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The Times reports that ten of the twelve states without the death penalty have homicide rates below the national average, whereas half of the states with the death penalty have homicide rates above. During the last 20 years, the homicide rate in states with the death penalty has been 48% - 101% higher than in states without the death penalty.
Amnesty reported that at least 28,670 people were known to be under sentence of death at the end of 2021, with nine countries contributing to 82% of that total. That total was up fractionally (0.4%) from the 28,567 reported to on death rows around the world at the end of 2020.
Recorded death sentences fell by 20%, from 373 in 2021 to 298 in 2022. Death sentences were recorded in 16 countries in 2022, compared to 19 in 2021. Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic abolished the death penalty for all crimes, while Equatorial Guinea and Zambia abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes only.
10 gru 2021 · This report presents statistics on persons who were under sentence of death in 2020, state and federal death penalty laws in 2020, and historical trends in executions.
16 gru 2022 · Key Findings. Eighth consecutive year with fewer than 30 executions and 50 new death sentences. Botched executions and protocol errors lead to halts in Alabama and Tennessee. Executions heavily concentrated in few jurisdictions – more than half in Oklahoma and Texas.
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 ...
3 sie 2021 · This factsheet provides information about the death penalty statuses of countries around the world, and parties and signatories of international abolition treaties.
