Furman babies

Steve Russell (srussell@lonestar.utsa.edu)
Thu, 21 Aug 1997 17:42:05 -0500 (CDT)


A question for my fellow critical criminals (or is that criminal criticals?)

I understand that there is follow-up research on the "Furman
babies"--that is, people who were paroled from death row as a result of
Furman v. Georgia. It tends to show that were not a very dangerous
bunch, as convicted felons go.

I just tried to do a Web search and ran smack into the fact that there is
a Furman University I had never heard of, and my death penalty links do
not go very far right now.

Question: Does anyone know what has been done with this data and if the
results are all in one place? Or do I have to just dive into death
penalty lit generally and pick out the studies based on those parolees
one by one?

Thanks, and I apologize in advance if this question is too simple for the
forum.

Steve Russell