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- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Colorado's new system of death sentencing using a three-judge...
Colorado's new system of death sentencing using a three-judge panel instead of a jury faced its first case in 1999
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
A poll of 600 people taken April 21-25 in Michigan...
A poll of 600 people taken April 21-25 in Michigan indicated that support for the death penalty is declining and the majority of residents (56%) would prefer a life sentence and payment to victims' families instead of the death penalty (33%)
- JANUARY 1, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Florida officials imposed a one-year moratorium on...
Florida officials imposed a one-year moratorium on executions after a fire started during Pedro Medina's electrocution on March 25, 1997
- JANUARY 1, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Since the death penalty was reinstated, Florida has...
Since the death penalty was reinstated, Florida has had the most inmates (18) released from death row after evidence of their innocence emerged
- JANUARY 1, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Florida does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Florida does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999DelawareDEATH PENALTY
Delaware does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Delaware does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II had issued an appeal to Governor...
Pope John Paul II had issued an appeal to Governor Tom Carper to spare the life of condemned killer Willie Sullivan, but Delaware executed him by lethal injection on September 24 for the 1991 murder of his former employer, 78-year-old Maurice Dodd, a Fred
- JANUARY 1, 1999MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Mississippi has not had an execution since 1989, the...
Mississippi has not had an execution since 1989, the longest period of time without an execution for any state which has resumed executions
- JANUARY 1, 1999Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
David Ronald Chandler, a marijuana grower from Alabama,...
David Ronald Chandler, a marijuana grower from Alabama, was the first person to receive the federal death sentence after the penalty was reinstated in 1988
- JANUARY 1, 1999GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia has had no executions in 1999 and only one in 1998
Georgia has had no executions in 1999 and only one in 1998
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Kansas did not reinstate the death penalty until 1994
Kansas did not reinstate the death penalty until 1994
- JANUARY 1, 1999IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois is second only to Florida in the number of...
Illinois is second only to Florida in the number of inmates released from death row after new evidence of innocence emerged
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Indiana forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Indiana forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
According to a poll by the Chicago Tribune, support...
According to a poll by the Chicago Tribune, support for the death penalty in Illinois has dropped 13 percentage points in the last five years, and a majority of voters (54%) favors a moratorium on all executions in the state
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Illinois does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Illinois does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999MinnesotaDEATH PENALTY
Minnesota abolished the death penalty in 1911
Minnesota abolished the death penalty in 1911
- JANUARY 1, 1999LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The Loyola Death Penalty Resource Center, which had...
The Loyola Death Penalty Resource Center, which had defended many of those on Louisiana's death row and helped to free some who were innocent, was forced to close its doors in 1999 because of lack of funding
- JANUARY 1, 1999KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
In 1998, Kentucky became the only state to pass a racial...
In 1998, Kentucky became the only state to pass a racial justice act
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
A bill to mandate a study of possible racial bias...
A bill to mandate a study of possible racial bias in the state's application of the death penalty was defeated
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Louisiana does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Louisiana does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999MaineDEATH PENALTY
Maine does not have the death penalty, having abolished...
Maine does not have the death penalty, having abolished it in 1887
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Montana does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Montana does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Pennsylvania does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Pennsylvania does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Missouri does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Missouri does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Missouri had the third highest number of executions...
Missouri had the third highest number of executions (9) of any state in 1999
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
South Carolina does not forbid the execution of the...
South Carolina does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders and does not have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999North DakotaDEATH PENALTY
North Dakota does not have the death penalty
North Dakota does not have the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999NevadaDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
North Carolina does not forbid the execution of the...
North Carolina does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
In 1999, Nebraska became the first state whose legislature...
In 1999, Nebraska became the first state whose legislature passed a moratorium on executions