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Death sentences decline as death rows shrink nationwide
A 2009 Death Penalty Information Center report shows 106 new death sentences, the lowest since 1976, and 52 executions, reflecting declines led by Texas. Exonerations rise to nine, while states like New Mexico abolish the penalty and reforms reduce the death row population, now about 3,000 nationwide.
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Washington
D.C
Texas
United States
Death Penalty Information Center
Harris County
Houston
Piper
James Alan Fox
Northeastern University
Boston
Supreme Court
New Mexico
Connecticut
Jodi Rell
Richard Dieter
Ohio