By Nadia Ramlagan for New Hampshire News Connection

CONCORD — New death sentences are at record lows nationwide, and executions are down by 75 percent since the mid-1990s. That's according to data from the Death Penalty Information Center. Earlier this year, New Hampshire became the 21st state in the U.S. to abolish the death penalty.

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