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English: Current map of capital punishment status in the world, noting the most recent change in Zimbabwe (2024) Maintain the death penalty in both law and practice Abolished in practice (no execution in over 10 years and under a moratorium)
April 4, 2024 Michael Dewayne Smith: 41 19 22 Oklahoma [11] 5 April 9, 2024 Brian Joseph Dorsey: 52 34 18 White Missouri [12] 6 May 30, 2024 Jamie Ray Mills: 50 30 20 Alabama [13] 7 June 11, 2024 David Russell Hosier: 69 54 15 Missouri [14] 8 June 26, 2024 Ramiro Felix Gonzales: 41 18 23 Hispanic Texas [15] 9 June 27, 2024 Richard Norman Rojem ...
The Rev. Jeff Hood, a spiritual advisor for Death Row inmates and anti-death penalty activist, was a witness to the first nitrogen gas execution in the United States − that of Kenny Eugene Smith ...
Capital punishment was abolished in 1993 but was reinstated by Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council in August 1995 [88] In February 2018, Gambia announced a moratorium on the death penalty. [89] In September 2018, it ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In May 2019, it commuted 22 ...
Sister Helen Prejean is probably not the archetype that comes to mind when you think of a nun, yet she is probably the country's best-known living Catholic layperson, famous for her anti–death ...
Amnesty International opposes capital punishment because it breaches human rights, in particular the right to life and the right to live free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. [283] Other groups oppose capital punishment on moral grounds.
In 2024, Tennessee saw moves to allow the death penalty for defendants convicted of child rape. [13] It passed the Tennessee House of Representatives with a 77-19-1 vote, and it passed the Tennessee Senate with 24-5. [14] [15] [16] Governor Bill Lee would sign the bill into law in May 2024. [17] [18]
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice. The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.