Entries tagged with “Chris England”
Jul 29, 2026
What to Know: Sentencing Practices and the Death Penalty
#### DPI’s“What to Know” series examines capital punishment from multiple angles, one topic at a time. Each installment provides essential facts and data on specific aspects of the death penalty. **Why it matters:** State laws permitting judges to override jury decisions and the imposition of death sentences based on non-unanimous jury verdicts have contributed to Alabama and Florida’s high death sentencing rates — with nearly 20% of Alabama’s death-sentenced population…