Death penalty sentences plunge to historic lows in 2011

For the first time in decades, fewer than 100 people were sentenced to death in America this year. Seventy-eight people were handed the death sentence in courts in 2011–the lowest number since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1978, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Death sentences have been declining since 1998, the

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Death penalty sentences plunge to historic lows in 2011

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