NEW RESOURCES: ​“Death Row USA” (Spring 2003)

The lat­est edi­tion of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s quar­ter­ly pub­li­ca­tion, Death Row USA,” is now avail­able on DPIC’s Web site. As of April 1, 2003, the num­ber of inmates on death rows across the nation is 3,525, a 5% decrease from the 3,701 report­ed April 1, 2002 (See Homepage). Also report­ed in ​“Death Row USA:” 

Jurisdictions with the high­est per­cent of minori­ties on death row: 

• U.S. Military (86%)
• Colorado (83%)
• U.S. Government (76%)
• Louisiana (72%)
• Pennsylvania (70%)

Jurisdictions with the most juve­nile offend­ers on death row: 

• Texas (27)
• Alabama (14)
• Louisiana (8)
• Mississippi (5)

(NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, ​“Death Row USA Spring 2003″ (April 1, 2003)).