2016 marks low point for death sentences since 1970s

Only 30 people were sentenced to death in the United States this year, the lowest number since the early 1970s and a further sign of the steady decline in use of the death penalty. The number is a sharp drop from the 49 death sentences last year and just a fraction of the peak…

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December 23, 2016 at 01:03PM