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3 days ago · Capital punishment by country. Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is the state -sanctioned killing of a person as a punishment for a crime. It has historically been used in almost every part of the world. Since the mid-19th century many countries have abolished or discontinued the practice.
2 days ago · The following notable deaths occurred in 2024. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.
5 days ago · Amnesty International’s latest annual survey of the use of the death penalty, published last week, reported that the number of executions worldwide in 2023 reached 1,153, the highest figure ...
1 day ago · As of January 1, 2024, there were 2,241 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]
4 days ago · While death sentences increased from 79 in 2022 to 131 in 2023, bills aiming to abolish the death penalty were pending in the parliaments of Kenya, Liberia, and Zimbabwe.
6 days ago · Premeditated murder is one of the most serious forms of homicide, and is punished more severely than manslaughter or other types of homicide, often with a life sentence without the possibility of parole, or in some countries, the death penalty.
3 days ago · 死刑 （しけい、 英語: capital punishment）は、対象者（ 死刑囚 ）の生命を奪い去る 刑罰 である。. 暴力的な表現を比較的控えられるよう、「 極刑（ きょっけい ） 」あるいは「 処刑（ しょけい ） 」とも表現される。. 処刑とは「刑」に「処」すことなので ...
