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Iran (at least 853 executions), Saudi Arabia (172 executions), Somalia (at least 38 executions), the U.S. (24 executions), and Iraq (at least 16 executions) were the top five countries responsible for recorded executions.
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In the U.S., 18 executions were recorded in 2022 across six jurisdictions. These were Alabama (2), Arizona (3), Mississippi (1), Missouri (2), Oklahoma (5), and Texas (5).
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. Extrajudicial executions and killings are not included.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The state has executed the second largest number of convicts in the United States (after Texas) since re-legalization following Gregg v. Georgia in 1976. [1] Oklahoma also has the highest number of executions per capita in the United States. [2]
Search the Death Penalty Worldwide database by country, retentionist / abolitionist de facto status, methods of execution, annual number of executions, date of last execution, death row numbers, crimes punishable by death, offenders excluded from capital punishment, prison conditions, access to legal representation, and international human ...
At least 2,016 new death sentences across 52 countries were imposed in 2022, compared to at least 2,052 in 56 countries in 2021. Amnesty International recorded commutations or pardons of death sentences in 26 countries.
17 lis 2023 · This report presents statistics on prisoners who were under sentence of death in 2021, a summary of state and federal death penalty laws in 2021, and historical trends in executions.
