DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 21, 2010
2010 Election Results Confirm Poll Finding Majority Favor Alternative Punishments and Will Support Politicians Who Vote for Repeal of the Death Penalty. (Washington, D.C.) The country experienced a 12 percent decrease in executions in 2010 compared to 2009 and a more than 50 percent drop compared to 1999, according to a report released today by…
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 21, 2010
National Papers and NewswiresAssociated Press, “US Executions Drop By 12 Percent in 2010,” December 21, 2010.Reuters, “US Executions Fall Due to Cost and Lack of Lethal Drug,” December 21, 2010.New York Times, “Death Penalty Down in U.S., Figures Show,” December 21, 2010.Washington Post, “Fewer U.S.
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 17, 2009
Lowest Since Death Penalty Reinstated in 1976 11 States Considered Ending Capital Punishment during 2009 Budget Crunch. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, according to a report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center. The decline in death sentences was particularly noticeable in Texas and Virginia, the two leading…
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 10, 2008
Executions resumed in 2008 after a de facto moratorium was effectively lifted by the Supreme Court following its decision upholding lethal injection. The 115 sentences in 2007 was the lowest number since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Since executions had been on hold for almost eight months (Sept. ’07-April ’08) as the Supreme Court…
DPIC Year-End Reports
Dec 17, 2007
New Jersey’s action follows the removal of the last person from New York’s death row in 2007, the final step in removing New York from the list of death penalty states, which now numbers 36. New York’s high court overturned the death penalty in 2004, and after public hearings, the legislature rejected attempts to restore the punishment.
