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| Report: America's Death Rows Remain Packed |
| 2018-05-02 |
| [Free Beacon] Death row populations remained high and numbers of executions remained low as of the end of 2016, a newly released report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows. The Death Penalty Information Center already preserves up-to-date lists of executions conducted in the United States, with more recent information available than the BJS has now made available. However, the new report provides vital and not regularly available information on the composition of America's death rows and their shifting composition. The two-year lag, standard for similar BJS reports, is attributable to time it takes the bureau to acquire, compile, and analyze the relevant data from the 50 state correctional systems. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Enough death rows cases have been overturned because some prosecutor cut corners or grabbed the wrong guy to get the case closed. I'd be happy if we just built an Alcatraz style (one prisoner per cell, rarely get out of the cell so they can't kill each other) somewhere up in Alaska and take any death row inmate transferred over by the states. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-05-02 23:13 |
| #4 There's a simple solution. 2 appeals, then into the chamber and turn on the N2. Frankly 12M HCl would be funnier and pay-per-view worthy but oh well. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2018-05-02 13:55 |
| #3 Fact. The death rows units are in much the same state as life support ICU's, for basically the same reason. Somebody has to die to empty a bed. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-05-02 13:13 |
| #2 Is there a rope shortage? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2018-05-02 11:00 |
| #1 rock - paper - scissors, who goes next. |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-05-02 02:41 |