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A third of executions went wrong in 2022, watchdog says

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    -50% Medium Liberal

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    -50% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -41% Negative

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53% : Public polling also showed that support for the death penalty continued a steady slide from its peak in the mid-1990s to 55 percent this year -- one percentage point up from last year's 50-year low.
42% : And the 22 death sentences imposed mark an all-time pre-pandemic low in the United States, according to figures released Friday in the year-end report by the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), which tracks data on capital punishment.
29% : Seven botched executions, the emptying of Oregon's death row and the increasing isolation of the death penalty to just a handful of states marked a tumultuous year for capital punishment in America, where the number of executions, death sentences and public support for the practice continued a decade-long decline.

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