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The Death Penalty, Nearing Its End

Posted October 24th, 2016 at 11:02 am (UTC-4)
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For the first time in nearly half a century, less than half of Americans said they support the death penalty, according to a Pew Research poll released last month. While that proportion has been going down for years, the loss of majority support is an important marker against state-sanctioned killing.