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t. e. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in China. It is applicable to offenses ranging from murder to drug trafficking. [1] Executions are carried out by lethal injection or by shooting. [2] [3] [4] A survey conducted by The New York Times in 2014 found the death penalty retained widespread support in Chinese society.
Ginggaew Lorsoungnern. Ginggaew Lorsoungnern ( Thai: กิ่งแก้ว ลอสูงเนิน; RTGS : Kingkaeo Lo-sungnoen; 31 December 1927 – 13 January 1979) was a Thai woman executed in 1979 for conspiring in a kidnapping and murder plot. She was the second woman in Thai history to be executed by gunfire. [1]
Method of. Capital punishment. Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading [1] (from the French fusil, rifle ), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war. Some reasons for its use are that firearms are usually readily available and a gunshot to a vital organ, such as the ...
According to Hanz Chiappetta, since the foundation of Turkey in 1923, capital punishment has been carried out 588 times. [2] Turkey's last public execution took place in 1960 in Istanbul. [3] Prior to 1984, executions would usually occur after military interventions. Adnan Menderes, who served as Prime Minister, was hanged on 17 September 1961 ...
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Utah . Utah was the first state to resume executions after the 1972–1976 national moratorium on capital punishment ended with Gregg v. Georgia, when Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad in 1977. Utah is one of only two states to have ever carried out executions by firing squad ...
The most recent execution by this method was that of Ronnie Gardner. By his own choosing, Gardner was executed by firing squad in Utah on June 17, 2010. For execution by this method, the prisoner is typically bound to a chair with leather straps across his waist and head, in front of an oval-shaped canvas wall.
