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- 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, 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, 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, 1999Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
The overwhelming majority of defendants prosecuted...
The overwhelming majority of defendants prosecuted under the federal death penalty statutes have been members of racial minorities
- JANUARY 1, 1999New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
New Mexico has had no executions since its death penalty...
New Mexico has had no executions since its death penalty was reinstated in 1979
- JANUARY 1, 1999North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Bills to establish a statewide moratorium, to eliminate...
Bills to establish a statewide moratorium, to eliminate the death penalty for those with mental retardation, and to establish a racial justice act were defeated
- JANUARY 1, 1999North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Support for the death penalty for convicted murderers...
Support for the death penalty for convicted murderers in North Carolina is at 65%, its lowest since 1984, according to a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill statewide poll
- JANUARY 1, 1999New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York's death penalty was reinstated on September 1, 1995
New York's death penalty was reinstated on September 1, 1995
- JANUARY 1, 1999OhioDEATH PENALTY
Sixty-eight percent of Ohioans reported that the likelihood...
Sixty-eight percent of Ohioans reported that the likelihood of an innocent person being wrongly convicted and executed was either somewhat likely or very likely
- JANUARY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In January, the Nanyang Intermediate People's Court...
In January, the Nanyang Intermediate People's Court sentenced Guo Haijun to death for stealing 31 cultural relics from Nanyang City Museum in 1997
- JANUARY 1, 1999OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
DNA tests this year helped free two Oklahomans who...
DNA tests this year helped free two Oklahomans who had been convicted of murder
- JANUARY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In January, in a drive to close huge loopholes in the...
In January, in a drive to close huge loopholes in the country's tax system, Vice Premier Li Lanqing was quoted as saying that China would enforce stiff penalties for tax evasion, including the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld its...
In January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld its decision to strike a state law that would curtail appeals by death-row inmates
- JANUARY 1, 1999Rhode IslandDEATH PENALTY
Rhode Island does not have the death penalty
Rhode Island does not have the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Over two-thirds of those on Pennsylvania's death row...
Over two-thirds of those on Pennsylvania's death row are members of minorities
- JANUARY 1, 1999South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
South Dakota does not forbid the execution of the...
South Dakota does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999WisconsinDEATH PENALTY
Wisconsin has not had the death penalty for almost...
Wisconsin has not had the death penalty for almost 150 years, having abolished it in 1853
- JANUARY 1, 1999VermontDEATH PENALTY
Vermont does not have the death penalty
Vermont does not have the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999TexasDEATH PENALTY
After Karla Tucker's early 1998 execution, which focused...
After Karla Tucker's early 1998 execution, which focused worldwide attention on the state's swelling death row population, record-paced executions and the unanimous rejection of clemency requests, the Board of Pardons and Paroles has slightly revised the
- JANUARY 1, 1999TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Tennessee is one of eight states, and the only one...
Tennessee is one of eight states, and the only one in the south, with the death penalty but no executions since the law was reinstated
- JANUARY 1, 1999TexasDEATH PENALTY
Texas once again led all states in the number of executions...
Texas once again led all states in the number of executions this year
- JANUARY 1, 1999TexasDEATH PENALTY
Bills to abolish the death penalty did not pass
Bills to abolish the death penalty did not pass
- JANUARY 1, 1999Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Juan Raul Garza may become the first federal prisoner...
Juan Raul Garza may become the first federal prisoner executed since 1963
- JANUARY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At the end of January, in the northern city of Taiyuan,...
At the end of January, in the northern city of Taiyuan, 8 convicts were executed by gunshot for drug smuggling, murder and robbery
- JANUARY 1, 1999VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Virginia is second only to Texas in the number of...
Virginia is second only to Texas in the number of executions in 1999 (14) and the number since reinstatement (73)
- JANUARY 1, 1999WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
Bills to establish a death penalty appellate unit...
Bills to establish a death penalty appellate unit and to expand the death penalty to include murders where the defendant knew the victim was pregnant, were defeated
- JANUARY 1, 1999VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Virginia forbids the introduction of any new evidence...
Virginia forbids the introduction of any new evidence after 21 days from the trial
- JANUARY 1, 1999VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Survey results from the Quality of Life in Virginia...
Survey results from the Quality of Life in Virginia Poll show that support for Virginia's death penalty has dropped