A Broken System:
Error Rates in Capital Cases
State Report Card
ARIZONA, 1974-1995
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© 2000. James Liebman, Jeffrey Fagan and Valerie West
HistoryFirst Death Sentence 1974First Direct Appeal 1975 First Consensual Execution 1993 First Non-Consensual Execution 1992 Sentences and ExecutionsTotal Number of Death Sentences - 247Total Number of Executions - 4 Percentage of Death Sentences Carried Out - 2% Error RatesState Direct AppealNumber Reviewed on Direct Appeal - 197 Number Reversed on Direct Appeal - 82 Percentage Reversed on Direct Appeal - 42% Number Awaiting Direct Appeal - 50 Percentage Awaiting Direct Appeal - 20% Number Forward to State Post-Conviction - 115 State Post-Conviction Number Reviewed on Post-Conviction - Unknown Number Reversed on Post-Conviction 12 Percentage Reversed on Post-Conviction 10% Number Forward to Federal Habeas Corpus Unknown State Direct Appeal and State Post-Conviction Combined Overall Rate of Error Found by State Courts 48% Federal Habeas Corpus Number Reviewed on Habeas Corpus - 15 Number Reversed on Habeas Corpus - 9 Percentage Reversed on Habeas Corpus - 60% Overall Rates Including [and Excluding] State Post-Conviction Overall Error Rate - 79% [77%] Overall Success Rate - 21% [23%] Timing Time From First Death Sentence to First Non-Consensual Execution - 18.00 Average Time from Sentence to Execution - 16.00 Average Time from Sentence to Final Federal Relief - 9.00 Sentencing and Execution RatesDeath Sentences per 1000 Homicides - 40.98Death Sentences per 100,000 Population - 7.82 Death Sentences per 1000 Prison Population - 25.29 Non-Consensual Executions per 1000 Homicides - 0.50 Non-Consensual Executions per 100,000 Population - 0.09 Non-Consensual Executions per 1000 Prison Population - 0.31 Demographic InformationAverage Population - 3,068,591Average Homicides - 262 Average Homicides/ Average Population - 8.54 Average Prison Admissions - 3,540 Average Prison Population - 9,769 Percentage Population Non-White - 17% Court FactorsPolitical Pressure (judicial elections) - 7Party Competition (gubernatorial elections) - 1 State Court Criminal Caseload per 1000 Population - 36.69 Expenditures per Capita on Courts - 57.76 |
| Sources: DRCen; Death Row U.S.A., Winter 2000; DADB; HCDB; Appendix C; USCen; UCRDB; USCen; PrisCen; PolPres; CtCaLd; CtExpen |
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