61. Death Penalty Statistics The principal sources of death penalty statistics, with links to specific resourcesat each Bureau of Justice Statistics capital punishment Statistics http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/death/stats.html

Death penalty Focus on the Death Penalty Death Penalty Statistics The principal sources of death penalty statistics , with links to specific resources at each site, are included here. These sites provide detailed information on executions, death row populations, jurisdictions authorizing capital punishment, capital offenses, Supreme Court death penalty cases, changes in state statutes, and other information. Detailed information about executions , including the names of prisoners executed in the U.S., offense information, race of offender and victim, state of execution, and method of execution can also be found through sites listed here. Additionally, we provide links to documents providing results of public opinion polls on issues surrounding the death penalty. See also Specific Issues: Specific Populations for resources with statistics on women, juveniles, and mentally retarded persons on the nation's death rows. See The International Context for statistics on the death penalty worldwide.

62. Fight The Death Penalty In USA death penalty and Racism in USA and capital punishment in America We fillour juvenile and death row cells with lost childhoods http://www.fdp.dk/

var popup = window.open("bin.htm", "binladen", "top=0,left=40,width=210,height=210,status=0,resizable=0,scrollbars=0,menubar=0,toolbar=0"); Danish Section Updated October 11 Death penalty and executions in USA and on death row in Texas and death row inmates Fight the death penalty in USA www.fdp.dk Texas Death Row and death penalty and executions in USA's capital punishment civil rights. Click here if you want to be notified when the site has been updated Click here if you want to recommend this site to a friend This website is dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty in the USA. It is not run by an organization, just by me, and I hope that you will find it useful and that it will provide you some food for thought, even if you are a proponent for the death penalty or you oppose it like I do. Anyway: Welcome and enjoy the stay here. Niels Graverholt How would you react if somebody raped and murdered your child? I have often been asked this question by supporters of the death penalty, and my answer is: My first reaction would probably be a strong wish to cut the balls off the bastard, to tear him apart and kill him. But my next reaction would hopefully be gratitude for living in a constitutional state where the principle of personal revenge has been replaced by societies obligation to administer an appropriate punishment and give me the necessary support to get a decent life in spite of my loss.

63. Capital Punishment In Indiana capital punishment Indianapolis Star Library. The death penalty was restoredin Indiana in 1977 with the enactment of a new statute definining when http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/crime/capital_punishment/deathrow.htm

Apartments Autos Homes Items ... Personals LIBRARY FACTFILES FactFiles home Biographies Business Environment ... Sports MORE LIBRARY Library Home Flashback Special Reports CHANNELS News Opinion Business Sports ... Community EXTRAS Commuting Coupons Horoscopes Lotteries ... Star Links SERVICES Library FactFiles Message boards What's available ADVERTISERS Capital punishment in Indiana A guard mans a tower at the State Prison where Indiana's Death Row is housed. (Staff photo / Mpozi Mshale Tolbert) Related file - a list of those sentenced to death in Indiana with details of their crimes: INDIANA'S DEATH ROW INMATES EXECUTIONS IN INDIANA: 87. Kevin Conner, July 27, 2005 86. Gregory Johnson, May 25, 2005 85. Bill J. Benefiel, Apr. 21, 2005 84. Donald Wallace, Mar. 10, 2005 83. Joseph Trueblood, June 13, 2003 82. Kevin Hough, May 2, 2003 81. James Lowery, June 27, 2001. 80. Gerald W. Bivins, March 14, 2001

64. Juvenile Death Penalty JUVENILE death penalty. BY. FELISHA S. VINCENT. December, 2002 the thirtysevenstates that permit capital punishment, twelve prohibit the death penalty http://www.iejs.com/Juvenile_Justice/Juvenile_Death_Penalty.htm

JUVENILE DEATH PENALTY BY FELISHA S. VINCENT December, 2002 Keywords: History, court cases, right to appeal, writ of habeas corpus International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the American Convention on Human Rights (www.amnesty-usa.org, 2002)." HISTORY AND COURT CASES "When the colony of Massachusetts executed sixteen-year-old Thomas Graunger in 1642 for the crime of bestiality, the tradition of executing children in this country was born. It continued over the years executing children of different ages for various crimes, the youngest child being only ten years old (Potter, 1999)." This marked the start of a new age in criminal justice. Stinney v North Carolina It was not until 1944, when the question of morality arose about executing juveniles. This is when the state of North Carolina executed a 14-year-old black boy by the name of George Stinney. He was so small "that the guards had trouble strapping his tiny legs to the electric chair (Potter, 1999)." Kent v. United States

65. Facts About Capital Punishment - The Death Penalty Facts about capital punishment, the death penalty. Opposition to the juveniledeath penalty by professional, social and religious organizations, http://www.religioustolerance.org/executf.htm

FACTS ABOUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: PART 3 EXECUTING CHILD CRIMINALS Click Here to Visit our Sponsors. Quotations: “When a society starts killing its children, something is wrong, something is deadly wrong.” Joseph Green Brown, death row survivor, 1998-MAY. " Evidence of innocence is irrelevant " Mary Sue Terry, former Attorney General of Virginia, replying to an appeal to introduce new evidence from a prisoner sentenced to death. Overview: By the end of 1987, the execution of murderers who were children at the time of the offense i.e. under the age of 18 had been abandoned in all developed countries, except for the United States. Many western democracies severely criticized the United States for this practice. In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court banned the execution of murderers who were under the age of 17. In 2005-MAR, the court reduced the cutoff age so that 16 and 17 year-old offenders could not be sentenced to be executed. As in most rulings related to ethics and morality, the vote was close: 5 to 4. Countries that still execute child criminals: Quoting author Rollin Perkins, Judge Michael A. Wolff of the Supreme Court of MIssouri, wrote: "

66. Capital Punishment - The Death Penalty: Developments During 1997 To 1999 capital punishment, the death penalty developments during 1997, 1998, 1999 . Since 1990, only 6 countries have executed juvenile offenders Iran, http://www.religioustolerance.org/execut1.htm

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT THE DEATH PENALTY: Developments: 1997 - 1999 incl. Click Here to Visit our Sponsors. Quotations: " He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first. " Yeshua of Nazareth (Jesus Christ) condemning a public execution of a woman for adultery." John 8:7, (NKJ) " Sometimes you just have the thin the herd. " Dennis Miller " Does it make sense to hire murderers to kill defenseless victims on death row, in order to prove that hiring murderers to kill defenseless victims is morally wrong ?" Anon. Click below to visit one of our sponsors: Recent developments 1997-FEB: American Bar Association: The Association asked that states and the Federal government stop executions until the system could be changed to ensure fairness and due process. They are concerned that under present conditions, there is significant risk of executing innocent persons. 1997-JUL: Death Penalty Information Center: The Center noted that from 1973 to that time, 69 inmates on death row had been released after having been declared innocent. Legislation which reduces inmates' appeal opportunities will result in swifter executions. This will increase the chances of the state killing innocent people. 1997-SEP: UN Human Rights Commission: Mr. Bacre Waly Ndiaye is a Senegalese lawyer and former official with Amnesty International. (One of AI's goals is the abolition of the death penalty). He is now working for the UN

67. EUROPEAN UNION MEMORANDUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY EU MEMORANDUM ON THE death penalty. If I can prove that this punishment is This trend towards restriction of the scope of capital punishment would http://www.eurunion.org/legislat/DeathPenalty/eumemorandum.htm

Europa The European Union European Commission U.S. ... For Youth Policy Areas Foreign Policy/Security Trade/Agriculture Economics/Finance/ Int'l Development Aid ... Death Penalty EU POLICY ON THE DEATH PENALTY EU MEMORANDUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY "If I can prove that this punishment is neither useful nor necessary, I will have furthered the cause of humanity." Cesare Beccaria, Dei delitti e delle pene Europe: Road to Abolition 2.The Common Basis for Abolition: Values, Principles and Criminal Policy 3.Envisaging Altenative Sanctions 4.International Context ... 5.Juvenile Justice The European Union (EU) is opposed to the death penalty in all cases and has consistently espoused its universal abolition, working towards this goal. In countries which maintain the death penalty, the EU aims at the progressive restriction of its scope and respect for the strict conditions, set forth in several international human rights instruments, under which the capital punishment may be used, as well as at the establishment of a moratorium on executions so as to completely eliminate the death penalty. The EU is deeply concerned about the increasing number of executions in the United States of America (USA), all the more since the great majority of executions since reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 have been carried out in the 1990s. Furthermore, it is permitted to sentence to death and execute young offenders aged under 18 at the time of the commission of the crime, in clear infringement of internationally-recognised human rights norms.

68. European Union & The Death Penalty (Capital Punishment) As stated in the EU Memorandum on the death penalty vested in your office tocommute Mr. Simmons sentence to any penalty other than capital punishment, http://www.eurunion.org/legislat/DeathPenalty/SimmonsMOGovLett.htm

Europa The European Union European Commission U.S. ... For Youth Policy Areas Foreign Policy/Security Trade/Agriculture Economics/Finance/ Int'l Development Aid ... Death Penalty EU POLICY ON THE DEATH PENALTY April 17, 2002 Hon. Governor Bob Holden Missouri Capitol Building Room # 216 PO Box 720 Jefferson City, Missouri 65101-0720 Dear Mr. Governor, On behalf of the European Union, Spain as its current president, together with Denmark, its subsequent president, and the European Commission, we would like to convey to you an urgent humanitarian appeal to spare the life of Christopher Simmons who has been sentenced to death and is scheduled to be executed in May 1 st As stated in the EU Memorandum on the Death Penalty ( http://www.eurunion.org/legislat/DeathPenalty/eumemorandum.htm ) which has been shared with you, the European Union is opposed to the death penalty in all cases and accordingly aims at its universal abolition, seeking a global moratorium on the death penalty as a first step. In the case of Mr. Simmons, the following factors are of special concern:

69. Capital Punishment In The United States - Definition Of Capital Punishment In Th In this case, the court found the application of the death penalty to be All jurisdictions which use capital punishment have murder as a crime which is http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States

Add to Favorites General Encyclopedia Legal ... Law forum Search Word: Visit our Law forums Labor Law Accidents Law Bankruptcy Law Business Law ... Tax Law Executions since , by State State Executions since 1976 (as of November 17 http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/usexecute.htm Inmates on Death Row (as of April 1 Texas Virginia Oklahoma ... United States total no current death penalty statute Alaska Hawaii Iowa Maine ... District of Columbia , and Puerto Rico Capital punishment is currently practiced in most states and by the federal government in the United States . Thirty-eight of the fifty states allow the death penalty but each state using it has different laws regarding its methods, age limits, and crimes which qualify. Capital punishment is a highly charged issue with many groups and prominent individuals participating in the debate. Arguments for and against it are based on practical, moral and emotional grounds. Between and http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/cp02.pdf There were 59 executions in Most notably, 67% of capital convictions are eventually overturned, mainly on procedural grounds although some were exonerated. http://www2.law.columbia.edu/instructionalservices/liebman/index.html

70. ROPER V. SIMMONS (2) Reject ion of the imposition of the death penalty on juvenile offenders capital punishment must be limited to those offenders who commit “a narrow http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-633.ZS.html

Supreme Court Collection collection home Search all decisions Current decisions Current syllabi Historic decisions donate ROPER V. SIMMONS (03-633) 112 S. W. 3d 397, affirmed. Syllabus Opinion [ Kennedy ] Concurrence [ Stevens ] Dissent Dissent [ Scalia ] HTML version PDF version HTML version PDF version ... PDF version Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. 200 U.S. 321 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ROPER, SUPERINTENDENT, POTOSI CORRECTIONAL CENTER v. SIMMONS CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI At age 17, respondent Simmons planned and committed a capital murder. After he had turned 18, he was sentenced to death. His direct appeal and subsequent petitions for state and federal postconviction relief were rejected. This Court then held, in Atkins v.

71. Court Takes Another Step In Reshaping Capital Punishment ADAM LIPTAK / New York capital punishment Those affected A total of 72 juvenile offenders are on deathrow in Even beyond the debate over the juvenile death penalty, http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2005/Capital-Punishment2mar05.htm

Court Takes Another Step in Reshaping Capital Punishment ADAM LIPTAK / New York Times 2mar2005 Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons The Ruling The justices ruled 5 to 4 that the Constitution bars the death penalty for crimes committed before age 18. Those affected A total of 72 juvenile offenders are on death row in 19 states that nominally permit the executions of juveniles. After a decade of relative quiet, the Supreme Court has in the last several years fundamentally reshaped the nation's capital justice system. It has narrowed the class of people eligible for execution, excluding juvenile offenders yesterday as it had previously the mentally retarded. It has rebuked lower courts for sending people to their deaths without adequate safeguards. And it has paid increasing attention to the international opposition to capital punishment. "Early in the 1990's, we reached the high point in deregulating death," said Franklin E. Zimring, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, alluding to decisions in which the court refused to hear defendants' claims of innocence because they were raised too late. "Then there was very little from the Supreme Court through the 1990's. Now, in a whole series of substantive and procedural decisions, you have a re-regulation taking place." Opinions vary about where the process will end.

72. NCADP National Coalition To Abolish The Death Penalty Court Takes Another Step in Reshaping capital punishment Even beyond thedebate over the juvenile death penalty, Professor Zimring said, http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/news.jsp?key=1260&t=

73. NCADP National Coalition To Abolish The Death Penalty With capital punishment for juvenile offenders falling rapidly into disuse The juvenile death penalty issue came under public scrutiny last year when http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/news.jsp?key=410&t=

74. Faith Streams The trial of Lee Boyd Malvo comes as opponents of capital punishment for teens On issues such as juvenile death penalty, the court considers whether it http://www.faithstreams.com/sites/death-penalty.htm

Sign In Register DEATH PENALTY We can understand why victims' families would look to the death penalty as a justifiable punishment for convicted terrorists, but we feel that it is wrong to take a life. If any good can come out of the disaster of Sept. 11, perhaps it will include examination of how we can maintain our humanity in the face of terrorists' threats. Orlando and Phyllis Rodriguez, whose son Greg died in the terrorist attacks on September 11, from a letter to the New York Times. Capital punishment is one part of an effective criminal justice policy that our lawmakers have provided to Texas juries, and I support it for violent criminals who commit heinous crimes. George W. Bush during his tenure as Governor of Texas, in a letter dated July 25, 2000 Juvenile Death Penalty Update In a 5-4 decision the U.S. Supreme Court has abolished the death penalty for juvenile killers. Correspondent Tim O'Brien looks at changing attitudes toward juvenile executions. More Juvenile death penalty abolished In a seminal 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court strikes down capital punishment for those who commit crimes under age 18. More Immigrants set aside differences to help Tsunami aid has brought together sometimes-bickering groups - such as Indo-Americans in the Bay Area.

75. Death Penalty Links juveniles and the death penalty Race and Class Bias Does capital PunishmentDeter Crime? Short Prodeath penalty essay on the positive deterrent effect http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/links/dplinks.htm

Message from Prosecuting Attorney The Death Penalty In The U.S. Clark County Cases Capital Punishment Timeline ... Miscellaneous 2,114 Links September 1, 2004. Add URL, report dead links, suggestions, comments, contact Steve Stewart: prosatty@aye.net Top 10% 139 Pro-Death Penalty Links Pro-Death Penalty.Com (Justice For All) A comprehensive pro-death penalty site with articles, links, and up-to-date death penalty info and news. Wesley Lowe's Pro-Death Penalty Homepage Thoughtful pro-death penalty essay addressing arguments re: deterrence, cost, racism, DP vs LWOP, morality, christianity, constitutionality, and risk of wrongful executions. Clark County Indiana Prosecuting Attorney Comprehensive information on the Death Penalty in Indiana, including statistics, executions since 1900, current death row (with photos), Indiana death penalty laws, history, and methods of execution, with factual and legal summaries of all death penalty cases since 1977; Up-to-date information on the Death Penalty in the United States; Almost 2,000 death penalty links arranged by subject, including 100+ pro-death penalty links. The Bible's Teaching on Capital Punishment by Logos Christian Resources.

76. Death Penalty: Amnesty International's Human Rights Concerns By working towards the abolition of the death penalty worldwide, And learnmore about what you can do to end capital punishment in the United States. http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/index.do

@import "/c/ai.css"; Amnesty International USA learn latest news countries ... students search Death Penalty The death penalty is the ultimate, irreversible denial of human rights. By working towards the abolition of the death penalty worldwide, Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty looks to end the cycle of violence created by a system riddled with economic and racial bias and tainted by human error. Please join us in taking action against the death penalty. Download "Interview with an Executioner" Parchman Penitentiary Superintendent Don Cabana gives Amnesty International's Terry McCaffrey his surprising take on the Death Penalty. See the video Learn more about the death penalty in your state Take Action Stop Injust Execution in Alabama John W. Peoples, Jr. is scheduled to be executed in Alabama on September 22, 2005. His co-defendant who also pleaded guilty to capital murder, Timothy Gooden, was given a lesser sentence of life without the possibility of parole. There are doubts about the competency of the lawyer who represented him at the trial; at the sentencing phase of the trial, the lawyer did not offer any mitigating evidence and falsely told the jury that no alternatives to execution existed for punishment. More Actions Human Rights Goals Demand an End to Child Executions Since 2000, only five countries are known to have executed juvenile offenders: China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Pakistan, and the USA. 13 of these 21 executions have been in the USA. On January 21, 2004, Amnesty International launched its Stop Child Executions campaigning action to end this "shameful practice" once and for all.

77. CNN.com - The Supreme Court And The Juvenile Death Penalty - Mar 3, 2005 Simmons, the Supreme Court declared the death penalty for juvenile is notjust an important decision regarding capital punishment though it is that. http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/03/lazarus.death.penalty/

International Edition MEMBER SERVICES The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Autos SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters Your E-mail Alerts RSS ... Contact Us SEARCH Web CNN.com The Supreme Court and the juvenile death penalty A morally good result, supported by less-than-convincing reasoning By Edward Lazarus FindLaw Columnist Special to CNN.com var clickExpire = "-1"; FOR THE PUBLIC Select a topic Autos Bankruptcy Consumer Criminal Law Divorce Employment Estate Planning Family Immigration Landlord-Tenant Personal Injury Taxes Legal commentary from FindLaw's Writ LAW DICTIONARY (FindLaw) This week, in Roper v. Simmons, the Supreme Court declared the death penalty for juvenile offenders to be unconstitutional. In so doing, the Supreme Court brought the United States into line with the international community. ( CNN coverage Surely, that is a result to be applauded. Yet Justice Anthony Kennedy's bare 5-4 majority opinion serves as a sobering reminder that laudable results do not always coincide with a convincing jurisprudence. The Court's result may be laudable, but its reasoning fails to persuade. As it has for more a generation, the legal debate over the death penalty is exposing the unbridgeable divisions inside the Court. At the same time, it is also exposing the Court's inability to match its profound, morally persuasive activism in this area, with convincing reasons for imposing its will on the law.

78. ReligionLink - Court Strikes Down Juvenile Death Penalty The juvenile death penalty is an issue packed with moral and ethical questions capital punishment, tracks recent developments in juvenile death penalty http://www.religionlink.org/tip_040908a.php

Culture Government Religion Society SEPT. 8, 2004 UPDATED MARCH 1, 2005 U.S. SUPREME COURT Court strikes down juvenile death penalty In a 5-4 ruling March 1, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the juvenile death penalty is unconstitutional. The ruling bars the execution of killers who committed their crimes under the age of 18. Before the ruling, 19 states permitted juveniles to be executed for murder. The ruling was made in Roper v. Simmons , a Missouri murder case. In 2002, the court abolished execution of the mentally retarded, saying that a national consensus had developed against it. Later that year, the court split when it declined to review a juvenile death penalty case; four justices urged the court to revisit the issue because they believed national opinions had shifted (See Supreme Court Background Nearly a year later, the Missouri Supreme Court set aside a death sentence for Chris Simmons, who killed a woman in 1993 when he was 17. The state court, citing the U.S. court's decision barring executions of the mentally retarded, said a national consensus had also developed against the juvenile death penalty. In January 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the case, and oral arguments were heard Oct. 13. The juvenile death penalty is an issue packed with moral and ethical questions at a time when youths are committing heinous, high-profile murders and experts are grappling with how to prevent and punish these crimes. Many advocates for abolition of the juvenile death penalty cited new research showing that the adolescent brain hasn't finished developing until age 20. Polls indicate that most Americans - 69 percent in a 2002 Gallup Poll - oppose executing juveniles for murder (See

79. American Prospect Online - ViewPrint Other proponents of juvenile capital punishment seem to long for a simpler To be sure, strong public unease with the juvenile death penalty has to do http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=7877

80. USCCB/Amnesty International Applauds New Court Restriction On Death Penalty For USCCB applauds new court restriction on death penalty for juvenile offenders . While capital punishment still has majority support in the US, http://salt.claretianpubs.org/sjnews/2005/03/sjn0503a.html

Welcome to Claretian Publications! Search: Web Has Salt of the Earth been useful to you? Please support our continuing web presence with your tax-deductible contribution. Your generous contribution now of $10 or $20 helps keep our internet ministry going. Thank you. Social justice news March 2005 CRS collection slated for March 5 - 6 Can Chad escape the "curse" of oil wealth? More than 600 clerics accused in 2004 Palestinians need economic as well as military security ... U.S. bishops to launch major new campaign to abolish death penalty USCCB/Amnesty International applaud new court restriction on death penalty for juvenile offenders DiMarzio, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Policy, commented on the March 1 Supreme Court decision that the Constitution forbids the execution of offenders who were under age 18 when they committed their crimes. The Supreme Court ruling will spare up to 70 inmates who are on death row for committing murders while aged 16 or 17. Passed by a 5-4 majority, the decision came in the case of Christopher Simmons, who was 17 in 1993 when he threw a woman to her death from a Missouri bridge. The jusctices ruled that juvenile execution conflicted with the 8th Amendment of the Constitution which outlaws "cruel and unusual punishment." The swing vote came from Justice Anthony Kennedy, who normally sides with the conservatives on the bench. The decision brings the U.S. into line with the rest of the world. The execution of juveniles is explicitly banned by the U.N. convention on the rights of the child, which has been ratified by every country except the U.S. and Somalia, which has no recognised government.

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