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MSNBC - Death sentences, executions take 'historic drop', report says |
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By Miranda Leitsinger, msnbc.com
The number
of death sentences imposed in the U.S. has taken an “historic drop” --
about 75 percent -- over the last 15 years, accompanied by a nearly 60
percent decline in the number of executions, a death penalty awareness
group reported Thursday.
The release of the annual report by the Death Penalty Information Center
follows recent polls showing a withering of support for capital
punishment over controversial cases like that of Troy Davis, who was
executed in Georgia in September. The decline in the use of the death
penalty also has likely been influenced by states’ worsening financial
conditions, said Richard Dieter, the center’s executive director.
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