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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.
Of all present European countries, San Marino, Portugal and the Netherlands were the first to abolish capital punishment; Romania banned it even earlier in 1864, but it was much later reintroduced from 1936 to 1990 during the dictatorial and communist eras; in Italy the nationwide ban on the death penalty dates from 1889 (capital punishment had ...
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 ...
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 ...
Since reaching historic highs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, use of the death penalty in America has steadily declined, with a dwindling number of jurisdictions responsible for a growing ...
Pages in category "Capital punishment by country" The following 165 pages are in this category, out of 165 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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Sierra Leone abolished the death penalty: 17:51, 11 June 2018: 940 × 477 (1.35 MB) Forthrunner: Update according to Amnesty International: 20:36, 16 October 2016: 940 × 477 (1.36 MB) Turnless: The death penalty was never abolished by the constitutional court of Russia. They only extended the moratorium. 04:52, 8 August 2016: 940 × 477 (1.36 ...