The Moratorium Campaign


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:	17
Executions Since 1976:	3
Race of Defendants:	11 black (65%), 6 white (35%)
Racial Make-up of State Population:	62% white, 28% black, 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian
Innocents Exonerated:	YES (1). Kirk Bloodsworth was released in 1993 after 9 years on death row.
Columbia University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases:	100%
Murder Rate:	10.0 per 100,000 (ranked 5th out of 51)
Governor:	Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., (Republican),
Presidential Vote:	57% Gore, 40% Bush, 3% Nader
Organizations Endorsing a Moratorium:	City of Baltimore County of Montgomery City of Mt. Rainier County of Prince George's City of Takoma Park (Takoma Park) Maryland House of Delegates (Annapolis) Maryland Senate, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Annapolis) American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland (Baltimore) American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Montgomery County Chapter American Jewish Congress, Maryland Chapter (Baltimore) Amnesty International, Chapter 228 (Columbia/Laurel) Anne Arundel Peace Action (Annapolis) Asbury United Methodist Church (Arnold) Baltimore Campaign to End the Death Penalty (Baltimore) Baltimore Physicians for Social Responsibility (Baltimore) Baltimore Sun (Baltimore) Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore (Baltimore) Black Planet Books (Baltimore) Boise Peace Quilt Project (Olney) Brethren Peace Fellowship (New Windsor) Catholic Religious Network (Baltimore) Christ Church Vestry (St. Michaels) Clergy United for the Renewal of East Baltimore (Baltimore) Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg Province, Leadership Team Daughters of Wisdom (Silver Spring) Episcopal Diocese of Maryland (Baltimore) Franciscan Sisters of Baltimore (Baltimore) Frostburg Ministerial Association (Frostburg) Glut Food Co-op (Mt. Rainier) Gray Panthers of Prince George's County (Greenbelt) Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of the Baltimore Area (Baltimore) John Brown Legacy Association, Inc. (White Marsh) Kendall Concrete, Inc. (Mt. Airy) Living Water Christian Life Community (Silver Spring) Lutheran Office on Public Policy in Maryland (Annapolis) Maryland Anti-Racist Action (Jarrettsville) Maryland Coalition Against State Executions (MD CASE) Maryland Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Baltimore) Maryland Food Collective (College Park) Maryland Green Party Maryland Interfaith Legislative Committee (Annapolis) Maryland Jewish Alliance (Annapolis) Maryland Legislative Black Caucus (Annapolis) Maryland Province of the Jesuits New Ways Ministry (Mt. Rainier) Newman Center, Towson University (Towson) Office of the Public Defender (Baltimore) Peace and Justice Coalition, Prince George's County Presbytery of Baltimore (Baltimore) Prince George's Journal (Prince George's County) Religious of Jesus and Mary (Mt. Rainier) Religious Society of Friends, Bethesda Friends Meeting (Bethesda) Religious Society of Friends, Frederick Friends Meeting (Frederick) Religious Society of Friends, Union Bridge Monthly Meeting (Union Bridge) Saint Camillus Parish, Social Concerns Committee (Silver Spring) Saint John the Baptist Parish, Social Concerns Committee School Sisters of Notre Dame, Baltimore Province (Baltimore) School Sisters of Notre Dame, Baltimore Province, Provincial Council (Baltimore) Sisters of Charity, Southern Province (Princess Anne) Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (Silver Spring) Sisters of St. Francis Sisters of the Holy Names Justice and Peace Network (Silver Spring) St. Casimir Fraternity, Secular Franciscan Order (Catonsville) St. John the Evangelist Parish (Frederick) St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church (Baltimore) St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Justice and Peace Committee (Baltimore) Stony Run Friends Peace Community (Baltimore) United Methodist Church, Baltimore-Washington Conference (Columbia) Viva House Catholic Worker (Baltimore) Wednesday Night Liturgy / Quixote Center (Brentwood) World Peacemakers (Germantown) Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER) (Silver Spring)
Organizations Working FOR a Moratorium:	MD Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, prime sponsor of 2001 in House of Delegates, has championed a moratorium bill every year since 1997. MD Senator Clarence Blount, Senate Majority Leader, prime sponsor 2001 moratorium bill. MD Legislative Black Caucus.Former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke and current Mayor Martin O’Malley. Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan. Members of Congress Al Wynn, Elijah Cummings, and Connie Morella. Organizationally the Quixote Center led the effort on the moratorium bill in 2001. Quixote Center – Moratorium NOW P.O. Box 5206 Hyattsvillle, MD 20782 301-699-0042-(day) 301-864-2182-(fax) www.quixote.org/ej [email protected] Maryland Catholic Conference 188 Duke of Gloucester St. Annapolis, MD 21401-2515 Dick Dowling-executive director 410-269-1155-(day) 410-269-1790-(fax) [email protected] ACLU of Maryland 2219 St. Paul Street Baltimore, MD 21218 Susan Goering-contact 410-889-8555-(day) 410-366-7838-(fax) [email protected] www.aclu-md.org Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator Cathy Knepper-contact 301-564-0922--(day) [email protected] Campaign to End the Death Penalty Baltimore/Washington Chapters PO Box 5218 Takoma Park, MD 20913 Michael Stark-contact 202-726-1151-(phone) [email protected] Maryland Coalition Against State Executions* PO Box 39205 Baltimore, MD 21212 Lorig Charkoudian; Stephanie Gibson; Sherry Walker-contacts 410-243-8020--(phone) [email protected] www.mdcase.org
Clemency:	The Governor has the authority to commute any death sentence into confinement for a length of time that the Governor deems appropriate.
Who Decides Sentence:	Jury
Method of Execution:	Maryland authorizes lethal injection for those whose capital offences occurred as of 3/25/94. People who committed the offense before that date may select lethal injection or gas chamber.

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