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America Conducted Fewest Executions Since 1994

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Thinkstock 121814 Inmate?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1418962535943Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Death Penalty Information Center on Thursday released its annual report, which found that America conducted the fewest executions in 20 years in 2014.

The report says that just 35 executions took place in 2014 in seven states, the smallest number of people put to death since 1994. Also in 2014, only 72 people received death sentences, the smallest number in the 40 years of the modern death penalty.

Three states — Texas, Missouri and Florida — accounted for 80 percent of the country’s executions.


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