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SUMMARY:Criminology Forum- “Murder Case Processing and the Death Penalty in PA:
2000-2010”
DESCRIPTION:\nDr. Jeffery Ulmer\, Professor of Sociology and Criminology
\, Associate Department Head and Dr. Gary Zajac\, Managing Director Crim
inal Justice Research Center will be presenting &ldquo\;Murder Case Proc
essing and the Death Penalty in PA: 2000-2010.&rdquo\; The death penalty
and murder sentencing are the most consequential punishment decisions i
n U.S. society. There has been long-standing concern about disparity in
these decisions\, most prominently\, disparity based on the race/ethnici
ty and gender of defendants and victims\, as well as concern about diffe
rences in case outcomes related to legal representation\, and difference
s between court jurisdictions. We examine murder case processing with a
focus on decisions surrounding the death penalty in first degree murders
. We collected basic statistical data on 4\,274 cases charged with homic
ide in Pennsylvania from 2000 to 2010\, and then collected highly detail
ed data from courts and prosecutors&rsquo\; offices on a subset of 880 f
irst degree murder convictions in 18 of Pennsylvania&rsquo\;s 67 countie
s. Utilizing propensity score weighting methods\, we examined: 1) prosec
utors&rsquo\; decisions to seek the death penalty\, 2)prosecutors&rsquo\
; decisions to retract a motion to seek the death penalty once it is fil
ed\, and 3) court decisions to sentence defendants to death or life with
out parole. We conclude by describing our extension of this research to
include non-capital murders and earlier case processing decisions by pro
secutors. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Criminal Justice Research
Center and the Department of Sociology and Criminology.\n\nFor more deta
ils: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/criminology_forum-_murder_case_proc
essing_and_the_death_penalty_in_pa_2000-2010/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Dr. Jeffery Ulm
er, Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Associate Department Head an
d Dr. Gary Zajac, Managing Director Criminal Justice Research Center wil
l be presenting “Murder Case Processing and the Death Penalty i
n PA: 2000-2010.” The death penalty and murder sentencing are
the most consequential punishment decisions in U.S. society. There has b
een long-standing concern about disparity in these decisions, most promi
nently, disparity based on the race/ethnicity and gender of defendants a
nd victims, as well as concern about differences in case outcomes relate
d to legal representation, and differences between court jurisdictions.
We examine murder case processing with a focus on decisions surrounding
the death penalty in first degree murders. We collected basic statistica
l data on 4,274 cases charged with homicide in Pennsylvania from 2000 to
2010, and then collected highly detailed data from courts and prosecuto
rs’ offices on a subset of 880 first degree murder convictions in
18 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties. Utilizing propensity score weigh
ting methods, we examined: 1) prosecutors’ decisions to seek the d
eath penalty, 2)prosecutors’ decisions to retract a motion to seek
the death penalty once it is filed, and 3) court decisions to sentence
defendants to death or life without parole. We conclude by describing ou
r extension of this research to include non-capital murders and earlier
case processing decisions by prosecutors. This lecture is co-sponsored b
y the Criminal Justice Research Center and the Department of Sociology a
nd Criminology.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/criminology_forum-_mu
rder_case_processing_and_the_death_penalty_in_pa_2000-2010/
LOCATION:302 Pond Laboratory
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