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Countries which retain the death penalty for ordinary crimes such as murder but can be considered abolitionist in practice in that they have not executed anyone during the past 10 years and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions.
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Definition. Retentionist countries are nations that maintain and actively use the death penalty as a legal form of punishment for certain crimes. These countries often justify capital punishment based on various factors such as deterrence, retribution, and cultural or historical traditions.
10 paź 2023 · Yet between the two lies a less visible group of states: those that retain the death penalty in law but do not carry out executions. Once a retentionist state reaches a period of 10 years without an execution, it is classified by the UN as ‘abolitionist de facto’ (ADF).
23 paź 2018 · More than two-thirds of the countries in the world have now abolished the death penalty in law or practice. This document includes Amnesty International’s lists of countries in the four categories: abolitionist for all crimes, abolitionist for ordinary crimes only, abolitionist in practice and retentionist.
Countries that retain the death penalty for ordinary crimes such as murder but can be considered abolitionist in practice in that they have not executed anyone during the past 10 years and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions.
Countries which retain the death penalty for ordinary crimes such as murder but can be considered abolitionist in practice in that they have not executed anyone during the past 10 years and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions.
141 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice. 57 countries and territories still uphold the death penalty and use this punishment; 25 countriesv carried out executions in 2015; In 2015, the top five executioners were. China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United States of America.
