News from Delaware from Anne Coleman at Amnesty anti death penalty coordinator
Date: 15. januar 1998 04:08

Delaware: The # 1 per capita execution state in the union is in the middle or constructing 900 new beds at the Delaware Correctional Center:
Emergency funding was given to construct a new Execution Chamber, which should be ready some time this year:
This tiny state of less than 700.000. people has executed 8 people since it resumed killing people.
There are 15 men on Delaware's death row . The average time on death row is 4.8 Years.
The possibility still exists for 1 more hanging in this state. 5 Death row inmates have got to the U.S. District Court in less than 5 years.
Anne Coleman
Amnesty anti death penalty co-ordinator
for the State of Delaware