| Death
Penalty: |
YES |
| Prohibit
Execution of the Mentally Retarded: |
NO |
| Life
Without Parole: |
YES |
| Minimum
Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty: |
16 (3 juveniles on death row) |
| Number
on Death Row: |
93 |
| Executions
Since 1976: |
26 |
| Race
of Defendants: |
61 black (66%), 29 white (31%), 2 Latino/a (2%), 1 Asian (1%) |
| Racial
Make-up of State Population: |
63% white, 33% black, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Native America |
| Innocents
Exonerated: |
YES (5). |
| Columbia
University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases: |
64% |
| Murder
Rate: |
12.8 per 100,000 (ranked 2nd out of 51) |
| Governor: |
Mike Foster, (Republican),
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| Presidential
Vote: |
53%, 45% Gore, 1% Nader |
| Public
Opinion on the Death Penalty: |
To follow. |
| Organizations
Endorsing a Moratorium: |
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Louisiana
Baton Rouge Catholic Worker
Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations
Catholic Newman Club, MSU
Gambit Weekly
Louisiana State Bar Association
The News-Star
Southern University at New Orleans, School of Social Work
The Times |
| Organizations
Working FOR a Moratorium: |
ACLU of Louisiana
P.O. Box 70496
New Orleans, LA 70172
Michael Malec-contact
504-522-0617-(day)
504-522-0618-(fax)
mmlaaclu@earthlink.net
www.laaclu.org
Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator
Rosanne Adderley-contact
504-862-7148-phone
ladderl@tulane.edu
Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator
Glenna MacGregor-contact
504-862-6698-(phone)
glennamacgregor@yahoo.com
Bienville House Center for Peace and Justice
P.O. Box 4363
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4363
Tom Gess-contact
504-344-0405--(day)
504-922-8357--(fax)
gesserve@aol.com
www.igc.apc.org/bhcfpj/
Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
(Death Penalty Committee)
830 Main Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Jim Boren-contact
225-387-5786--(day)
225-383-0374-(eve)
504-336-466225--(fax)
jimboren@bellsouth.net
Louisiana Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty*
P.O. Box 64635
Baton Rouge, LA 70896
Andrew Allen-contact
225-338-0113--(phone)
info@lcadp.org
www.lcadp.org |
| Organizations
Working AGAINST a Moratorium: |
District Attorneys Association
Senator Ken Hollis
Victims' Family Members |
| Clemency: |
The Governor has the authority to act on the advice of the Board of Pardons. The Governor needs a favourable recommendation in orer to grant clemency. However, the Governor is not bound by that favourable recommendation. The Governor also has the unlimited and absolute power to grant reprieves. |
| Who
Decides Sentence: |
Jury |
| Method
of Execution: |
Lethal injection |
