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Three executions completed on January 7, 2010

By Douglas A. Berman

I am not sure if this fact marks a record for the modern administration of the death penalty in the US, but I am sure that it is noteworthy that three different states succeeded in carrying out executions yesterday.  Here are links to stories covering each execution: "Louisiana executes first inmate since 2002" "Ohio executes second inmate using single-drug method" "Cop Killer Put to Death in Texas' First Execution of Year" For a host of reasons, I doubt there have been any single days with four executions in four states, so I think yesterday had to at least tie a modern executions record [added: I was wrong, see below].  I also doubt there will be any days in the near future with four (or even three) executions, so January 7, 2010, likely can be remembers as a special day in the history of the US death penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 08, 2010 (boomark / email).