NPS-8 Report on Inmate Under Sentence of Death

Draft 2 (10-18-2010)
FORM NPS-8
(10-20-2010)

OMB No. 1121-0030: Approval Expires xx/xx/xxxx

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

CENSUS USE ONLY

BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
and ACTING AS COLLECTING AGENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

a. Report year

Economics and Statistics Administration

b.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

REPORT OF INMATE UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH

Card____of____Cards

NATIONAL PRISONER STATISTICS
U.S. Census Bureau
ATTN: Demographic Surveys Division
Washington, DC 20233

RETURN
TO
1. State

Important – Please read instructions on reverse
before completing this form.
11. Date of arrest for

Inmate’s Dept. of Corrections ID.

capital offense

Month

Year

–
2. Inmate name
Last

First

Middle
Initial

12. Date of conviction for
capital offense

Male

1

2

Year

–
13. Date of sentence for
capital offense

3. Sex – Mark (X) appropriate box.

Month

Month

Year

–

Female

14a. Inmate status on December 31, ________
4a. Ethnicity – Mark (X) appropriate box.
Hispanic
2
Non-Hispanic
3
Not known
or Latino
or Non-Latino
4b. Race – Mark one or more.
1
White
5
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific
Islander
2
Black or African
Additional racial category in your
American
6
information system – Specify
3
American Indian
or Alaska Native
4
Asian
1

5. Date of birth

Month

Mark (X) appropriate box.
1
Under sentence of death – Continue with item b
2
Sentence of death removed – Skip to items c and d

14b. Was this inmate on escape or at a mental
hospital on December 31?
1

Yes, on escape – Enter month
and year of escape

2

Yes, at a mental hospital –
Enter month and year of
transfer to mental hospital

3

Year

Kidnap
Other – Specify

Executed – Enter date and
skip to item 15

–

2

Deceased by other causes –
Enter date and skip to
item 16

–

Capital sentence declared
unconstitutional by State or
U.S. Supreme Court

–

capital offense
Married – Include common law marriage
Divorced or separated
Widowed
Never married
Not known

4
5

6

8. Highest year of education completed at time of
first imprisonment for capital offense
7th grade or less
8th grade
9th grade
10th grade
11th grade
12th grade –
(Include GED)

01
02
03
04
05
06

07
08
09
10
11
12

1st year of college
2nd year of college
3rd year of college
4th year of college
More than 4 years of college
Not Known

9. Legal status at time of capital offense

7

8

1

3
4
5
6

UNDER SENTENCE
3
4
5
6
7

On probation
On parole
On escape
Imprisoned
Other – Specify legal status

7
8

10a. Prior felony conviction(s) – Mark (X) appropriate box.
Yes
⎫
No
⎬ Skip to item 11
Unknown ⎭

1
2
3

10b. Were any of these convictions for criminal homicide?
Yes, prior conviction for
Murder
02
Involuntary manslaughter
08
Manslaughter
09
Voluntary manslaughter
03
Vehicular manslaughter
01

USCENSUSBUREAU

–

Other – Specify

Information not available at this office

Under new sentence of
Awaiting retrial to determine guilt
Awaiting resentencing only (guilt affirmed)
Found not guilty in retrial
All charges on capital offense dropped
Other – Specify

No action has been taken since removal from
sentence of death
Information not available at this office

15. Method of execution – Mark (X) one box showing how

UNKNOWN

8

–

death – Mark (X) the one box showing the inmate’s status as of
the day you fill out this report, i.e., TODAY.

NOT UNDER SENTENCE
2

Conviction and sentence
over turned by appellate or
higher court

–

14d. Current status of inmate removed from sentence of

2

No charges pending
Charges pending

Sentence commuted
Conviction affirmed,
sentence overturned by
appellate or higher court

–

Mark (X) appropriate box.

1

Year

1

3

5

–

Month

7. Marital status at time of first imprisonment for

4

Year

death – Mark (X) appropriate box.

CENSUS USE ONLY

3

Month

No

Number of death sentences imposed

2

–

14c. Reason for inmate’s removal from under sentence of

6. Capital offense(s) for which imprisoned

1

Year

NO FURTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR THIS INMATE

–

Murder
Rape

Month

04
05

06
07

Attempted murder
Other – Specify

No
Unknown

the inmate was executed.
01
Lethal injection
02
Electrocution
03
Lethal gas
04
Hanging
05
Firing squad
06
Other – Specify

16. Cause of death other than execution
Mark (X) the appropriate box.
01
Natural causes
02
Suicide
03
Murdered by another inmate
04
Other – Specify

Draft 2 (10-18-2010)
INSTRUCTIONS
Please complete one card for each person who: (1) entered your State’s
correctional system under sentence of death at any time during the report
year, or (2) had received a sentence of death in a previous year but was not
previously reported. Attempt to answer all items.

Item b. Card of Cards. Complete this item to
insure proper accounting of all persons under
sentence of death in your correctional system who
have not been previously reported.

Item 9. Legal status at time of capital
offense. If the person was known to be free in all
states with no criminal charges pending at the time of
the offense(s) in Item 6, mark "Not under sentence –
no charges pending.

Item 4a. Race
(1) White. A person having origins in any of the
original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North
Africa.
(2) Black or African American. A person having
origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
(3) American Indian or Alaska Native. A
person having origins in any of the original peoples of
North America and South America (including Central
America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or
community attachment.
(4) Asian. A person having origins in any of the
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
the Indian Subcontinent including, for example,
Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and
Vietnam.
(5) Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. A
person having origins in any of the original peoples of
Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
(6) Additional categories in your system.
Any designation not covered by the above categories.
Please specify in the space provided.
Item 4b. Ethnicity. Hispanic or Latino persons are
those of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or
Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin,
regardless of race.

Item 10a. Prior felony conviction(s). If the
person was known to have been convicted of any
felony before being convicted of the offense(s) in
Item 6, mark "Yes" and answer Item 10b.
Item 10b. Prior conviction for criminal
homicide. If any prior felony conviction referenced in
Item 10a was for criminal homicide, mark "Yes" and
mark the type(s) of criminal homicide. If convicted of a
type not listed, mark "other" and specify the type.
Item 12. Date of conviction for capital
offense. Generally a person receives only one
conviction for a single or multiple capital offenses. In
this case, enter the month and year the inmate was
found guilty of the capital offense(s) in Item 6. If a
person was convicted of more than one capital offense
and received more than one death sentence, not all on
the same date, record the earliest date that the
person was found guilty. If a person’s previous
conviction for the offense(s) shown in Item 6 was
overturned, but the person was subsequently retried
and found guilty, enter the most recent month and
year of conviction. Do not enter the date an appeal
was rejected or the person was admitted to prison.
Item 13. Date of sentence for capital
offense. Enter the date the person was formally
sentenced to death by the court. The date must be the
same as or later than the conviction date in Item 12.
Item 14a. Inmate status on December 31, ____ .
Indicate whether or not the inmate was under sentence of
death at the end of the report year.

Item 5. Date of Birth. Enter two digits for month
(e.g., January=01) and four digits for year.
Item 6. Capital offense for which
imprisoned. Mark only those offenses for which a
capital sentence was levied in this jurisdiction. Enter
the number of death sentences the inmate received
in the space provided.
Item 7. Marital status at time of first
imprisonment for capital offense. "Time of first
imprisonment" refers to the inmate’s original time of
arrival at prison after his first sentencing to death.
Separated does not include separation because of
imprisonment.
Item 8. Highest year of education
completed at time of first imprisonment for
capital offense. Time frame as in Item 7 above.
Include high school equivalency (GED) as "12th
grade."

Item 14b. Indicate if the inmate was on escape or at
a mental hospital. Enter the month and year of escape
or transfer to mental hospital.
Item 14c. Reason for removal from sentence
of death. Complete this item only if the sentence of
death was removed during the report year or earlier.
Mark the box which most accurately describes the
means by which the death sentence was removed.
14d. Current status of Inmate removed from
sentence of death. Mark the one box which best
describes the inmate’s legal status as of THE DATE
THIS REPORT IS COMPLETED. If "Under new
sentence", enter length of new sentence.

FORM NPS-8 (10-20-2010)