Date:         Fri, 5 Apr 1996 13:03:00 EST
From:         Edward Kent <Ekent@BROOKLYN.CUNY.EDU>
Subject:      Death Row, U.S.A.
To:    Multiple recipients of list AMEND1-L <AMEND1-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU>

For your information I am passing along the death penalty statistics compiled
by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, updated and circulated quarterly.  You can
request being placed on their mailing list (no charge):

Death Row, U.S.A., LDF, Suite 1600, 99 Hudson St., NYC 10013-2897
(212-219-1900; Fax: 212-226-7592)

In addition to the materials here, the publication contains the breakdown of
data by states, modes of execution by state, death row inmates names, and
other data not included here.

As of January 31, 1996:

Total Inmates  3,061

Race:
     White            1,470 (48.02%)
     Black            1,246 (40.70%)
     Latino/a           233 (7.61%)
     Native American     22 ( .72%)
     Asian               40 (l.31%)
Gender:
     Male             3,012 (98.40%)
     Female              49 ( l.60%)

Dispostions since 1/1/73
Executed                318
Suicides                 44
Commutations             74
Died of Natural Causes   98
Reversals              1519

Defendant-Victim ratios of executions:

     White Defendant with
         WV             242 (56.81%)
         BV               5 (l.17%)
         Asian V          2 ( .47%)
         Lat. V           5 (1.64%)
     Black Defendant with
         WV             100 (23.47%)
         BV              49 (11.50%)
         Asian V          2 (  .47%)
         Lat. V           1 (  .23%)
     Latino D with
         WV               9 ( 2.12%)
         Lat. V           7 ( 1.64%)
         Asian V          1 (  .23%)
     Nat. Amer. D with
         WV               1 (  .23%)
     Asian D with
         Asian V          2 (  .47%)

Race of Victims:
     White              350 (82.16%)
     Black               55 (12.91%)
     Latino              14 ( 3.29%)
     Asian                7 ( 1.64%)
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Note. For comparative purposes the most recent figures that I have seen for
ethnic breakdowns of Americans rounded off to whole numbers:

      White              74%
      Black              12%
      Latino             10%
      Asian               3%

From: Ed Kent ekent@brooklyn.cuny.edu