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Death Penalty Information Center Issues 2010 Report

By Steve Hall

DPIC has issued The Death Penalty in 2010: A Year End Report, in Adobe .pdf format, today. The news release announcing the report is titled, "DPIC's Year End Report: Executions Down 12% Nationwide, 29% in Texas; Death Sentences Near Historic Lows.  2010 Election Results Confirm Poll Finding Majority Favor Alternative Punishments and Will Support Politicians Who Vote for Repeal of the Death Penalty." 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 the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). Texas had 29 percent fewer executions in 2010 than the previous year. DPIC projects that the number of new death sentences will be 114 for 2010, remaining near last year's number of 112, which was the lowest number since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 21, 2010 (boomark / email).