NPS-8A Update Report on Inmates Under Sentence of Death

OMB No. 1121-0030: Approval Expires XX/XX/XXXX
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FORM NPS-8A
(10-18-2010)

BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
and ACTING AS COLLECTING AGENT

UPDATE REPORT OF INMATES
UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

NATIONAL PRISONER STATISTICS
Part A – IDENTIFICATION OF INMATE
1. Year reported
2. Census assigned I.D. number
3. State
4. Name
5. Sex
6. Ethnicity
7. Race
8. Birth date
9. Capital offense
10. Marital status at time of first imprisonment for capital offense
11. Highest year of education completed at time of first imprisonment for capital offense
12. Legal status at time of capital offense
13a. Prior felony convictions
13b. Were any of these convictions for criminal homicide?
14. Date of arrest for capital offense
15. Date of conviction for capital offense
16. Date of sentence for capital offense

Part B – STATUS OF INMATE
1. Was this inmate still under sentence of death on
December 31, 2010?
1
Yes – Continue with item 2
No, sentence of death removed – SKIP to item 3
2
2. Was this inmate on escape or at a mental hospital
on December 31, 2010?
Month
Year
1
Yes, on escape – Enter
month and year of escape
Month
Year
Yes, at a mental hospital –
2
Enter month and year of
transfer to mental hospital
3
No
NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS
REQUIRED FOR THIS INMATE
3. In what month and year was
this inmate removed from
under sentence of death?

Month

Year

5. As of TODAY, what is the status of this inmate?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

1
2
3

Executed – SKIP to item 6
Deceased by other causes – SKIP to item 7
Capital sentence declared unconstitutional by State or
U.S. Supreme Court

7

Sentence commuted
Conviction affirmed, sentence overturned by appellate or
higher court
Conviction and sentence overturned by appellate or higher
court
Other – Specify

8

Information not available at this office

4
5
6

USCENSUSBUREAU

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

6. Method of execution – Mark (X) one box showing how the
inmate was executed.
1
2
3
4

4. What was the reason this inmate was removed
from under sentence of death?

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

5
6

Lethal injection
Electrocution
Lethal gas
Hanging
Firing squad
Other – Specify

7. Cause of death other than execution – Mark (X) the
appropriate box.

3

Natural causes
Suicide
Murdered by another inmate

4

Other – Specify

1
2

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