The phrase "a decline in executions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in the number of executions carried out, often in the context of legal or human rights discussions.
Example: "The report highlighted a decline in executions over the past decade, indicating a shift in public opinion regarding capital punishment."
Alternatives: "a decrease in executions" or "a reduction in executions".
"It's definitely part of a larger trend, certainly with other states including New Jersey, New Mexico and Illinois abolishing executions through similar processes, and with a decline in executions around the country," Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, a national research group critical of the death penalty, said Thursday.
The rest of the country actually experienced a decline in executions in 1997, according to the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington.
The narrow vote in Lincoln on Wednesday made Nebraska the first state in two years to formally abandon the death penalty, a decision that comes amid a decline in executions and roiling uncertainty regarding how to carry out lethal injections.
And in a sign of how death row populations are aging amid a nationwide decline in executions, Moody became the eighth inmate older than 65 put to death since the beginning of 2015.
After a sharp decline in executions last year, Texas appears likely to become the nation's death penalty capital again.
Once the main source of transplanted organs, the share from prisoners is reported by the government to have halved in recent years (mirroring what is believed to be a large decline in executions).
In this case a sharp decline in execution time is observable at first as the number of nodes is doubled.
These results suggest that a decline in most cognitive performance measures can be predicted by poor execution of a more demanding physical performance measure such as the ten step test for agility.
The decline in executions continues a recent trend, as 2016 will be the fourth consecutive year with fewer executions than the year before.
The decline in executions in America reflects a broader global trend.
The reduction in death sentences means that the decline in executions is likely to continue as well, because the pipeline of new cases is not as full.
