[Lady Sidhe]

Here's a little info I found:


This year, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA), introduced the "Innocence Protection Act" (H.R. 912 and S. 486), a bill that would provide new safeguards in capital cases. 234 Representatives, and 25 Senators have cosponsored the House and Senate Bills respectively.

For more info on this, here's a website:
http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/legi...A?OpenDocument


Here are some stats on race, as of Jan 01, 2002:

Race--Number--Percent

White-- 1,701 -- 46.71%

Black -- 1,562 -- 42.77%

Hispanic-- 312 -- 8.54%

Native American -- 45 -- 1.23%

Asian -- 32 -- 0.88%


The average time between sentencing and execution is 9 & 1/2 years.



Sidhe