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Death row population, executions declining
Last year, 144 inmates in 25 states were given the death penalty, 24 fewer than in 2002 and less than half the average of 297 between 1994 and 2000, according to the Justice Department.
WASHINGTON — The number of people sentenced to death reached a 30-year low in 2003, when the death row population fell for the third year in a row, the government reported yesterday.
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Death penalty opponents say the report shows how wary the public is of executions, heightened by concerns about whether the punishment is administered fairly and publicity about those
wrongly convicted. Illinois emptied its death row in 2003 after several inmates were found to be innocent.
"What we're seeing is hesitation on the death penalty, skepticism, reluctance," said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. "I do think there is some concern about the death penalty and it's reflected in death sentences from juries."
Opponents also point to other possible reasons, including continuing fallout from Supreme Court decisions requiring that juries be told that life in prison without parole is an alternative to death.
Dieter said 47 states now offer a life-without-parole sentence as
Supporters doubt the decline signifies a major shift in public opinion about the death penalty, which is in effect in 38 states and the federal justice system.
an option for at least some convictions, compared with 30 in 1993.
"I don't think the numbers mean a lot quite frankly," said Dianne Clements, president of the victims advocacy group Justice For All. "I don't think it means a change in death penalty attitudes. I think it means the numbers change."
At the end of last year, 3,374 prisoners awaited execution, 188 fewer than in 2002, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Illinois accounted for 91 percent of the decline, the
result of then-Gov. George Ryan's decision to commute the death sentences of 167 inmates to life in prison and to pardon four others.
Nationally, 267 people were removed from death row last year. That was the largest drop since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty, according to the report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Last year, 65 people, all men, were executed. Texas again was the leader, with 24, followed by Oklahoma with 14 and North Carolina with 7. No other state had more than three.
All but one of those men were killed by lethal injection. The other was electrocuted.
Since 1977, 885 inmates were executed through 2003 by 32 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Two-thirds of them were in five states: Texas, Virginia, Oklahoma, Missouri and Florida.
The report also found:
Of death row inmates, 56 percent were white, while 42 percent were black. Hispanics, who can be of any race, accounted for 12 percent of inmates whose ethnicity was known.
States with the largest number of death row inmates were California with 629, Texas with 453 and Florida with 364.
Ten people died while awaiting execution in 2003—six from natural causes and four from suicide.
H.O.P.E.: Psychology professor a student favorite
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"He has a passion for what he teaches and, through his passion, he brings students into the actual world of abnormal psychology," said Chris Heath, Salinas, Calif., senior.
Heath said Ilardi could make you see depression and alcohol dependency through the eyes of people who suffer from those problems.
"He's one of the most effective teachers I've ever had," said Lvda Irfan, Wichita junior.
She said he makes his class interesting with his humor, storytelling and an ability to relate the material to everyday life.
Unlike many professors who teach large, 300-student classes, Ilardi does not use PowerPoint. Instead, he brings an outline of topics he plans to discuss and treats his classes as seminars, interacting with his students.
Ilardi's care for his students is what sets him apart from other teachers, said Rick Snyder, Wright distinguished professor
of clinical psychology and winner of last year's H.O.P.E. Award.
"He's the only professor of a large class that I know learns every student's name," Snyder said.
Snyder has been Ilardi's mentor in the department of psychology. Early in his career at the University, Ilardi was willing to take risks using an interactive teaching style in large classes. Snyder said. Now, he relishes the idea of trying something new.
"He's a model for the rest of us." Snuder said.
Ilardi didn't begin his journey in psychology until he was 25 years old. While working in computers and commercial real estate in Georgia, Ilardi began volunteering in a state mental hospital. Touched by the reality that the residents were real people just like him, Ilardi said he became passionate about understanding what went wrong in their lives and what could be done to help them.
After taking a few night classes at Georgia State University, Iardi applied to several graduate schools. At age 27, he was accepted into Duke University's graduate school with only three psychology classes to his credit.
Ilardi earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and economics from Emory University in 1985. After earning a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Duke University in 1995, he taught at the University of Colorado for two years. He has been at the University of Kansas since 1997.
Some of his undergraduate classes includes Abnormal Psychology, Understanding Depression and Introduction to Personality.
He also teaches graduate classes, including Adult Psychopathology, Topics in Depression and History and Systems of Psychology.
One of the main joys Ilardi said he took in teaching was seeing students discover things
RECENT H.O.P.E. AWARD WINNERS
2003: Rick Snyder, Wright distinguished professor of clinical psychology
2002: Bozena Pasik-Duncan, professor of mathematics and Information and Telecommunication Technology Center faculty investigator
2001: Craig E. Martin, professor and chair of the department of ecology and evolutionary biology
department of ecology and Wontonhistory and
2000: William Tuttle, professor of history and American
1999: Victor Contoski, poet and professor of English
1998: Alice Lieberman, associate professor of social welfare
1997: Linda Lee Davis, assistant professor of journalism
1996: Renate Mai-Dalton, associate professor of busi-
mary; Marylee Z. Southard, associate professor of
1995: Marylee Z. Southard, associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering
1994: Jeff Aube, professor of medicinal chemistry. Dr. Aube is a faculty member of special welfare
1994: Jeff Aube, professor of medical humanities
1993: Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare
1992: J. Theodore "Ted" Johnson, professor of French and Italian
1991: Dary Evans, Wolfgang Schroeder
1990: Rick Snyder, Wright distinguished professor of
1991: Daryl Evans sociology
clinical psychology
for the first time. He said hearing his students say his class has changed their lives is very humbling.
Source: University Relations
The other main joy he said he took was seeing students relate to people with mental illnesses.
"Students feel like their level of compassion increases rapidly over the semester," he said. "It is an honor to help guide them."
— Edited by Ryan Greene
SHABBAT: More than 400 people turn out for observation
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Katie Weil, a member of Hillel and one of the co-chairs for the event, said the event cost about $6,000, coming from KU Hillel's budget and donations from local businesses.
Erin Bodzin, the other cochair for the event, said this is the third year Hillel has put on this event, with the last years' being Shabbat 150 and Shabbat 200.
She said it was nice for so many people to gather and remember Shabbat, which for her meant a day of resting and an opportunity to reflect on the past week.
Bodzin was also excited because there were many non-Jewish people at the event as well.
A service held in Alderson Auditorium featured three cantors and two guitarists as the assembled group sang songs of worship in Hebrew and stood and prayed.
During the dinner, the group listened to a performance by Sherim Nitzim, or Singing Hawks — an a cappella group comprised of KU Hillel members.
Ben Baellow, Overland Park sophomore, usually attends Hillel events, but was particularly excited about this one.
"Growing up around here in Kansas, I haven't had a chance to be a big part of the Jewish community and culture," he said. "This helps me to be a part of the culture. We're like a big family here on campus."
Edited by Ryan Greene
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