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Capital punishment in Islam is traditionally regulated by the Islamic law (sharīʿa), which derived from the Quran, ḥadīth literature, and sunnah (accounts of the sayings and living habits attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad during his lifetime).
There were at least 27,687 people known to be under sentence of death at the end of the year. Commutations or pardons occurred in 27 countries, as well as 9 exonerations that occurred in Kenya (5), the U.S. (3), and Zimbabwe (1).
In Turkey, capital punishment was fully abolished in 2004 for all crimes. In 2018, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his right-wing government coalition partners agreed to a proposal that could see the death penalty restored in Turkey against anyone sentenced for terrorism.
Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia is a legal punishment, with most executions in the country being carried out by decapitation (beheading) – Saudi Arabia being the only country in the world to still use the method.
Jan 25, 2024 · According to the latest figures from Amnesty International, in 2022: 55 countries had the death penalty. Nine of these countries had the death penalty only for the most serious crimes, such as...
Apr 21, 2021 · Death sentences were recorded in 18 countries in 2020, the same as 2019. Chad became the 21 st country in sub-Saharan Africa to abolish the death penalty for all crimes. Recorded commutation of death sentences increased by 87%, from 165 in 2019 to 309 in 2020.
Apr 21, 2020 · Amnesty International’s monitoring of the global use of the death penalty in 2019 showed that the number of known executions decreased slightly on the 2018 total, continuing the year-on-year reduction recorded since 2015 and reaching the lowest figure in more than 10 years.
