1043 AMH WINE PERR 04

HB 1043 - H AMD 000016 ADOPTED 2-15-93

By Representatives Wineberry, Appelwick, Quall, and Padden

     On page 2, after line 9 add a subsection to read as follows:

     "(5)  The office of the administrator for the courts shall conduct an ongoing comparison study of racial and gender proportionalities with respect to aggravated first degree murder cases before and after the effective date of this act.  The office shall report annually to each member of the legislature the cumulative results of its study.  The study shall specifically include, but not be limited to, gender and race proportionalities during the period from 1981 until the effective date of this act as compared to those same proportionalities during the period after the effective date of this act with respect to each of the following categories of aggravated first degree murder prosecutions:

(a) All cases in which the death penalty has not been sought;

(b) All cases in which the death penalty has been sought;

(c) All cases in which a sentence of death has been entered; and

(d) All cases in which a sentence of death has been carried out."

EFFECT:  Requires the office of the administrator for the courts to compare the racial and gender proportionalities of defendants in death penalty cases before and after the effective date of the change in the method of execution.