The Moratorium Campaign


Death Penalty:	YES
Prohibit Execution of the Mentally Retarded:	YES (except for murder by a prisoner). However, this state will need to redefine its definition of mental retardation to conform to the recent United States Supreme Court decision Atkins v. Virginia, which held that it is a violation of the United States Constitution to execute persons with an IQ of less than 70.
Life Without Parole:	YES
Minimum Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty:	"more than" 18
Number on Death Row:	5
Race of Defendants:	3 white (60%), 1 black (20%), 1 Latino/a (20%)
Racial Make-up of State Population:	62% white, 16% black, 15% Hispanic, 6% Asian
Innocents Exonerated:	NO
Columbia University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases:	Not included in study
Murder Rate:	5.1 per 100,000 (ranked 26rd out of 51)
Governor:	George E. Pataki, (Republican),
Presidential Vote:	60% Gore, 35% Bush, 4% Nader
Public Opinion on the Death Penalty:	To follow.
Organizations Endorsing a Moratorium:	City of Buffalo Town of Greenburgh City of Mount Vernon Town of New Castle City of New York City of Rochester (Rochester) Abbey of the Genessee (Piffard) The Activism Center at Wetlands Preserve (New York) American Psychiatric Association, Bronx District Branch (Bronx) Amnesty International, Group 9 (New York) Amnesty International, Group 11 (New York) Amnesty International, Group 27 (Brooklyn) Amnesty International, Group 73 (Ithaca) Amnesty International, Group 89 (Brockport and Rochester) Amnesty International, Group 361 (Albany) Amnesty International, Scarsdale High School (Scarsdale) Asbury First United Methodist Church, Social Concerns Committee (Rochester) Asbury First United Methodist Church, Spiritual Life Committee (Rochester) Association of Legal Aid Attorneys / United Auto Workers, Local 2325 (New York) Assumption of Our Lady Parish, Social Ministry Committee (Fairport) Bath Peace and Justice Group (Bath) The Brecht Forum, Inc. (New York) Calvary / St. Andrew's Parish, Sweet Adeline Chorus and Organization (Rochester) Casa de la Paz Catholic Worker (Wyandanch) Catholic Family Center (Rochester) Catholic Newman Center at Queens College (Flushing) Center for Constitutional Rights (New York) Cephas Attica, Inc. (Rochester) The Chaplainey Service (Valhalla) Cherish Life Circle (Brooklyn) Christ Sun of Justice, Social Concerns Committee (Wynantskill) Citizen Soldier (New York) Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants, (CURE), New York Chapter (Katonah) Committee for International Human Rights Inquiry (New York) Common Ground of Upstate New York, Consistent Life Awareness Fund (Webster) Corning Painted-Post Roman Catholic Community (Corning) Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, Rochester (Rochester) Democratic Committee of the Town of Fishkill (Fishkill) Disabled In Action of Metropolitan New York (New York) District Council 37 Municipal Employees Union (New York) Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, NY (Sparkill) Downtown United Presbyterian Church, Action for Church and Society Together (Rochester) Episcopal Diocese of Rochester (Rochester) Ethical Culture Society of Queens (Woodside) Feminists for Life of New York Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (Bronx) Franciscan Sisters of the Poor (Brooklyn) Franciscans / Ministry of the Word, OFM (Province of Holy Name) (New York) Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace (Geneseo) Good Shepherd Parish, Social Ministry Committee (Hennrietta) Greater Rochester Community of Churches (Rochester) Green Party of New York State, Genesee Valley / Rochester Greens Green Party of New York State, O'aht-Ka Green Party (Rochester) HIV Prison Project (New York) House of Mercy (Rochester) Ibero American Action League (Rochester) Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Parish Pastoral Council (Schenectady) Insiders & Outsiders: Rochester Women for Women Prisoners (Rochester) Intercommunity Center for Justice and Peace (New York) Interfaith Alliance, Rochester Chapter (Rochester) Interfaith Impact of New York State InterReligious Council of Central New York, Cabinet of Faith Leaders (Syracuse) Irondequoit United Church of Christ, Peacemaking Focus Group (Rochester) Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (New York) Judicial Process Commission (Rochester) Kairos Community, New York (New York) Kairos Community, Rochester (Rochester) L.D. & J. Associates, Inc. (New York) Long Island Catholic Peace Fellowship (Wyandaneh) Medical Missionaries of Mary, Bronx (Bronx,City Island) Medical Society of the State of New York Men in Transition (Rochester) Metro Justice of Rochester (Rochester) Monroe County Bar Association (Rochester) Municipal Employees Union, DC37 New Faith Community (Rochester) New York Civil Liberties Union, Central New York Chapter (Syracuse) New York Civil Liberties Union, Genesee Valley Chapter (Rochester) New York Committees of Correspondence (New York) New York County Lawyers' Association, Criminal Justice Section (New York) New York State Bar Association (Albany) New York State Democratic Committee (New York) New York State Psychiatric Association The New York Times (New York) New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty (Albany) Onondaga County / Syracuse Commission on Human Rights (Syracuse) Parish of Saint Andrew the Apostle (Syracuse) Parsells Avenue Community Church Board (Rochester) Pax Christi Long Island (New York) Pax Christi Metro New York (New York) Pax Christi Rochester (Churchville) Pax Christi Syracuse (Syracuse) Peace Action of Central New York, Board of Directors (Syracuse) Peace, Environment, and Justice Small Christian Community (Rochester) People Against the Death Penalty, Central New York (Syracuse) People For Peltier (Ghent) Politics of Food Program (Rochester) Presbyterian Church (USA), Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse (Syracuse) Presbyterian Church (USA), Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse, Compassion and Advocacy Committee (Syracuse) Reformed Church in America, General Synod (New York) Religious of the Sacred Heart (Albany) Religious Society of Friends, Fifteenth Street Monthly Meeting (New York) Religious Society of Friends, Rochester Friends Meeting (Rochester) Religious Society of Friends, Rockland Friends Monthly Meeting (Blauvelt) Riverside Church, Church Council (New York) Rochester Area Children's Collaborative (Rochester) Rochester Zen Center (Rochester) Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, Commission on Peace and Justice (Albany) Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester (Rochester) Sacred Heart Church (Gloverville) Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Hospital Workers, District 1199 (Rochester) Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of New York / Sisters of Charity Center (Bronx) Sisters of Mercy, Brooklyn Regional Community (Brooklyn) Sisters of Mercy, Regional Community, Rochester (Rochester) Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine (Suffern) Sisters of Social Service of Buffalo, NY (Buffalo) Sisters of St. Dominic (Amityville) Sisters of St. Dominic, General Council (Amityville) Sisters of St. Francis, TOR (Williamsville) Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Albany Province Assembly (Albany) Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood (Hempstead) Sisters of St. Joseph, Buffalo (Buffalo) Sisters of St. Joseph, Central Administration and Peace and Justice Committee (Rochester) Sisters of St. Joseph, Rochester (Rochester) Sisters of St. Joseph, Utica (Utica) Sisters of the Divine Compassion, Good Counsel Convent (White Plains) Sisters of the Good Shepherd (New York) Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, New York Province, Leadership Team (Albany) Sisters of the Presentation (Staten Island) Sisters of the Presentation, Leadership Team (New Windsor) Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary (Tarrytown) Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Eastern American Province, Rochester, Provincial Council (Rochester) Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Eastern American Province, Tarrytown, Provincial Council (Tarrytown) Sisters of the Third Franciscan Order of Syracuse (Syracuse) Smokejumper Management (New York) Socialist Forum Committee (Syracuse) South Country Peace Group (Bellport) St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Pastoral Council (New York) St. Bridget Church, Rochester (Rochester) St. Jerome's Church St. John/St. Francis/St. Patrick Social Ministry (Oswego) St. Joseph's House of Hospitality/Rochester Catholic Worker (Rochester) St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Prayer Group (Hewlett) St. Margaret Mary Church, Apalachin (Apalachin) St. Mary of the Assumption Church (Scottsville) St. Mary's Church (Rochester) St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Respect for Life Committee (Rockaway Beach) St. Salome, Social Ministry Committee (Rochester) St. Vincent Ferrer Pax Christi Group (Brooklyn) Task Force to Reduce Violence Temple B'rith Kodesh, Social Action Committee (Rochester) Thorpe Family Residence, Inc. (Bronx) Three Parks Independent Democrats (New York) Tomkins County Coalition Against the Death Penalty (Ithaca) Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Big Flats) United Church of Fayetteville (Fayetteville) United Methodist Church, Rochester District (Rochester) Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk, U.S. Province, Leadership Team (Jamaica) Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (New York) Westchester People's Action Coalition (WESPAC) (Westchester) Westchester Psychiatric Society Women Against a Violent Environment (Rochester) Women for Women's Rights (Henrietta) Women's Action for New Directions (WAND), Rochester Chapter (Rochester) Woodstock Jewish Congregation (Woodstock) Worker Council of Jail Ministry (Syracuse) Workman's Circle, New York Region (New York)
Organizations Working FOR a Moratorium:	Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator Dee Fowler Chapman-contact 716-881-1585-(eve) [email protected] Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator Nancy Hoffman-contact 212-982-8520-(phone) [email protected] Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator Pam Kasa-contact 914-424-3385-(phone) [email protected] Campaign to End the Death Penalty New York Chapter Lucy Herschel-(contact) 212-330-7056-(phone) [email protected] Campaign to End the Death Penalty Rochester Chapter Brian Erway-contact 716-235-3049-(phone) Mark Jacobs Board Member of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty 46 Highland Dr. Garrison, NY 10524 914-739-3402-(phone) Judicial Process Commission 121 North Fitzhugh Street Rochester, NY 14614 Clare Regan, Sue Porter-contact 716-325-7727--(day) 716-325-2165--(fax) Doug Magee* 1659 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10029 212-348-5877-(day) 212-348-7879-(fax) [email protected] Jim Murphy 207 Riverside Ave. Scotia, NY 12302 518-382-7505--(day) [email protected] New York Civil Liberties Union 125 Broad St. New York, NY 10004 Norman Siegel-contact 212-344-3005--(day) 212-344-3318--(fax) [email protected] www.nyclu.org New York Lawyers Against the Death Penalty* David Kaczynski, executive director 4 Times Square Room 40-424 New York, NY 10036-6595 Ron Tabak-contact 212-735-2226-(day) 917-777-2226-(fax) [email protected] New York State Defenders Association* 194 Washington Avenue Ste 500 Albany, NY 12210 Jonathan Gradess-contact 518-465-3524-(day) 514-465-3249-(fax) [email protected] www.nysda.org New Yorkers Against Death Penalty* David Kaczynski, executive director 40 North Main Avenue Albany, NY 12203 (or) 255 Martin Luther King Blvd. White Plains, NY 10601, (518)453-6797, [email protected] Nancy Hammond-contact 914-946-4456-(day) 914-682-9499-(fax) [email protected] www.nyadp.org NYU Clinical Law Center 161 Avenue of the Americas, 4th floor New York, NY 10013 Anthony Amsterdam-contact 212-998-6635-(day) 212-995-4027-(fax) [email protected] People Against the Death Penalty* P.O. Box 6424 Syracuse, NY 13217 Margaret Stinson-contact 315-637-3344--(day) Reconciliation Network: Don't Kill in My Name 1150 Buffalo Road Rochester, NY 14624 Jan Armantrout-contact 716-328-3210-(day) Anastasia Sereda 240 W. 65th St. #11C New York, NY 10023 212-873-2815-(phone) Linda Thurston 187 St. Mark's Avenue Apartment 2R Brooklyn, NY 11238 718-857-7167-(eve) 212-656-1410--(fax) [email protected] WESPAC, Westchester People's Action Coalition 255 Dr. M.L. King Jr. Blvd. White Plains, NY 10601 914-682-0488-(phone)
Clemency:	The Governor has the sole authority to commute a death sentence to a term of life without parole.
Who Decides Sentence:	Jury
Geographic Disparities:	50% (3) of the people on death row are from Suffolk County in Long Island. Although nearly 1/3 of indictments for 1st degree murder are in Manhattan and the Bronx, Suffolk and Monroe counties sought the death penalty in the highest percentage of cases among all NY counties.
Method of Execution:	Lethal injection

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