current (including pending) legislation on punishment or the death penalty, enter those search terms in Thomas, the legislative search engine of Congress. | | | For the most complete listing of books and monographs dealing with punishment, the death penalty, or virtually any other topic, visit the Library of Congress's on-line catalogue. |
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http://ethics.acusd.edu/Applied/deathpenalty
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| | Death Penalty Links |
| | At the dawn of the 21st century, the death penalty is considered by most civilized nations as a cruel and inhuman punishment. | | | Death Penalty in Indiana - by the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney | | | A Declaration of Life - Document you can use to express your distaste for the death penalty and your desire for it not to be applied if you become the victim of murder. |
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| | Death Penalty Information Center |
| | The Birmingham News, a consistent supporter of capital punishment in the past, is now advocating that the state abandon the use of the death penalty. | | | According to the News, “[These editorials] will document over the next several days how the death penalty is applied arbitrarily in Alabama, how the system for defending those accused in capital cases is deficient and how the argument that capital punishment deters crime is open to question. | | | By examining individual cases, the News series highlights injustices in the death penalty system. |
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| | Death Penalty Issues |
| | The Supreme Court has abolished the execution of mentally retarded offenders, imposing one of the most significant restrictions on who is liable for the death penalty since the court permitted states to resume capital punishment in 1976. | | | In a landmark ruling Tuesday, the court found that it is unconstitutional to put to death those who were under age 18 at the time of their crime. | | | Baltimore County (MD) State's Attorney Sandra A. O'Connor says the only fair way to approach the death penalty is to seek it in all cases that meet the minimum statutory requirement. |
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http://www.truthinjustice.org/dpissues.htm
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| | Shadow Figures: A Portrait of Life on Texas Death Row |
| | But if as a democratic society we want the state to carry out the ultimate punishment -- for whatever reasons, from deterrence to unapologetic vengeance -- then it is incumbent upon each of us to examine clearly and honestly what we have created. | | | Every step leading to the final injection is followed, even when the authorities know a court stay is about to be issued -- or has been issued -- to halt the execution. | | | Work Capable prisoners are given certain measures of autonomy. |
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http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1997/07/deathrow.html
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| | California's Death Row |
| | Finally, I had the choice of either signing for my copy of the Death Warrant or staff members would be summoned to witness that I had received a copy. | | | Most serial murderers don't get along very well with the attorneys (or anyone else) handling their death sentence appeals, and they spend a great deal of time at the law library attempting to write their own legal appeals. | | | Suicide as opposed to execution is illegal in the Golden State of California and the Warden wants to make certain condemned prisoners do not break the law in their last few days and hours. |
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http://www.prisonwall.org/cdr2.htm
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| | Death Row Facts |
| | As of December 31,1999, the death penalty was authorized by 38 states and the Federal Government. | | | Offenders on death row receive a regular diet, have access to reading, writing, and legal materials. | | | 3,581 offenders were under sentence of death in the United States as of December 31, 2001. |
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http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm
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| | Death Row |
| | The Colorado State Penitentiary is a Security Level V facility (maximum security) with a mission of incarcerating high-risk offenders. | | | During "warrant week," the inmate is relocated to a separate holding cell located in the execution suite. | | | During "warrant week," the inmate may have increased visiting privileges. |
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http://www.doc.state.co.us/DeathRow/deathrow.asp
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| | Death Row |
| | The Death Penalty is an overview of the death penalty in this century -- with the leading arguments for and against capital punishment, and some of the leading cases that have motivated the public. | | | Crime Magazine's List of Favorite Books on Crime, Criminals, and Criminal Justice. | | | When the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the electric chair was a constitutional form of execution, an outraged justice of the court attached three photographs to his dissent. |
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http://crimemagazine.com/deathrow.htm
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| | Amazon.com: Live from Death Row: Books |
| | Now whether or not you agree with the death penalty, I think that you should read this book. | | | They used bribes and illegal means to convict him and he was obviously not guilty. | | | The essays that Mumia writes here offer the reader an insight in the criminal justice system that you could only see if you are inside it. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380727668?v=glance
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| | California Death Row |
| | Glen's page includes his letter, family photos, his essays on Sondra London and her forged webpage on him, and on the justice system, legal documents regarding the extradition to California, and letters to Glen from his attorney. | | | He has created a copyrighted line of greeting cards and calendars (both inspirational, and 'adults only,') which are available for sale to aid in his defense fund. | | | His page includes a lengthy essay by William on case against him, charging and detailing issues of prosecutorial and police misconduct. |
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| | Death Row |
| | the death penalty only applies in murders in which an aggravating circumstance exists. | | | The death penalty is a possible punishment in the following aggravated murders: | | | In Kentucky, the death penalty is not a possible punishment in every murder case. |
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http://www.lexingtonprosecutor.com/death_row.htm
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| | MT.gov Template |
| | The inmates are housed in the maximum-security unit at Montana State Prison. | | | Four inmates are currently condemned by the courts to die for their crimes. | | | There is no actual section called Death Row. |
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| | California's Death Row |
| | Once upon a time it was the disciplinary housing unit for the entire Department of Corrections, every prison sent its recalcitrant problem prisoners there. | | | Guards are allowed to sign contracts with condemned men in order to buy their work. | | | In July, 1997, the state asked the federal court to terminate the consent decree under the Prison Litigation Reform Act. |
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| | Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty |
| | Founded in 1997, Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty (PAUADP) has energized the movement to end capital punishment in our state. | | | By mobilizing a powerful network of individuals and groups, we have implemented a comprehensive strategy designed to put a stop to all executions, death warrants and death penalty prosecutions in Pennsylvania. | | | 1-16-04: Death Row Exoneree Nick Yarris Released from Prison. |
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http://www.pa-abolitionists.org
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| | CNN.com - 'Blanket commutation' empties Illinois death row - Jan. 13, 2003 |
| | A panel Ryan appointed to examine capital punishment and review the cases of all death row inmates concluded last year that Illinois had applied capital punishment too often since it was re-established in the state in 1977. | | | Ryan's decision affects 156 inmates on death row in Illinois and 11 others who have been sentenced to death but who were not in the custody of the Department of Corrections because they are awaiting re-sentencing or trials in other cases. | | | Ultimately, 13 inmates who had been sentenced to death were exonerated, and Ryan declared a moratorium on executions in the state. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/11/illinois.death.row
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| | globevisions.com - the death row |
| | Seventy-five countries still maintain the death penalty in their legal system. | | | There are 89 convicts in Death Row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. | | | News from BBC: US death sentences overturned [September 3, 2003]. |
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http://www.globevisions.com/english/angolaprison/death_row
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| | Death Row |
| | List of Death Penalty and Non-Death Penalty States | | | "Death Row USA" from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund | | | Size of Death Row Population from 1968 to the Present |
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| | Indiana Death Row |
| | The Death Penalty in the U.S. Capital Punishment Timeline | | | Alton Coleman was executed by the State of Ohio in 2002 while appealing his Indiana death sentence. | | | Michael Lockhart was executed by the State of Texas in 1997 while appealing his Indiana death sentence. |
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| | Missouri's Death Row |
| | On Thursday (Dec 1) the court will hear the case of State ex rel. | | | The state supreme court has commuted the death sentence for Antonio Richardson because he was sentenced by a judge not a jury. | | | MO Supreme Court hears two death penalty cases next week |
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| | PhotoVoyage Death Row |
| | Texas has the highest execution rate in the United States. | | | - Currently there are 447 offenders on Death Row in the state. | | | Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, Texas has performed a total of 241 executions by lethal injection. |
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| | Pro-death penalty.com |
| | It is the law and they expect it to be carried out. | | | It is simply because people who are adamantly opposed to the death penalty tend to take an activist stance and become involved in working to stop the death penalty. | | | Is this because the majority of people are against the death penalty? |
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| | Florida Death Row |
| | I would truly appreciate legal help [investigators], legal funds, stamps, or even canteen money orders and new birthday cards [10 per pack]. | | | I am on Death Row, Caucasian, age 35, 7-7-66, 5'9" tall, 190 lbs, muscular, non-killer in capital case. | | | U.S.A. I'm a 47 year old African American and have been a death row prisoner for 23 years. |
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| | Death Row Information |
| | (includes race, gender, age, and jurisdictions with/without death penalty) | | | Conditions for Death Row Prisoners in H-Unit, Oklahoma State Penitentiary | | | Innocents Released from Death Row per Capita by State |
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| | Amazon.com: Texas Death Row: Books |
| | The authors contend that if, as a democratic society, America chooses capital punishment, the citizenry should see how it is carried out. | | | I am not saying people should not be punished for crimes, but killing prisoners doesnot prevent crime it just avoids a solution which the governments do not have. | | | Each interview was a revelation to her, even to the point where she could see how much all human beings have in common with someone sentenced to death. |
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| | deathrow.at - human rights are international |
| | Usually the public hears about death row prisoners only after they've been exonerated or before they are set to be executed by the State. | | | This page is about the death penalty but, more importantly, it is about the death penalty as it affects the inmates of Texas Death Row. | | | Imagine being convicted and condemned to death for the alleged crime of premeditated murder that simply never happened- a crime deliberately fabricated by an over zealous, politically ambitious State Prosecutor concerned more with manipulating a rural community's emotions into a vindictive passion to gain political popularity than objectively pursuing justice. |
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| | About Death Row |
| | If you are at all interested in criminal justice, this book is for you. | | | The authors and editors of the book do not take a position for or against the death penalty. | | | Death Row is a resource that provide a valuable service to a well-informed public. |
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| | Death Row Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Suge's saving grace is the fact that he not only owns most of their names, but also their master tapes with Death Row, which is where most of the money comes from. | | | In 1996, after Tupac was murdered and Suge sent to prison for a parole violation, Death Row Records disintegrated almost completely. | | | At 2:30 am on May 27, 2003 several bullets were fired by unknown person or persons at the Beverly Hills offices of Death Row Records, damaging the front door, windows and wall of the offices. |
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| | On God's Death Row |
| | Each of us must prepare for his own death. | | | As such, death is life's most powerful enemy, no matter who we are-no matter how wealthy, how powerful, how blessed-we all will eventually succumb to death. | | | This may sound paradoxical, but preparation for death is not a matter of how we die, but a matter of how we live. |
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| | Campaign To End The Death Penalty |
| | Campaign to End the Death Penalty Action Alert | | | He maintains innocence for the crimes he was sentenced to death for, and he faced racist discrimination throughout his trial. | | | Campaign To End The Death Penalty, Chicago, IL PO Box 25730, Chicago, IL 60625, www.nodeathpenalty.org |
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| | Ohio Death Row Inmates |
| | The Ohio prison inmates listed below have been sentenced to death for convictions of Aggravated Murder. | | | Female death row inmates are housed at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville. | | | There are a total of 194 inmates on death row in Ohio: |
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| | CEDP FACT SHEETS: The Death Row 10 |
| | That four of the Death Row 10, African American men tortured by Jon Burge and his officers, have been pardoned is a testament to the struggle that the Campaign initiated and has been a major part of locally and nationally for more than four years. | | | Frank Bounds was one of the original members of the Death Row 10, who died in prison of medical neglect. | | | Campaign To End The Death Penalty, Chicago, IL - www.nodeathpenalty.org |
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| | frontline: angel on death row |
| | But Prejean's opposition to the death penalty has prompted criticism from death penalty advocates, including Hathaway's mother and step-father who believe the nun's compassion for condemned criminals, rather than their victims, is misguided. | | | FRONTLINE follows Prejean's crusade against the death penalty while serving as spiritual advisor to five death row inmates. | | | The program centers on the grisly 1980 Louisiana murder of Faith Hathaway, a crime for which Robert Lee Willie was executed four years later. |
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| | Death Row |
| | Number of inmates under sentence of death: 107 as of September 30, 2005 | | | Information presented in this index is used with permission, and taken from "Profiles of Arizona Death Row Inmates", an annual publication from the Arizona Attorney General's Office, 15 S.15th Ave., Phoenix, Arizona 85007. | | | * = In Illinois custody with concurrent death sentence |
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| | Death Row Facts |
| | The following number of inmates have multiple death sentences: 14 inmates with two death sentences, four inmates with three death sentences, one inmate with four death sentences and one inmate with seven death sentences. | | | Female inmates sentenced to death are housed at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville. | | | Two inmates with the death penalty are currently housed at Brushy Mountain. |
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| | Virtual Prison Tours - Death Row Cell |
| | Frequently Asked Questions - includes the daily routine of Death Row inmates, statistics, general facts, and active death warrant information. | | | Execution List - These two reports provide a complete list of all inmates executed in Florida from 1924 to present. | | | To find other Death Row information, see the "Learn More" section at the bottom of this page. |
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| | "Death Row USA" |
| | Source: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, "Death Row USA Fall 2005" (numbers as of October 1, 2005). | | | Jurisdictions with the most inmates on death row: | | | Jurisdictions (having 10 or more inmates) with the highest percent of minorities on death row: |
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| | Death Row Roster |
| | The table is sorted by the date the inmate was received by the Department of Corrections. | | | This page contains two tables: Death Row Statistics and a list of all inmates on Death Row. | | | The following table provides a complete roster of all inmates on Florida's Death Row. |
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| | The WorldWide Death Row Records Family (W.W.D.R.R.F.) |
| | You can even buy an album while you're here. | | | If you're looking for a record deal, go here, because I can't help you. | | | You've hit the net's best stop for Row news, lyrics, history, artist info, and upcoming releases. |
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