| Death
Penalty: |
YES |
| Prohibit
Execution of the Mentally Retarded: |
NO |
| Life
Without Parole: |
YES |
| Minimum
Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty: |
16 (1 juvenile on death row) |
| Number
on Death Row: |
68 |
| Executions
Since 1976: |
4 |
| Race
of Defendants: |
37 black (54%), 31 white (46%) |
| Racial
Make-up of State Population: |
61% white, 36% black, 1% Hispanic, 1% Asian |
| Innocents
Exonerated: |
YES (1). Sabrina Butler was released in 1995 after serving 5 years on death row. |
| Columbia
University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases: |
91% |
| Murder
Rate: |
11.4 per 100,000 (ranked 3rd out of 51) |
| Governor: |
Ronnie Musgrove, (Democrat),
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| Presidential
Vote: |
58% Bush, 38% Gore, 3% Nader |
| Public
Opinion on the Death Penalty: |
Unknown |
| Organizations
Endorsing a Moratorium: |
St. Francis of Assis Catholic Church |
| Organizations
Working FOR a Moratorium: |
ACLU of Mississippi
P.O. Box 2242
Jackson, MS 39335
David Ingerbretsen, Shelia O'Flaherty-contacts
601-335-6464--(day)
601-355-6465--(fax)
staff@msaclu.org
www.2.msaclu.org/ma/
Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator
Ken McGill-contact
662-280-9097-phone
mcgillken@hotmail.com
Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator
Cindy Ponder-contact
601-266-2815-(phone)
cponder@hotmail.com
Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights
213 Main Street
Greenville, MS 38701
Jaribu Hill-contact
662-334-1122-(day)
662-335-3276-(eve)
662-334-1274-(fax)
jaribuhill@hotmail.com
Mississippians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty*
7760 Deerfield CV
Southaven, MS
Ken McGill-contact
662-280-9097 or 901-336-6932-(phone)
mcgillken@hotmail.com |
| Clemency: |
The Governor has sole clemency authority. The State Parole Board has responsibility to investigate clemency recommendations at the request of the Governor. |
| Who
Decides Sentence: |
Jury |
| Method
of Execution: |
Lethal injection |
