When capital punishment ends, Republicans will be the ones who end it

By Marc Hyden

Published October 30, 2017 4:01am ET

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When capital punishment ends, Republicans will be the ones who end it — Dale Brumfield, field Director for Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, left, and Jack Payden-Travers, right stand under a rainbow as the Greensville Correctional Center Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Jarratt, Va. The two arrived for a vigil in opposition to the execution of William Morva who is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday for the 2006 killings of a hospital security guard and sheriff's deputy. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) | Steve Helber

The death penalty appears to be nearing a tipping point in America.

Death sentences, executions, and support for capital punishment are all at or near historic lows. Juries aren’t delivering death sentences with the frequency that they once did. District attorneys are increasingly seeking alternatives to executions.

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