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 Utah is among only a handful of jurisdictions that still cling to this outdated practice, alongside China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Somalia.

Death chambers, like this one in Texas, were only used in 7 states last year. Florida was one of them and is also the state with more wrongful death-penalty convictions than any other in America.

The Death Penalty Is Legal in Nearly 30 States. ... Amnesty International recorded 1,153 executions in 2023 across 16 countries ... Site Map. Store.