The United States is the only country in the western world to still retain the death penalty. It is also with the minority of the world – just 58 of 198 countries (29%) have used the death penalty in the last 10 years.
The chart below displays the top 25 countries ranked by executions over the past decade. China and Iran ‘lead’ in this category by a large margin. Iran has the distinction of having highest number of execution per capita. Meanwhile in China, the number of executions is officially unknown and regarded as a “state secret” – Estimates range from as high as 2500 to 5000 per year, more than the rest of the world combined!
The United States does not fair very well either – 5th in the world in executions with 350 since 2007.
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There’s few crimes like taking a life from a defenseless one, but it’s a good way to stop overcrowding prisons and pretend the bad in humanity can be taken out. I’m amazed Belarus is there too, even Russia has given up on death penalty. (except the silent murders by the government of course)
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