Mississippi executed Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., who raped and killed a 16-year-old girl, bucking a trend in the state and across the nation as the number of executions shrinks. Loden became the second inmate to be executed in Mississippi in 10 years.
The death penalty has been used in the U.S. since 1608. But various Supreme Court rulings have limited its use. Here's why it's controversial.who raped and killed a 16-year-old girl, bucking a trend in the state and across the nation as the number of executions shrinks. The man became the second inmate to be executed in Mississippi in 10 years.
From 1955 to 1989, the state put to death 35 people using a gas chamber installed at Parchman. In 2002, the first person was executed via lethal injection, which remains the preferred, though not the only, method available to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Eighteen people have been executed in that way, with Loden becoming the 19th.
"But, we've seen that even in places that have access to drugs, we're just still seeing less, and that is kind of overall because the death penalty is being used less. We've had less than 50 sentences for the last 8 years and less than 30 executions," Ndulue said.
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