TABLE SET V: FEDERAL DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH

Explanatory Notes to Table Set V:

The tables in this set provide information about federal defendants who have been sentenced to death since 1988. Table 24-1 provides summary statistics about the 26 federal defendants against whom juries have returned death verdicts. Table 24-2 provides a case-by-case report of information about each of those 26 defendants. For each such defendant, the table provides the defendant's name, the defendant's race/ethnicity, the race/ethnicity of the victim(s) of the defendant's capital offense(s), the district in which the case was prosecuted,1 whether the case was authorized for capital prosecution before or after the implementation of the current review protocol, and a description of the capital offense(s) of conviction.

TABLE 24-1:	SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CASES IN WHICH A JURY HAS

RECOMMENDED IMPOSITION OF THE DEATH SENTENCE	(1988-2000)

Total

(All Cases)	Pre-Protocol Cases

(Cases Indicted 1988 - 1994)	Post-Protocol Cases

(Cases Indicted 1995 - 2000)
Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Other
Jury verdict of death	26	8	14	3	1	6	2	3	1	0	20	4	13	2	1
Awaiting formal imposition of sentence	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
Sentenced to death	24	8	14	1	1	6	2	3	1	0	18	4	13	0	1
Sentence vacated and defendant re-sentenced to life in prison	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sentence vacated and defendant awaiting further proceedings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0
Under a current sentence of death	19	4	13	1	1	5	1	3	1	0	14	3	10	0	1

TABLE 24-2: DESCRIPTION OF FEDERAL CASES IN WHICH A JURY HAS

RECOMMENDED IMPOSITION OF THE DEATH SENTENCE	(1988-2000)

(Cases in which no death sentence was pending as of July 20, 2000, in italics)

Name

Race of Defendant	Race of

Victims (number)

District

Pre- or

Post-Protocol

Capital offense(s)
Allen, Billie1	Black	White (1)	E.D. Mo.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 2113. Fatal shooting of a bank guard during a bank robbery.
Barnette, Aquilia	Black	Black (1)

White (1)	W.D. N.C.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 2119(3). Carjacking murder in North Carolina; additional murder in Virginia.
Battle, George	Black	Black (1)	N.D. Ga.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 1111. Murder of a prison guard.
Bernard, Brandon2	Black	White (2)	W.D. Tex.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 2119(3). Carjacking murder in Texas.
Chandler, David	White	White (1)	N.D. Ala.	Pre-Protocol	21 U.S.C. § 848(e). Murder-for-hire of suspected informant in narcotics case.
Chanthadara, Bountaem	Other	Other (1)	D. Kan.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 924(j). Robbery and murder of the proprietor of a restaurant.
Davis, Len3	Black	Black (1)	E.D. La.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 241, 1512. Civil rights murder by police officer who ordered the murder of a witness who saw him beat another individual.
Garza, Juan	Hispanic	Hispanic (3)	S.D. Tex.	Pre-Protocol	21 U.S.C. § 848(e). Murder by narcotics trafficker of three other traffickers.
Hall, Orlando4	Black	Black (1)	N.D. Tex.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 1201(a). Kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of a 16-year-old female.
Hammer, David Paul	White	White (1)	M.D. Penn.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 1111. Murder of a federal prison cellmate.

Name

Race of Defendant	Race of

Victims (number)

District

Pre- or

Post-Protocol

Capital offense(s)
Hardy, Paul3	Black	Black (1)	E.D. La.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 241, 1512. Civil rights murder by police officer who ordered the murder of a witness who saw him beat another individual.
Holder, Norris1	Black	White (1)	E.D. Mo.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 2113. Fatal shooting of a bank guard during a bank robbery.
Johnson, Cory5	Black	Black (9)	E.D. Va.	Pre-Protocol	21 U.S.C. § 848(e). Murders of suspected informants, rivals and others in connection with narcotics trafficking enterprise.
Johnson, Daryl	Black	Black (2)	N.D. Ill.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 1111(f). Gang leader who ordered the murder of a suspected informant and one other person.
Jones, Louis	Black	White (1)	N.D. Tex.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 1201(a). Kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of a soldier.

Lee, Daniel Lewis	White	White (3)	E.D. Ark.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 1959(a), 924(j). Murder of gun dealer and family in connection with a conspiracy to establish an exclusively White nation in the Pacific Northwest.
McCullah, John	White	White (1)	E.D. Okla.	Pre-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 848(e). Murder of person suspected of having stolen large quantity of cocaine from narcotics trafficking enterprise.
McVeigh, Timothy	White	Various (168)	W.D. Okla.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. §§ 2332a, 1114. Use of weapon of mass destruction resulting in 168 deaths (including murder of eight federal law enforcement officials) in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Ortiz, Arboleda A.6	Hispanic	Hispanic (1)	W.D. Mo.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 924 (j), 1958 (a). Murder of person suspected of stealing narcotics trafficking proceeds.
Paul, Jeffery	White	White (1)	W.D. Ark.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 1111(f). Robbery and murder on federal land in Arkansas.

Name

Race of Defendant	Race of

Victims (number)

District

Pre- or

Post-Protocol

Capital offense(s)
Roane, James5	Black	Black (9)	E.D. Va.	Pre-Protocol	21 U.S.C. § 848(e). Murders of suspected informants, rivals and others in connection with narcotics trafficking enterprise.
Sinisterra, German C.6	Hispanic	Hispanic (1)	W.D. Mo.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 924 (j), 1958 (a). Murder of person suspected of stealing narcotics trafficking proceeds.
Stitt, Richard	Black	Black (3)	E.D. Va.	Post-Protocol	21 U.S.C. § 848(e). Three murders in connection with narcotics trafficking enterprise.
Tipton, Richard5	Black	Black (9)	E.D. Va.	Pre-Protocol	21 U.S.C. § 848(e). Murders of suspected informants, rivals and others in connection with narcotics trafficking enterprise.
Vialva, Christopher2	Black	White (2)	W.D. Tex.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 2119(3). Carjacking murder in Texas.
Webster, Bruce4	Black	Black (1)	N.D. Tex.	Post-Protocol	18 U.S.C. § 1201(a). Kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of a 16-year-old female.

1. Allen and Holder were convicted for killing the same victim.

2. Bernard and Vialva were convicted for killing the same victims.

3. Davis and Hardy were convicted for killing the same victim.

4. Webster and Hall were convicted for killing the same victim.

5. Cory Johnson, Roane and Tipton were tried together for operating a continuing criminal enterprise.

6. Sinisterra and Ortiz were convicted for killing the same victim.