301 executions from 1976 (year of the reintroduction of the D.P.) to 5 ottobre 1995

44 executions in 1995 (January 1st to October 5th)

Number of executions per year:

76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95

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0 1 0 2 0 1 2 5 21 18 18 25 11 16 23 14 31 38 31 44

As you can see they are increasing.

STATES WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT STATYTES (38):

Alabama, Arizona, Arkanzas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missisippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire*, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York*, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming*.

* States with statutes but no sentences imposed (so far).

STATES WITHOUT THE DEATH PENALTY (13):

Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin.

Executions by State since 1976 (top 8 States only): Texas (100), Florida (34), Virginia (27), Lousiana (22), Georgia (20), Missouri, (14), Alabama (12), Arkansas (11).

Texas already executed 15 people this year.

Despite all these executions the crime rate in the U.S.A. has not declined.

The font of above informations is Amnesty International USA.

For further informations please contact:

Paolo Tuzzi / Transnational Radical Party

P.O.Box 250221

San Francisco, CA 94125-0221

Fax. (415) 387-1342email: ptuzzi@igc.apc.org