Execution statistics
“Although thousands are still executed every year, just four countries account for 94 per cent of all executions: China, the US, Iran and Saudi Arabia. China accounts for most executions, sentencing people to death not only for murder, but for crimes including tax fraud, minor drug offences and non-violent theft. It has dropped its practice of forcing the relatives of the executed to pay for the bullet with which they are killed.”
From The Independent, on the current state of the death penalty around the world - article here.
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Thursday, January 4th, 2007 @ 7:08 pm
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