Mortal Justice. Jen Joynt and Carrie Shuchart.
by Joynt, Jen; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 65Institutions. Publisher: Atlantic Monthly, 2003ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Capital punishment | Capital punishment -- Statistics | Demographic surveys | Executions and executioners | Punishment in crime deterrenceDDC classification: 050 Summary: "From 1976, when the United States Supreme Court allowed the reinstatement of the death penalty after a four-year moratorium, to the end of last year [2002] 820 people have been executed in this country. (Some 3,700 others are on death row, waiting to be executed.) Only three nations--China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia--are known to have executed more people than the United States did in 2001, the most recent year for which global comparisons are available. And 2001 was actually a slow year for executions in this country: the number of people executed--sixty-six--was the lowest since 1996." (ATLANTIC MONTHLY) This article presents the demographic trends of the death penalty system in the United States.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Mortal Justice, March 2003; pp. 40-41.
"From 1976, when the United States Supreme Court allowed the reinstatement of the death penalty after a four-year moratorium, to the end of last year [2002] 820 people have been executed in this country. (Some 3,700 others are on death row, waiting to be executed.) Only three nations--China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia--are known to have executed more people than the United States did in 2001, the most recent year for which global comparisons are available. And 2001 was actually a slow year for executions in this country: the number of people executed--sixty-six--was the lowest since 1996." (ATLANTIC MONTHLY) This article presents the demographic trends of the death penalty system in the United States.
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