Death penalty on the decline: There will be fewer than 30 executions for the 5th straight year, a new report says

States in 2019 executed 22 prisoners, marking the second fewest in almost three decades, according to data from the Death Penalty Information Center.

, in particular, drew nationwide attention, with celebrities such as Kim Kardashian West backing Reed's claims of innocence. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas also supported Reed, noting the death row inmate attracted a"remarkable bipartisan coalition."

Two former death-row prisoners were also exonerated in 2019, the report said, bringing the national total for executions of the innocent to 166 documented cases.did not influence an overall decline of the death penalty, Dunham said. New Hampshire became the 21st state to abolish the death penalty and California issued a moratorium on executions, joining three other states. For the fifth consecutive year, no state west of Texas executed anyone, the report said.

Meanwhile, a court ruling temporarily halted planned federal executions and the Supreme Court decided to let the injunction stand this month. Death sentences reached a peak in the 1990s, according to the report, with more than 300 per year from 1994 through 1996. A total of about 36 death sentences are expected to be issued this year, a more than 87% decline from the peak.

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