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Executions in the U.S.: 1930-93

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Last week theree inmates in three states were executed. So far, 216 people have been put to death since 1976, when the Supreme Court reversed its 1972 decision to forbid capital punishment.

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CAPTION: Executions in the U.S.: 1930-93

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