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Death row is a term that refers to the section of a prison that houses individuals awaiting execution. It is also used to refer to the state of awaiting execution, even in places where a special section of a prison does not exist ("being on death row").

After individuals are found guilty of an offense and sentenced to execution, they will remain on death row while following an appeals procedure, if they so choose, and then until there is a convenient time for execution. Due to the lengthy, expensive and time consuming appeals procedure that must be followed in the United States before an execution can be carried out, prisoners may wait years before execution; nearly a quarter of deaths on death row in the U.S. are in fact of natural causes.[2]

In Great Britain, before it abolished capital punishment, prisoners were conventionally reprieved if they were not executed within 99 days of being sentenced.[citation needed] In some Caribbean countries which still authorize execution, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the ultimate court of appeal. It has upheld appeals by prisoners who have spent several years under sentence of death, stating that it does not desire to see the death row phenomenon emerge in countries under its jurisdiction.

Haiti continues the conventional 'reprieved if not executed within 90 days' process adopted by Great Britain before its abolition.

Opponents of capital punishment claim that a prisoner's isolation and uncertainty over their fate constitute a form of mental cruelty and that especially long-time death row inmates are liable to become mentally ill, if they are not already. This is referred to as the death row phenomenon.

As of 2008, there were 3,263 prisoners awaiting execution in the United States.[3] Also as of 2008, the longest-serving prisoner on death row in the U.S.A. was Jack Alderman who served over 33 years. He finally was executed in 2008.[4]

Locations of Death Rows

State Men Women Execution chamber
California San Quentin Chowchilla San Quentin
Texas Livingstone Gatesville Huntsville Unit
New-York Dannemora ??? Green Haven
Florida Starke Lowell Starke
Pennsylvania Waynesburg + Graterford Muncy Rockview
Illinois Pontiac Dwight Tamms or Menard
Ohio Youngstown + Mansfield Marysville Lucasville
North Carolina Raleigh Raleigh (different prison) Raleigh
Georgia Jackson Atlanta Jackson
Virgina Waverly Waverly Greensville
Washington Walla Walla Walla Walla Walla Walla
Indiana Michigan City Indianapolis Michigan City
Missouri Bonne Terre (previous are Potosi on Mineral Point) Fulton Bonne Terre (previous are Potosi on Mineral Point)
Tennessee [1] Nashville + Knoxville Nashville Nashville
Maryland Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore
Arizona Florence Perryville Florence
Alabama Altmore Wetumpka Altmore
Colorado Canon City Canon City Canon City
Louisiana Angola St Gabriel Angola
South Carolina Ridgeville Columbia Columbia
Kentucky Eddyville Pewee Valley Eddyville
Connecticut Somers (Northern Correctional Institution) Somers Somers (Osborn Correctional Institution)
Oklahoma McAlester Oklahoma city McAlester
Oregon Salem ??? Salem
Kansas El Dorado Topeka Lansing
Arkansas Grady (Varner Unit) Pine Bluff Grady (Cummins Unit)

References

  1. ^ http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/News/DeathRow/
  2. ^ United States Department of Justice
  3. ^ Deathpenaltyinfo.org
  4. ^ Jack Alderman Executed http://www.reprieve.org.uk/Press_Jack_Alderman_Executed.htm

See also

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