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Five executions, five states: a glut of judicial killing not seen in 20 years took place last week – and there was nothing random about it
The death penalty is waning in America. Most states have abolished it or put it on pause, the annual crop of executions and new death sentences is in decline, and public opinion is turning steadily against the practice.
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