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Use of Death Penalty Trending Downwards

In its year-end report, the Washington, D.C., based Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) reported that there were 43 executions and 78 new death sentences in 2012, continuing a generally downward trend that began in the mid-1990s.

As of April 1, 2012, there were a total of 3,170 men and women ...

 

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