| Death
Penalty: |
YES |
| Prohibit
Execution of the Mentally Retarded: |
YES |
| Life
Without Parole: |
YES |
| Minimum
Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty: |
18 |
| Number
on Death Row: |
6 |
| Executions
Since 1976: |
1 |
| Race
of Defendants: |
1 white (17%), 2 black (33%), 2 Latino/a(33%), 1 Asian (17%) |
| Racial
Make-up of State Population: |
75% white, 17 Hispanic, 4% black, 2% Asian, 1% Native American |
| Innocents
Exonerated: |
NO |
| Columbia
University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases: |
Not included in study |
| Murder
Rate: |
4.6 per 100,000 (ranked 29th out of 51) |
| Governor: |
Bill Owens, (Republican),
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| Presidential
Vote: |
55% Gore, 42% Bush, 3% Nader |
| Public
Opinion on the Death Penalty: |
Unknown |
| Organizations
Endorsing a Moratorium: |
County of San Miguel
Benet Hill Monastery
Cell Door Magazine
Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE), Colorado chapter
Coloradans Against the Death Penalty
Gray Panthers of Colorado
N.A.T.I.V.E.S.
National Lawyers Guild, University of Denver College of Law chapter
Pikes Peak Justice & Peace Commission
Potters for Peace
Prison Dharma Network
Religious Society of Friends, Mountain View Friends Meeting
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
Washington Park United Church of Christ |
| Organizations
Working FOR a Moratorium: |
ACLU of Colorado
400 Corona St.
Denver, CO 80218
Sue Armstrong-contact
303-777-5482--(day)
303-777-1773--(fax)
sarmstrong@aclu-co.org
Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator
Linda Silveira-contact
719-488-3128-phone
lsilveira@earthlink.net
Coloradans Against the Death Penalty*
P.O. Box 1745
Denver, CO 80201-1745
Dan Bounds-contact
303-310-4442--(day)
303-741-2785--(fax)
info@coadp.org
www.coadp.org
Colorado Students Against the Death Penalty*
701 Arapahoe Ave. Apt. 103
Boulder, CO 80302
Wendy Trafton-contact
303-448-9517--(day)
303-448-9517--(eve)
trafton@colorado.edu
Miller, Lane, Killmer & Greisen, LLP*
730 17th Street, Suite 600
Denver, Colorado 80202
David Lane-contact
303-534-6400-(phone)
dlane@mlkg-law.com |
| Clemency: |
The Governor is fully authorized when he or she deems it proper and consistent with the public interest and the rights of the condemned to commute the sentence in any case by reducing the sentence to life imprisonment or a term of not less than 20 years of hard labor. |
| Who
Decides Sentence: |
A panel of three judges. |
| Method
of Execution: |
Lethal injection |
