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News Coverage of the DPIC Report

By Steve Hall

"Death Penalty Down in U.S., Figures Show," is John Schwartz' report in today's New York Times. States are continuing a trend of executing fewer prisoners and juries are wary of sentencing criminal defendants to die, according to year-end figures compiled by a group that opposes the death penalty. The 46 executions in 2010 constituted a nearly 12 percent drop from the previous year?s total of 52, according to the group, Death Penalty Information Center, which produces an annual report on execution trends. The overall trend shows a marked drop when compared with the 85 executions in 2000. Jurors, too, show a continuing preference for the alternative of punishing criminal defendants with sentences of life without parole...continue to full post

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