Executions on a downward trend in the U.S; Death Penalty hits record low in 2015

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17 Dec 2015 2:14 PM IST

  • Executions on a downward trend in the U.S; Death Penalty hits record low in 2015

    The number of death sentences awarded by Courts and the executions carried out in the US both dropped to historic lows in 2015, according to an annual report on capital punishment published on Wednesday.Nationally, the number of new death sentences awarded has dropped from a peak of 315 in 1996 to a projected low of 49 in 2015, a 33 percent decline from what was already a 40-year low in 2014....

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