Discussion

A.
Trends in Imposing Death Sentences

B.
Regional Disparities

C.
Life without
Parole

D.
Public Opinion

E.
Guilty Pleas and Waiver of Jury Recommendations

F.
Overrides

G.
Death Votes and Direct Appeal Decisions

H.
Race Issues

I.
Innocence

J.
The Bigger Picture

TABLES

Table 3

Florida Executions Since 1979

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

.28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

36.

37.

38.

39.

40.

41.

42.

43.

44.

45.

46.

47.

48.

49.

50.

51.

05-05-79

11-30-83

01-26-84

04-05-84

05-10-84

06-10-84

07-13-84

09-07-84

09-20-84

11-08-84

01-30-85

03-06-85

05-29-85

04-15-86

04-22-86

05-20-86

08-28-87

03-15-88

11-07-88

01-24-89

05-04-89

05-04-90

07-27-90

09-21-90

11-19-90

04-24-91

06-25-91

05-12-92

07-21-92

04-21-93

05-05-93

08-25-93

04-22-94

07-18-95

12-04-95

12-05-95

10-21-96

12-06-96

03-25-97

03-23-98

03-24-98

03-30-98

03-31-98

07-08-99

02-23-00

02-24-00

06-07-00

06-21-00

08-25-00

12-07-00

01-12-01

John Spenkelink

Bob Sullivan

Anthony Antone

Arthur Goode

James Adams

Carl Shriner

David Washington

Ernie Dobbert*

James Dupree Henry

Timothy Palmes

J.D. Raulerson

Johnny Witt

Marvin Francois

Daniel Thomas

David Funchess

Ronald Straight

Beauford White*

Willie Darden

Jeffrey Daugherty

Theodore Bundy

Aubrey Adams

Jesse Tafero

Anthony Bertolotti

James Hamlin

Ray Clark

Roy Harich

Bobby Francis*

Nollie Martin

Ed Kennedy

Robert Henderson

Larry Joe Johnson

Michael Durocher

Roy Stewart

Bernard Bolander*

Jerry White

Philip Atkins

John Bush

John Mills

Pedro Medina

Gerald Stano

Leo Jones

Judy Buenoano

Daniel Remetta

Allen Davis

Terry Sims

Anthony Bryan

Bennie Demps

Thomas Provanzano

Dan Hauser

Ed Castro

Robert Glock

W-W

W-W

W-W

W-W

B-W

W-W

B-W&B

W-W

B-B

W-W

W-W

W-W

B-B

B-W

B-W

W-W

B-B

B-W

W-W

W-W

W-W

W-W

B-W

W-W

W-W

W-W

B-B

W-W

B-W

W-W

W-W

W-W Consensual

W-W

W-W (Hispanic victim)

B-W

W-W

B-W

B-W

B-B

W-W

B-W

W-W

NA-W

W-W

W-W

W-W

B-B

W-W

W-W Consensual

W-W Consensual

W-W

1 Woman

W-W: 33
B-W: 11
B-B: 6
Native American-White: 1

White Victim: 45/51 (.88)
Black Victim: 6/51 (.12)

*Jury Recommendation=Life (N=4)


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