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15 Rutgers L.J. 399 (1983-1984)
Proportionality Review in New Jersey: An Indispensable Safeguard in the Capital Sentencing Process

handle is hein.journals/rutlj15 and id is 409 raw text is: PROPORTIONALITY REVIEW IN NEW JERSEY: AN INDISPENSABLE SAFEGUARD IN THE CAPITAL SENTENCING PROCESS Joseph H. Rodriguez* Michael L. Perlin** John M. Apicella*** I. INTRODUCTION On October 4, 1983, at about 11:00 p.m. in Texas, James D. Autry, one of the approximately 1300 inmates' housed on death row i'n America, lay t The authors gratefully acknowledge the aid and assistance of Catherine A. Hanssens, Esq., Assistant Deputy Public Defender; and Ms. Francine A. Lee, Legal Secretary, New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate. * Commissioner, New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate, Public Defender, Trenton, New Jersey. ** Associate Professor of Law, New York Law School. A.B. 1966, Rutgers University; J.D. 1969, Columbia University School of Law. The author was formerly Special Counsel to the Commissioner, Department of the Public Advocate, Trenton, N.J. *** Assistant Deputy Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Appellate Section, East Orange, New Jersey. 1. As of March 1, 1984, according to records kept by the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., there were 1311 inmates on death row as follows: RACES Native Method of State No. Black White Hisp. American Asian Unkn Execution Alabama 71 47 24 Electrocution Arizona 50 5 39 5 1 Gas Chamber Arkansas 23 8 14 1 Lethal Injection (or choice of electrocution if sentenced before 3/24/83) California 153 56 65 25 4 3 Gas Chamber Colorado 2 2 Gas Chamber Delaware 6 3 3 Lethal Injection Florida 203 83 115 5 Electrocution Georgia 114 54 60 Electrocution Idaho 9 8 1 Lethal Injection or Firing Squad Illinois 59 33 22 4 Lethal Injection Indiana 25 11 14 Electrocution Kentucky 19 2 17 Electrocution