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~~------r 'I,-Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Table 6.63 Prisoners removed from death row, b th d fY me a a removal, region, and jurisdiction, 1981NJTE: . Sec:: NJThE, Figure 6.12. This table identifies the legal or other event effectivelyterminating t e death sentence.Region and 'urisdictionUnited StatesFederalStateNortheastMaineNew HampshireVermantMassachusettsRhode IslandConnecticutNew YorkTotal7H7!lIXXX~.Jew Jersey XPennsylVaniaINorth Central 2OhioIndianaIIllinoisIMichiganXWisconsinXMinnesotaXIowaXMissouriNorth Dakota XSouth DakotaNebraskaKansasXSouth 58DelawareMarylandIDistrict of Columbia XVirginiaIWest Virginia XNorth Carolina 3South Carolina IGeorgiaIFlorida 18KentuckyTennessee 2AlabamaMississippiArkansas 4louisiana 2Oklahoma 3Texas 22WestMontanaIdahoWyomingColoradoNew MexicoArizonaUtahNevadaWashingtonOregonCaliforniaAlaskaI-bwaii173I253IXXSentencingprOVisionsof Statestatutestruckdown a88XXXXXXXXXXXX853XXap . h'ersans In t IS category are subject to(- represents zero)ExecutionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDeathotherthanexe'11-tion33XXXxXXXXXXJXX2XXof ye rsCapitolsentencevacatedConrnu- (conVictiontation c affirmed afurther administrative and legal steps before final iPp • •1515XXXXXXXXXX15X14XXX36IXXXXIIXXXXXX25XIXII13242I3I2IXXCapitalsentenceand convictiondvacateddisposition. This process could result for exompleh ersons. whose capitol sentence is vacatedin a conrnutatlan of sentence or in the vacation of ~r w ase capito! sentence and conviction aresentence with either affirmation or voidin of (acated are subJ7 c t .to further leg~1 proceedingsconvilfion (see footnote d for further di~cuSSio;).a~~~~~~ resant~~clln9f Ifh the conviction has. beenThe category "death other than execution" h or re r a I t e sentence and convictionincludes one death by suicide In Florida and tv'to d?ve b.~~n va~~~ to determine their ultimatedeaths due to natural causes in Texas ISP~hl Ion. I It er the vacating of the sentencecCormlUtation effects on irrmediC!te cha' nor e vacat ng of both sentence and convictionsentence from death to life imprisonment or ~~~r~~~~~~U!~~e~~~. possibility of reimposition of the(Wash:~;ce: DUeS: DU~arg:nt of Justic;:e,. Burea~ of Justice Statistics, Cattal Punishment 19111NCJ-86484on, ••• •• vernment Printing Office, 1983), pp. 40, 43. To Ie adapted by SMCEBOO< stoff.1515.XXXXXXXXXX15IXX2I326XXheXXXXXXXXXXXXXXIiIII f! ;!I1Ik1! !! ;~iIIiIrIPersons Under Correctional SupervisionTable 6.64 Prisoners executed under civil authority, by region and jurisdiction, I 930-fllNJTE: In three States, Moine, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, the deathpenalty was abolished for the entire period covered by the table.Alaska and Hawaii have not had the death penalty since 1960, whenthey were first included as States. The death penalty was abolished inMichigan in 1963 and in Iowa and West Virginia In 1965. Death penaltylegislation expired in 1975 in North Dakota and was not renewed.Death penalty laws were found unconstitutional In New Jersey (1972),Kansas (1973), the District of Columbia (1973), Ohio (/'918), RhodeIsland (1979), and Massachusetts (1980) and have not been rewritten.Region and jurisdictionTotalUnited States 3,863Federal33State3,830Northeast60BMaineXNew H:nnpshire IVermont4Massachusetts27Rhode IslandConnecticut21New York329New Jersey74Pennsylvania152North Central404Ohio172Indiana42Illinois90MichiganWisconsinXMinnesotaXIowa18Missouri62North DakotaSouth DakotaINebraska4Kansas15South2,307Delaware12Maryland68District of Columbia 40Virginia92West Virginia40North Carolina 263South Carolina 162Georgia366Florida171Kentucky103Tennessee93Alabama135Mississippi154Arkansas118louisiana133Oklahoma60Texas297West511Montana6Idaho3Wyoming7Colorado47New Mexico8Arizona38Utah14Nevada30Washington47Oregon19Califor61ia292AlaskaI-bwali a XX1930 1935to to1934 1939776775155XI7280244110543II34XXI16XX419261581051376415IB1619262039254896I31627510I51XX8919882145XIII3731641113392027XX720524610520108030732931131412233199721004I9102313I57XX1940 1945 1950to to to1944 1949 19546457638110X65786154215213XX36341322631325032583819192934202463873I266359635XX639663374XI3536821643655XX49I22419219132296229722715:82126182373676723I57645XX(- represents zero)413640756X227819422028XXI5I52442315514165122!lI1415II14449652I22294439XXIn South Dakot'l, the death penal'iy was abolished In 1915, restored In1939, abolished again in 1977, and restored In 1979. Oregon abolishedthe death penally In 1914, restored it in 1920, abolished it again in1964, restored It In 1978, and it was found to be unconstitutional in1981. In the following States death penalty lows were foundunconstitutional but have been revised to meet constitutionalstandards: California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina,Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Washington.1955to1959aAs States, Alaska and Howali are Included In the seriesbeginning Jan. I, 1960.Source: U.S. Deportment of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Capital Punishment 1981, NCJ-86484 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. GovernmentPrinting Office, 19!13), p. 15. Table adapted by SCLRCEBOO< stoff.304330151X5259121612XX21834I84510342787621713325512I64235XX1960 1965 1970to to to1964 1969 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 19BI18118017XI103316712XX231026I81412II4109I529455I4I22I29XX1010X5XXXXI42X3XIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX~XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX22XXXXXXXXXXXXXxXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX612