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TIME ON FLORIDA'S DEATH ROW: A THEORY OF "BENIGN NEGLECT"
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TitleTIME ON FLORIDA'S DEATH ROW: A THEORY OF "BENIGN NEGLECT"
AuthorWillis, Angela
Keywordscapital punishment
delay
death row
AbstractThis thesis attempts to identify and explain what influences the length of time an inmate spends on Florida's death row. A systematic random sample of 33 Florida death row inmates was drawn from the Florida Department of Corrections death row roster and the Florida Commission on Capital Cases inmate roster. Documented for each death row inmate was how long he spent on Florida's death row navigating the various stages and steps in Florida's post-conviction capital punishment process. The data show that petitions to the state trial courts and appeals to the Florida Supreme Court take the longest time in Florida's post-conviction capital punishment process. It also shows a considerable amount of "dead time, " which refers to any additional time that an inmate spends on death row with no legal actions pending. A theory of "benign neglect" is proposed as the most likely explanation for the excessive delays.
AdviserBohm, Robert
PublisherUniversity of Central Florida
DegreeM.S.
Degree DisciplineDepartment of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Degree GrantorHealth and Public Affairs
Degree ProgramCriminal Justice MS
Graduation Date2008-01-01
TypeMaster's thesis
Access LevelPublic - Allow Worldwide Access
Release Date2008-09-05
RepositoryUniversity Archives
Repository CollectionElectronic Theses and Dissertations
IdentifierCFE0002328
Access Linkhttp://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002328

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