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1986 Cap. Punishment 1 (1986)

handle is hein.death/cpshm1986 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics C Bureau of Justice Staistics Bulletin Capital Punishment 1986 Seven States executed 18 prisoners during 1986, bringing the total number of executions to 68 since 1976, the year that the United States Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty. Those executed during 1986 had spent an average of 7 years and 2 months awaiting execution. During 1986, 297 prisoners were received under sentence of death from the courts. Sixty-four persons had their death sentences vacated or commuted during the year, and 9 died while under a death sentence. At yearend, 32 States reported a total of 1,781 prison- ers under sentence of death; all but 1 had been convicted of murder (an in- mate admitted during 1986 for the cap- ital rape of a child in Mississippi). The median time since the death sentence was imposed for the 1,781 prisoners was 40 months. About 2 in 3 offenders under sen- tence of death for whom such informa- tion was available had a prior felony conviction; about 1 in 12 had a prior homicide conviction. About 2 in 5 con- demned prisoners were in some criminal justice status at the time of the capital offense. Half of these were on parole; the rest were in prison, on escape from prison, on probation, or had charges pending against them. The majority of those under sentence of death (1,006) were white (56.5%); 750 were black (42.1%); 16 were Ameri- can Indian (.9%); and 9, Asian (.5%). With respect to ethnicity, 107 were classified as Hispanic (6%). Eighteen of those under a death sentence were female (1%). The median age was nearly 32 years. About 62% of those under sentence of death were held by States in the South. Western States held an addi- tional 17%; Midwestern States, 15%; and the Northeastern States of New Status of death penalty as of 12/31/86 and 1986 executions D eath penalty in force Executions in 1986 No Yes w _ w Figure 1 Jersey and Pennsylvania, more than 5%. Florida had the largest number of condemned inmates (254), followed by Texas (236), California (176), Georgia (111), and Illinois (101). During 1986, 27 State prison systems received prisoners under sentence of death from the courts. Oregon re- ceived its first two inmates during 1986 under a death penalty statute enacted in December 1984. Texas (41 admis- sions), Florida (39 admissions), and Illinois (25 admissions) accounted for more than a third of the inmates enter- ing prisons under a death sentence during the year. The 18 executions in 1986 were car- ried out by 7 States; there were 10 executions in Texas, 3 in Florida, and 1 September 1987 The capital punishment statistical series has now completed 56 years of continuous Federal sponsor- ship. The series is designed to provide detailed national infor- mation on those under death sentences. This year's report contains special appendices on women and the death penalty and on Federal death penalty statutes contained in the United States Code. The Bureau of Justice Statistics gratefully acknowledges the cooperation and participation of officials throughout the States whose generous assistance makes this reporting program possible. Steven R. Schlesinger Director No death penalty

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