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Bluefields is the capital of the South Caribbean Autonomous Region in Nicaragua. It was also the capital of the former Kingdom of Mosquitia , and later the Zelaya Department , which was divided into North and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regions.
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.
On 3 August 2009, the death sentences of all 4,000 death row inmates were commuted to life imprisonment, and government studies were ordered to determine if the death penalty has any impact on crime. In 2017 the Supreme Court of Kenya struck down the mandatory death penalty as unconstitutional. Lesotho: 1995 [97] n/a
In the report’s Gallup Crime Survey, it found that slightly more than half of Americans (53%) favor the death penalty, the lowest number since March 1972. ... Maybe it’s because violent crime ...
The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a homicide rate of 30 out of 100,000 is presented in the table as "30", and corresponds to 0.03% of the population dying by homicide.
1909 - US supports a coup by Nicaragua's conservative forces, beginning a long period of US interventions and occupations in Nicaragua. 1912 - 25 - US establishes military bases.
Nicaraguan journalist Angel Gahona was shot dead on Facebook Live while filming protests in his home country of Nicaragua on Saturday night.
At least 26 people were killed, including journalist Ángel Gahona of the news program Meridiano, with Gahona being shot to death outside of the city hall in Bluefields while streaming on Facebook Live. [39] Various forms of independent media were censored during the protests. [37] [40]