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Study finds death penalty use in decline
(Reuters) – Use of the death penalty has fallen to its lowest level since capital punishment was reinstated in the United States in 1976, according to a report released on Thursday by a nonprofit that tracks death penalty data. The Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center reported a 75 percent drop…
U.S. support for death penalty hits 29-year low
Americans’ support for the death penalty has waned to a 39-year low, according to results of a Gallup poll released Thursday. The controversial topic of capital punishment has been in the news recently surrounding the execution of Georgia inmate Troy Davis. Davis was convicted of murdering off-duty Georgia police officer…
Ohio justices, lawyer task force to study death penalty
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – Ohio’s top court and state bar association will form a joint task force to review the administration of the state’s death penalty, the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court said on Thursday. The task force will not address whether Ohio should or should not have…
Convicted ax murderer is executed in Delaware
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A convicted ax murderer, on Delaware’s death row for some 18 years, was executed on Friday at the state prison in Smyrna. Robert W. Jackson III, 38, was put to death by lethal injection shortly after midnight, Delaware Governor Jack Markell announced. He was sentenced to death…
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