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America is seeing an uptick in executions
Data: Death Penalty Information Center ; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Florida executed its 14th prisoner for the year on Tuesday, adding to a post-COVID surge in capital punishment that drove more executions last year than any since 2009. The big picture: Even as fewer courts sentence defendants to death and more than half of the states have banned or at least temporarily halted the practice, the Trump administration has overtly cheered on the death penalty. "The increased number of executio…
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