Bonnie Bobit

Bonnie Bobit is the nation's foremost authority on the subject of death row. Since 1989, she has published 10 editions of her book Death Row. It includes a roster of all death row inmates throughout the United States, a total of 3,530, including 48 women, as of Jan. 1, 1999. As the publisher and editor of Death Row, Bonnie conducts original research, officiates victim and inmate mediations, develops and administers surveys, and interviews some of the most notorious inmates on death row. Her book also contains extensive statistics and facts about the inmates as well as about the issue of capital punishment. She is a leading advocate of victims' rights.