Form NPS-8 REPORT OF INMATE UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH

OMB No. 1121-0030: Approval Expires xx/xx/xxxx
FORM NPS-8
(03-13-2020)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

CENSUS USE ONLY

BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
and ACTING AS COLLECTING AGENT

a. Report year

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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: Economic Reimbursable Surveys Division 4600 Silver Hill
Rd, 6H048G, Washington, DC 20233

RETURN
TO
1. State

11. Date of arrest for

Inmate’s Dept. of Corrections ID.

2. Inmate name
Last

Important – Please read instructions on reverse
before completing this form.
capital offense

First

Middle
Initial

12. Date of conviction for
capital offense

13. Date of sentence for
3.

capital offense

Sex – Mark (X) appropriate box.
Male

1

2

Female

Hispanic
or Latino

Non-Hispanic
or Non-Latino

2

3

White
Black or African
American
American Indian
or Alaska Native
Asian

2
3
4

5. Date of birth

2

6

Month

Year

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

No

3
4

death – Mark (X) appropriate box.

Kidnap
Other – Specify

1
2

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

2
3
4
5

8.

3

Marital status at time of first imprisonment for capital
offense
1

4
5

6

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)

1
2
3
4
5
6

7
8
9
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

7

8

4
5
6
7

1
2
3
4

No charges pending
Charges pending

5
6

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

7
8

15.

UNKNOWN

8

Yes
⎫
No
⎬
Unknown ⎭

2
3

2
3

Skip to item 11

4
5

10b. Were any of these convictions for criminal homicide?
Yes, prior conviction for
1
2
8
9
3

Murder
Involuntary manslaughter
Manslaughter
Voluntary manslaughter
Vehicular manslaughter

Year

–
Month

Year

–

4
5

6
7

Attempted murder
Other – Specify

No
Unknown

Month

Executed – Enter date and skip
to item 15 . . . . . . . . . .
Deceased by other causes –
Enter date and skip to
item 16 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Capital sentence declared
unconstitutional by State or
U.S. Supreme Court . . . . .
Sentence commuted . . . . .
Conviction affirmed, sentence
overturned by appellate or higher
court . .
Conviction and sentence over
turned by appellate or
higher court . . . . . . . . .

Year

–
–
–
–
–
–

Other – Specify

Information not available at this office

6

16.

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

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

10a. Prior felony conviction(s) – Mark (X) appropriate box.
1

Month

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

UNDER SENTENCE
3

–

14d. Current status of inmate removed from sentence of

UNDER SENTENCE
2

Year

–

9. Legal status at time of capital offense
Mark (X) appropriate box. NOT
1

Month

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

CENSUS USE ONLY

7.

–

NO FURTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR THIS INMATE

Number of death sentences imposed
Murder
Rape

Year

Sentence of death removed – Skip to items 14c and 14d

on December 31, 2019?

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific
Islander
Additional racial category in your
information system – Specify

5

6. Capital offense(s) for which imprisoned

2

Month

14b. Was this inmate on escape or at a mental hospital

–

1

–

appropriate box.
Under sentence of death – Continue with item 14b
1

Not known

4b. Race – Mark one or more.
1

Year

14a. Inmate status on December 31, 2019. Mark (X)

4a. Ethnicity – Mark (X) appropriate box.
1

Month

Lethal injection
Electrocution
Lethal gas
Hanging
Firing squad
Other – Specify

Cause of death other than execution Mark (X)
the appropriate box.
Natural causes
1
Suicide
2
Murdered by another inmate
3
Other – Specify
4

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 4a. 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 4b. 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 5. Date of Birth. Enter two digits for month (e.g.,
January=01) and four digits for year.

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 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 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 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 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.

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.

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.

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."

FORM NPS-8 (03-13-2020)