For more than a decade, DPIC has served the media with analy­sis and infor­ma­tion on issues con­cern­ing cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment. The Center’s reports and press releas­es are wide­ly quot­ed and con­sult­ed by reporters in the United States and around the globe. The fol­low­ing sum­ma­rizes the media response to DPIC’s ​“The Death Penalty in 2010: Year End Report,” released December 21, 2010. Coverage appeared in over 400 news outlets.

National Papers and Newswires
Associated 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. Executions in 2010,” December 21, 2010.
Wall Street Journal, ​“Death Penalty Figures Down for 2010, but What to Make of It?” December 21, 2010.
Los Angeles Times, ​“California Sentences More Prisoners to Die While Executing None,” December 29, 2010.
CNN, ​“Executions Continue Steady Nationwide Decline,” December 21, 2010.
TIME, ​“Report: Death Penalty Use and Support is Dropping,” December 21, 2010.
ABC News, ​“US Executions Drop by 12 Percent in 2010,” December 21, 2010.

Editorials
The New York Times, ​“Still Cruel, Less Usual,” December 31, 2010.
The Washington Post, ​“46 Executions Too Many,” December 27, 2010.
Chicago Tribune, ​“The Decline of the Death Penalty: Expensive, Error-Prone and Losing Popularity,” December 26, 2010. (reprint­ed in The Washington Examiner)

Broadcast Coverage
CBS Radio, December 21, 2010
CNN Radio, December 21, 2010
CNN TV, December 21, 2010
National Public Radio

New Media and Blog Coverage
Huffington Post, ​“Capital Punishment Declined in 2010,” December 21, 2010.
Stateline​.org, ​“Texas Again Leads Nation in Executions: Ohio a Distant Second,” December 21, 2010.
Digby’s Hullabaloo, ​“Inching Toward Reason,” December 21, 2010.