So we have this paradox, which is that the number of annual executions has remained high but the number of new death sentences has gone down. Why is that? It can't be attributed to a decline in the murder rate, because the murder rate has not declined nearly so steeply as the red line on that graph has gone down.
No se le puede atribuir a un descenso en la tasa de asesinatos, pues ésta no ha disminuido tan súbitamente como la líne roja en esa gráfica.