Talk:List of people executed in the United States in 2016

Record set in Georgia
Georgia set a record. They executed six people in one calendar year (2016). Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:08, 16 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Added in. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 15:11, 23 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Record increased to seven on October 19, 2016.   Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:37, 21 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Record increased to eight on November 16, 2016.   Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 04:52, 18 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Record increased to nine on December 6, 2016.   Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:44, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

State of Georgia - Official Report
This is a PDF file, entitled "State of Georgia - Department of Corrections - Office of Planning and Analysis: Inmates Under Death Sentence (UDS)" (Dated January 1, 2016):. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:58, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Death penalty banned for crimes other than murder
The U. S. Supreme Court (in 2008) banned the death penalty if the underlying crime is not murder. See, for example, Child rapists can't be executed, Supreme Court rules. Also, Toobin: Death penalty will be reserved for murderers. From the second cited source: "The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday morning that child rapists cannot be given the death penalty, effectively reserving the punishment only for murderers." The case is Kennedy v. Louisiana. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:56, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Additional information
2016 marks low point for death sentences since 1970s. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 00:20, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

To do list
Fix "sorting" ability for Date of Birth column. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 05:23, 27 January 2017 (UTC)