Meanwhile, not only did New Jersey dispense with its death penalty, but several other states actively considered abolition as well. In 2007, by contrast, Texas alone accounted for 62 percent of executions the top three states accounted for 76 percent and the top six states accounted for 90 percent. In 2002, for example, 65 percent of executions took place in only three states the following year, the top three states accounted for 69 percent. And capital punishment, which has always been a regional phenomenon, has been growing ever more so. In 2007, according to DPIC, saw a historic low in new death sentences. The annual number of people sentenced to death row has fallen since its peak in 2002. Still, the downward trend is both broader and older than the current flap over the drugs. But after the court either strikes down the current mixture or okays it, executions will resume–perhaps using a different combination of drugs–and clearing the backlog will probably immediately lead to a brief spike. The de facto moratorium created by the Supreme Court case is a significant contributor to 2007’s sharp drop. The 42 people put to death in 2007 represent the lowest figure in 13 years and a drop of fully 57 percent since capital punishment’s peak. In 2007, according to DPIC’s data, that number dropped even further. Then, just as executions seemed to have become a routine part of our criminal justice system again, the numbers began a precipitous drop–to 85 executions in 2000, 59 in 2004, and 53 in 2006. In 1999, 98 people met their ends in execution chambers across the country, the culmination of a long revitalization of capital punishment following the Supreme Court’s reinstatement of its lawfulness in 1976. Foes of the death penalty have good reason for cheer right now. While capital punishment appears on the wane right now, neither New Jersey’s action nor the temporary national freeze–particularly the latter–may mean all that much in the long run.ĭon’t get me wrong. The death penalty is, like the Iraqi insurgency, not quite yet in its death throes. The news has the anti-capital punishment Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) proclaiming the “execution chambers silent” as the Garden State charts a “new direction” and declaring both actions symbolic of the “broad changes that have been occurring in the death penalty around the country.”Ĭurb your enthusiasm. And no state other than Texas (a significant exception) executed more than three people last year. By taking up the issue, the Court has effectively frozen all executions in the nation. Today, the Court will hear arguments over whether the specific drug cocktail used in lethal injections constitutes cruel and unusual punishment by causing too much pain to the condemned. New Jersey has taken the plunge and legislatively repealed capital punishment–becoming the first state in the modern era to do so. So live, laugh and love!Įditor’s Note: This article was submitted by Barry Kolanowski.These are heady days for anti-death penalty activists. It was fairly easy and after entering all my information, it returned with this ominous message: “You have 0 years left to live.” The site predicted I died in 2016, which was oddly enough the year of my heart attack.
I could pick up two more years by dropping 15 pounds or getting 4 inches taller. Lifespan, provided by an insurance company, resulted in an age rather than a date. It reported that Wednesday, Jwill be my last day on earth and a countdown clock was clicking away toward a ripe age of 88. Death asked my gender, if I smoked, my outlook on life and how many alcoholic drinks I had each week. I asked three of them to consider my chances: The Death Clock, Lifespan Calculator, and Fateful Day, to give me their best shot. Since it is so confusing I went to some online apps that offer to predict your day of death. The data shows that hospitals are actually a dangerous place and you are more likely to die there then at home. The final myth is that the bump in deaths is due to people being sent home from the hospital too early just for the sake of the holidays. They also eliminated the connection on a socio-economic basis as the reaper makes no distinction between affluence and poverty when it comes to the end of life. This also eliminates the theory that staying inside because of the cold weather spreads more germs and results in a higher January death rate. The spike in deaths is as true in tropical areas as it is in the snow shoveling northern parts of the United States. Known by statisticians as “excess deaths” it appears to have nothing to do with weather. For decades researchers have tried to figure out on a global scale why more people die in January than any other month of the year?
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