Wall Street JournalHow the death penalty continued its slow, steady decline in 2014Washington PostThe death penalty is on the decline in the United States in every conceivable category. Fewer states execute inmates, fewer executions are carried out and fewer people are sentenced to death in the first place. This year, as executions went awry in ...US Executions, Death Sentences Reach Multiyear LowsWall Street JournalNumber of Death Sentences and Executions Hit New LowsNBCNews.comExecutions, new death sentences continue to fallDaily MailU.S.