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I think imprisonment for life will eventually replace death penalty in the US. Despite the brief increase under trump, anyone knows where can I find statistics

I think imprisonment for life will eventually replace death penalty in the US. Despite the brief increase under trump, anyone knows where can I find statistics to support my feeling?

wespiser_2018 6y ago
It looks like it's trending down now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Executions_in_the_United_States_from_1608_(new).png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_Unit... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Executions_per_year_in_the_United_States,_1977-2020.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_Unit...