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WPB notes this: "As it is not possible to obtain meaningful comparative data on numbers of children in custody in different countries, we do not include juvenile imprisonment data in the highest to lowest lists." [1] Note: Table data fully updated Oct 22, 2024. Some individual countries since then.
In 2022, the United States had 1,808,100 inmates in adult facilities (prisons and jails), at a rate of 541 per 100,000 population. That was the 5th highest rate in the world. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] In 2021, the United States had 1,767,200 inmates in adult facilities (prisons and jails). [ 3 ]
However, in 2022 the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty announced that since 2007 at least 8,000 people per year were executed in China. [13] Since 2006, the Chinese government has taken effective measures to limit use of the death penalty, [ 14 ] proclaiming that it is doing this with the aim of completely abolishing it.
In the United States federal court system, the conviction rate rose from approximately 75 percent to approximately 85% between 1972 and 1992. [27] For 2012, the US Department of Justice reported a 93% conviction rate. [28] In 2000, the conviction rate was also high in U.S. state courts.
List of 31 provincial-level administrative divisions in mainland China by Nominal GDP in 2023 (billions of GDP) [1] Average exchange rate in 2023: CNY 7.0467 per USD [2] (PPP no longer included in the table for frequent changes in its index) Rank Provinces GDP (CN¥) GDP (US$) nominal growth (%) real growth (%) Share (%) China(Mainland) 126,058 ...
Cities are typically allowed to indemnify officers on court judgments at up to $1 million per officer. However, the city in this case argued that a $30,000 award for punitive damages prevented it ...
From the source report: "This graph shows the number of people in state prisons, local jails, federal prisons, and other systems of confinement from each U.S. state and territory per 100,000 people in that state or territory and the incarceration rate per 100,000 in all countries with a total population of at least 500,000." [26]
That conviction was later overturned in 2019 when the Kansas Supreme Court found that it was "an unconstitutional warrantless search." Leavenworth County prosecutors didn't retry the case.