The death penalty was once the go-to punishment for a wide range of crimes in most countries of the world. Today, only about 28% of countries still practice capital punishment, but that includes ...

The death penalty is far from disappearing as a punishment measure in the world. According to the latest Amnesty International report, released this morning, 1,518 people were executed in 2024 in ...

Map Shows Which States Have the Death Penalty. Published Aug 29, 2024 at 11:47 AM EDT. By . ... The use of the death penalty in the U.S. has been a topic of intense debate for decades.

Last year saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences in some countries after earlier Covid-19 restrictions were removed from courts. Amnesty’s Report, Death Sentences and Executions 2021 , ...

As of 2023, 144 countries have abolished the death penalty. Utah is among only a handful of jurisdictions that still cling to this outdated practice, alongside China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Somalia.