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| Death
Penalty: |
YES |
| Prohibit
Execution of the Mentally Retarded: |
YES. 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: |
18 |
| Number
on Death Row: |
5 |
| Executions
Since 1976: |
1 |
| Race
of Defendants: |
1 white (20%), 2 black (40%), 1 Latino/a(20%), 1 Asian (20%) |
| Racial
Make-up of State Population: |
75% white, 17 Hispanic, 4% black, 2% Asian, 1% Native American |
| Innocents
Exonerated: |
NO |
| Columbia
University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases: |
Not included in study |
| Murder
Rate: |
4.6 per 100,000 (ranked 29th out of 51) |
| Governor: |
Bill Owens, (Republican),
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| Presidential
Vote: |
55% Gore, 42% Bush, 3% Nader |
| Organizations
Endorsing a Moratorium: |
County of San Miguel (Telluride)
Benet Hill Monastery (Colorado Springs)
Boulder County Bar Association (Boulder)
Cell Door Magazine (Mancos)
Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE), Colorado Chapter (Denver)
Coloradans Against the Death Penalty (Denver)
Colorado Bar Association
Gray Panthers of Colorado (Denver)
N.A.T.I.V.E.S. (Pueblo)
National Lawyers Guild, University of Denver College of Law chapter (Denver)
Pikes Peak Justice & Peace Commission (Colorado Springs)
Potters for Peace (Denver)
Prison Dharma Network (Boulder)
Religious Society of Friends, Mountain View Friends Meeting (Denver)
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center (Boulder)
Washington Park United Church of Christ (Denver)
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| Organizations
Working FOR a Moratorium: |
ACLU of Colorado
400 Corona St.
Denver, CO 80218
Sue Armstrong-contact
303-777-5482--(day)
303-777-1773--(fax)
[email protected]
Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator
Linda Silveira-contact
719-488-3128-phone
[email protected]
Coloradans Against the Death Penalty*
P.O. Box 1745
Denver, CO 80201-1745
Denise Madden-Darnell-contact
303-715-3163--(day)
303-715-2034--(fax)
[email protected]
www.coadp.org
Colorado Students Against the Death Penalty*
701 Arapahoe Ave. Apt. 103
Boulder, CO 80302
Wendy Trafton-contact
303-448-9517--(day)
303-448-9517--(eve)
[email protected]
Miller, Lane, Killmer & Greisen, LLP*
730 17th Street, Suite 600
Denver, Colorado 80202
David Lane-contact
303-534-6400-(phone)
[email protected]
Department of Sociology
University of Colorado
219 Ketchum, 327 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0327
303-492-6427-(phone)
303-492-8878-(fax) |
| Clemency: |
The Governor is fully authorized when he or she deems it proper and consistent with the public interest and the rights of the condemned to commute the sentence in any case by reducing the sentence to life imprisonment or a term of not less than 20 years of hard labor. |
| Who
Decides Sentence: |
A panel of three judges. July 2002, state legislature passed unanimous jury sentencing. |
| Method
of Execution: |
Lethal injection |
