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| Report: Few States Have Bulk Of Executions |
| By washington.cbslocal.com |
| Published: 12/18/2012 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Just four states carried out more than three-fourths of the executions in the United States this year, while another 23 states have not put an inmate to death in 10 years, an anti-capital punishment group reports. The Death Penalty Information Center says in its annual report that Texas led the nation, as it does every year, with 15 executions. Arizona, Mississippi and Oklahoma had 6 each. Together, the four states accounted for 33 of the 43 executions in the United States in 2012. The report also says that a handful of states were responsible for nearly two-thirds of death sentences imposed in 2012. Both executions and new death sentences are far below their peaks since executions resumed in 1977 following a halt imposed by the Supreme Court. Texas’ 492 executions since 1977 are the most, by far. No more executions are scheduled before the end of the year, the group says. Read More. |
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