"Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong?"
~Ghandi

Friday, November 19, 2010

Death Penalty Practices Around the World



    = Abolished in all forms
    = Abolished for crimes not committed in exceptional circumstances (such as in war time)
    = Abolished in practice
    = Legal form of punishment for certain offenses

In the US, crimes punishable by the death penalty vary from state to state. However, wherever the death penalty is legal the primary offense that would land you on death row is murder. Around the world, most countries that use the death penalty today are considered "undeveloped." Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the US are the only developed countries where the death penalty is legal.
Source- wikipedia and deathpenaltyinfo.org

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