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Article: Death penalty expected to decline again in 2005.(Brief Article)
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- Corrections Today
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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The death penalty in the United States has been declining steadily since executions peaked in 1999, and the trend likely will continue in 2005, reported stateline.org. Death sentences have dropped by 54 percent and executions by 40 percent since 1999, with significant reductions in all states that allow capital punishment, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
Several recent court decisions have narrowed the scope of the death penalty. The Supreme Court outlawed the execution of juveniles in March, sparing the lives of 72 ...