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| | Death Penalty Information Center |
 | | It examined 2,400 non-capital cases that were randomly selected from among the more than 36,000 habeas cases filed in federal district court nationwide by state prisoners during 2003 and 2004, as well as more than 360 death penalty cases filed in 13 federal districts between 2000 and 2002. |
 | | After passage of the 1996 law which restricted the Courts' power to overturn state decisions, the number of successful appeals fell to just 12% between 2000 and 2006, and the rate of successful appeals continues to decline today. |
 | | Overall, from 1608 to the present, the leading executions states in the United States have been Virginia (1,375), Texas (1,152), New York (1,130), Pennsylvania (1,043), and Georgia (990). |
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