Execution drop makes some think death penalty is fading away

WASHINGTON (AP) — Is the death penalty in America gradually dying?
There have been just two executions since May 1 and the total for 2016 probably will hit a 25-year low.
Execution drug shortages, sometimes grotesque errors in death chambers and legal challenges to sentences imposed by judges have contributed to a dramatic decline in the number of states that are carrying out executions.
Just three states, Texas, Georgia and Missouri, are using the death penalty with any regularity, though