[1]Ranking 5th in the world for 'executions', as we noted previously, [5]the US is among proud executing-nations like Iran, Saudi Arabia, and China. But when we drill down, there are a handful of states that are carrying the 'execution' weight for the rest of America as they try to reach #1 in the world (even as fewer Americans support the death penalty [6])...
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And how that has evolved in the last 30 years...
h/t @ConradHackett via Pew Research [8] [8]
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[1] http://www.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden
[2] http://www.zerohedge.com/taxonomy_vtn/term/139
[3] http://www.zerohedge.com/taxonomy_vtn/term/8419
[4] http://www.zerohedge.com/taxonomy_vtn/term/11356
[5] http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-25/chief-executioner-officers-mapping-dealth-penalty-world
[6] http://www.pewforum.org/2014/03/28/shrinking-majority-of-americans-support-death-penalty
[7] http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/10/20141007_exec.jpg
[8] http://www.pewforum.org/2014/03/28/executions-state-by-state/?utm_content=bufferc9ebc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
