Procedural Reform of Jury Murder Convictions in Georgia, 1970-1978 (ICPSR 9265)

Version Date: Feb 17, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
David C. Baldus; George Woodworth; Charles A. Jr. Pulaski

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09265.v2

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Summary

The purpose of this data collection was to assess the impact of the 1973 reforms of the death penalty laws on the levels of arbitrariness and discrimination in capital sentencing in Georgia. The data cover two different periods corresponding to the periods before and after the reform: 1970-1972 and 1973-1978. Numerous measures of defendant blameworthiness were developed as a basis for assessing levels of arbitrariness and discrimination in Georgia's capital charging and sentencing system. Specific variables include race, sex, current offense, prior conviction and arrests, method of killing, and number of victims.

Citation

Baldus, David C., Woodworth, George, and Pulaski, Charles A. Jr. Procedural Reform of Jury Murder Convictions in Georgia, 1970-1978. [distributor], 1992-02-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09265.v2

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (80-JJ-CX-0035)

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Sample

Nonprobability sample for 1970-1972 and all cases (death and life sentence) convicted of murder at trial from 1973 to 1978.

Universe

All defendants convicted of murder at trial during 1973-1978, and for 1970-1972 all death cases plus life-sentence cases that resulted in a murder trial conviction in Georgia.

Data Source

Records of the Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, Georgia Department of Offender Rehabilitation, Georgia Bureau of Vital Statistics, and Georgia Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys

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Original Release Date

1989-12-15

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Baldus, David C., George Woodworth, and Charles A. Pulaski, Jr. PROCEDURAL REFORM OF JURY MURDER CONVICTIONS IN GEORGIA, 1970-1978. 2nd ICPSR release. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa College of Law [producer], 1981. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09265.v2
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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.