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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/executions.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Executions Are Down, but Debate over Death Sentence Continues' data-article-id='2078'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13896'>The United States is expected to execute fewer people in 2016 than any year in the past 25 years.</span> <span data-start-time='13896' data-end-time='21083'>So far this year, 19 people have been put to death for their crimes nationwide.</span> <span data-start-time='21083' data-end-time='29208'>That is down from 28 last year, and 98 in 1998.</span> <span data-start-time='29208' data-end-time='40375'>Those numbers come from the Death Penalty Information Center, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.</span> <span data-start-time='40375' data-end-time='47125'>The death penalty is sometimes called the ultimate punishment.</span> <span data-start-time='47125' data-end-time='54563'>The question of whether it should be used as punishment continues to divide Americans.</span> <span data-start-time='54563' data-end-time='64188'>Supporters say that people found guilty of horrible crimes should get the ultimate punishment.</span> <span data-start-time='64188' data-end-time='69333'>They believe the death penalty will act as a deterrent.</span> <span data-start-time='69333' data-end-time='77375'>By deterrent, they mean it might cause a person to decide against killing someone.</span> <span data-start-time='77375' data-end-time='85063'>But opponents argue that a moral society does not put people to death.</span> <span data-start-time='85063' data-end-time='99313'>They say when an innocent person is found guilty of a crime, there is no way to fix the mistake if that person already has been executed.</span> <span data-start-time='99313' data-end-time='105208'>The arguments on both sides can be very emotional.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/executions.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7744 data-hint-location='54563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/what_does_ultimate_mean.m4a'>What does ultimate mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='most extreme'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/opponent.m4a'><span>opponent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/emotional.m4a'><span>emotional</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/most_extreme.m4a'><span>most extreme</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/death_penalty.m4a'><span>death penalty</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7745 data-hint-location='40375' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/what_is_the_death_penalty_sometimes_called.m4a'>What is the death penalty sometimes called?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='ultimate punishment'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/moral_society.m4a'><span>moral society</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/ultimate_punishment.m4a'><span>ultimate punishment</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/a_crime.m4a'><span>a crime</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/a_nonprofit_organization.m4a'><span>a non-profit organization</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7746 data-hint-location='99313' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/the_arguments_on_both_sides_can_be_very__blank_.m4a'>The arguments on both sides can be very <span class='blank'>emotional</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='emotional'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/emotional.m4a'><span>emotional</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/boring.m4a'><span>boring</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/concise.m4a'><span>concise</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1562/unifying.m4a'><span>unifying</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button 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