{"id":3267,"date":"2013-04-16T11:50:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2013-04-16T11:50:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:50:49","slug":"death-sentences-and-executions-by-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/04\/16\/death-sentences-and-executions-by-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Sentences and Executions by Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/capital-punishment-2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/capital-punishment-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/capital-punishment-2012.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/capital-punishment-2012-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/capital-punishment-2012-500x291.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>In this visualization by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/news\/datablog\/2011\/mar\/29\/death-penalty-countries-world#\">The Guardian<\/a>, based on data from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org.uk\/news_details.asp?NewsID=20725\">Amnesty International<\/a>, we can see which countries still use the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In 2012, 1,923 people were handed out a death sentence in 58 countries, and 976 executions were carried out in 20 countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">China is by far the country that has carried out the largest number of executions, more than the rest of the world combined. Numbers are not know, though, since China keeps that information secret. China is followed by Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United States, Yemen, Sudan, and Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='Death Sentences and Executions by Country' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/04\/16\/death-sentences-and-executions-by-country\/' displayText='facebook'><\/span><span st_via='indexmundi' st_username='indexmundi' class='st_twitter' st_title='Death Sentences and Executions by Country' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/04\/16\/death-sentences-and-executions-by-country\/' displayText='twitter'><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='Death Sentences and Executions by Country' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/04\/16\/death-sentences-and-executions-by-country\/' displayText='email'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='Death Sentences and Executions by Country' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/04\/16\/death-sentences-and-executions-by-country\/' displayText='sharethis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this visualization by The Guardian, based on data from Amnesty International, we can see which countries still use the death penalty. In 2012, 1,923 people were handed out a death sentence in 58 countries, and 976 executions were carried out in 20 countries. 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