Report: Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment's growing isolation in US
More Americans now believe the death penalty, which is undergoing a yearslong decline of use and support, is being administered unfairly, a finding that is adding to its growing isolation in the U.S., according to an annual report on capital punishment.
But whether the public’s waning support for the death penalty and the declining number of executions and death sentences will ultimately result in the abolition of capital punishment in the U.S. remains uncertain, experts said.
“There are some scholars who are optimistic the death penalty will be totally eradicated pretty soon,"
