Austin Sarat, in 2006, US death sentences dropped to a 30-year low. Is death penalty on the defensive in the US?
I believe the US is in a period of reconsideration of capital punishment. And this rethinking of death penalty was unforeseeable a decade ago. 5-6 years ago, around 300 people were sentenced to death in the US. Death sentences fell to 114 in 2006. 53 executions were carried out in 2006. In 1999, there were 98. This change is real and the significance of the decline cannot be underestimated
On February 9 2007, jean-cosme delaloye talked about New York in “Un dromadaire sur l’épaule”, a show on Swiss public radio. To download the show click here.
