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 5

Florida Inmates Exonerated Since 1972
Because of Doubts About Guilt

.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

NAME

Brown, Anthony Silah

Brown, Joseph Green

Brown, Willie

Larry Troy

Cox, Robert

Golden, Andrew

Hayes, Robert

Jacobs, Sonia [19]

Jaramillo, Anibal

Jent, William

Earnest Miller

Keaton, David

Lee, Wilbert

Freddie Pitts

Peek, Anthony

Ramos, Juan

Richardson, James

Scott, Bradley

Spaziano, Joseph

Tibbs, Delbert

Green, Joseph Nahume

Smith, Frank

Joaquin, Jose Martinez

Conviction

1983

1974

1983

1983

1988

1991

1991

1976

1981

1979

1979

1971

1971

1963

1978

1983

1967

1988

1976

1974

1993

1986

1997

Release *

1986

1987

1988

1988

1989

1993

1997

1992

1982

1988

1988

1973

1975

1975

1987

1987

1989

1991

1998

1977

2000

Died on deathrow, 2000
Exonerated, 2001
2001

*Year of release from confinement for homicide. For example, Sonia Jacobs's death sentence was reduced to life in 1981, but she was not released from prison until 1992.


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