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Lowest in 14 years

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Pending execution data on the right side of the screen has been updated.   In addition to the 33 people already executed this year another 5 execution dates are considered serious.  As a result of the updated execution dates and the number of people executed so far this year, barring surprises, there will be no more than 38 people executed this year.  If 38 or fewer people are executed this year it will be the lowest number of people executed since 1994 and the marks a 60% decline since the peak of the modern death penalty in 1999.

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).