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

FORM

NPS-8A

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

(10-01-2022)

UPDATE REPORT OF INMATES
UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH
NATIONAL PRISONER STATISTICS

U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Justice Statistics
and Acting as Collecting Agent
U.S. Department of Commerce
Economic and Statistics Administration
U.S. Census Bureau

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

Part B – STATUS OF INMATE
14a. Was this inmate still under sentence of death on
December 31, 2022?
1
2

14d. As of TODAY, what is the status of this inmate?

Yes – Continue with item 14b
No, sentence of death removed – SKIP to items 14c and 14d

1
2
3

14b. Was this inmate on escape or at a mental hospital
on December 31, 2022?
Month
1
Yes, on escape – Enter month
and year of escape
Yes, at a mental hospital –
Month
2
Enter month and year of
transfer to mental hospital
3
No

Year

Year

NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS INMATE
14c. (1) In what month and year
was this inmate removed from
under sentence of death?

4
5

7

Other – Specify
No action has been taken since removal from sentence of death

8

Information not available at this office

6

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

Month

Year

2
3
4

(2) What was the reason this inmate was removed from under
sentence of death?
1
2
3
4
5
6

Executed – SKIP to item 15
Deceased by other causes – 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 overturned by appellate or higher
court

7

Other – Specify

8

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

5
6

Lethal injection
Electrocution
Lethal gas
Hanging
Firing squad
Other - Specify

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

3

Natural causes
Suicide
Murdered by another inmate

4

Other – Specify

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2

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