With the end of the year approaching, we will soon begin to see a number of news articles about the number of death sentences continuing to decline. Here's a good example of what has happened in just one state, courtesy of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation:
DWINDLING DEATH SENTENCES IN NORTH CAROLINA
(death sentences handed down per year:)
1994: 28
1995: 34
1996: 26
1997: 22
1998: 21
1999: 26
2000: 18
2001: 14
2002: 7
2003: 6
2004: 4
2005: 6**As of Nov. 29, 2005
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