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Extrajudicial executions and killings are not included. In general, executions carried out in the territory of a sovereign state when it was a colony or before the sovereign state gained independence are not included. The colours on the map correspond to and have the same meanings as the colours in the charts.
In Egypt, it is believed that at least 1,700 people were executed under the death penalty, and 1,413 death sentences alone were issued between 2007 and 2014. [75] Since the beginning of 2015, there have been reports of at least 354 death sentences carried out; however, numbers are not totally reliable due to the government's secrecy.
The United States ranks among the top five countries in the world with the most executions in 2023, according to a new report from Amnesty International.. The US carried out 24 death sentences ...
Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Opponents of capital punishment often cite cases of wrongful execution as arguments, while proponents argue that innocence concerns the credibility of the justice system as a whole and does not solely undermine the use of the death penalty.
Since World War II, there has been a trend toward abolishing the death penalty. 54 countries retain the death penalty in active use, 112 countries have abolished capital punishment altogether, 7 have done so for all offences except under special circumstances, and 22 more have abolished it in practice because they have not used it for at least ...
Used as punishment for high treason in the Ancien régime; also used by several others countries at various points in history. Drowning: Execution by drowning is attested very early in history, by a large variety of cultures, and as the method of execution for many different offences. Drawing and quartering: English method of execution for high ...
The Donetsk People's Republic introduced the death penalty in 2014 for cases of treason, espionage, and assassination of political leaders. There had already been accusations of extrajudicial execution occurring. [60] [61] The Luhansk People's Republic introduced the death penalty on 26 September 2014 in cases of homosexual rape. [61]
The Sunni extremist group ISIS has released a video claiming to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley. The video, which we have chosen not to show, went viral Tuesday. Both YouTube ...