China and US among top punishers but death penalty in decline

[alp227]

Source: The Guardian

China, Iran, North Korea, Yemen and the US carried out the most executions last year, bucking a global trends towards abolition of the death penalty, a report has said .

China again was by far the world's most prolific executioner in putting to death thousands, said Amnesty International in its report on the death penalty worldwide. Amnesty does not provide a precise figure of executions in China as Beijing keeps such figures secret.

Instead, it has challenged the Chinese authorities to publish figures for the number of people sentenced to death and executed each year to confirm claims of a reduction in the use of the death penalty.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/28/us-china-death-penalty-amnesty

[BenzoDia]

1. China, Iran, Yemen, and the U.S. Great company we keep.

[pam4water]

2. Don't we have the highest per capita prison population? Know nothing about this source

but throws it up anyway XD


"# 1 United States: 715 per 100,000 people
# 2 Russia: 584 per 100,000 people
# 3 Belarus: 554 per 100,000 people
# 4 Palau: 523 per 100,000 people
# 5 Belize: 459 per 100,000 people
# 6 Suriname: 437 per 100,000 people
# 7 Dominica: 420 per 100,000 people
# 8 Ukraine: 416 per 100,000 people
# 9 Bahamas, The: 410 per 100,000 people
# 10 South Africa: 402 per 100,000 people
# 11 Kyrgyzstan: 390 per 100,000 people
# 12 Singapore: 388 per 100,000 people
# 13 Kazakhstan: 386 per 100,000 people
# 14 Barbados: 367 per 100,000 people
# 15 Panama: 354 per 100,000 people
# 16 Trinidad and Tobago: 351 per 100,000 people
# 17 Thailand: 340 per 100,000 people
= 18 Estonia: 339 per 100,000 people
= 18 Latvia: 339 per 100,000 people
# 20 Saint Kitts and Nevis: 338 per 100,000 people
# 21 Grenada: 333 per 100,000 people
# 22 Botswana: 327 per 100,000 people
# 23 Swaziland: 324 per 100,000 people
# 24 Mongolia: 303 per 100,000 people
# 25 Antigua and Barbuda: 278 per 100,000 people
# 26 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 270 per 100,000 people
# 27 Namibia: 267 per 100,000 people
# 28 Tunisia: 253 per 100,000 people
# 29 Taiwan: 250 per 100,000 people
# 30 Saint Lucia: 243 per 100,000 people
# 31 Lithuania: 234 per 100,000 people
..."


http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_pri_per_cap-crime-prisoners-per-capita


" * You're 66 times more likely to be prosecuted in the USA than in France
* If you're in Montserrat, watch your back! Nearly 1% of the population are police officers.
* Per capita, South Africa has the most assaults, rapes, and murders with firearms.
* Two-thirds of the world's executions occur in China.
* America puts many more of its citizens in prison than any other nation.
* Two-thirds of the world's kidnappings occur in Colombia.
* Venezuela is one of the happiest and most murderous places in the world.
* Russia has almost twice as many judges and magistrates as the United States. Meanwhile, the United States has 8 times as much crime.
* In the Maldives, there are more than 2 jails for every 1000 people.
* One in every three Australians is a victim of crime.
* Saudi diplomats have 367 unpaid parking fines in Britain.
* In pure number terms, more crimes are committed in America than in any other nation. The same goes for burglaries, car thefts, rapes and assaults.
* The United States puts 0.7 % of its population in Prison - a vastly higher percentage than any other nation.
* India’s criminal courts acquitted over a million defendants in 1999, more than the next 48 surveyed countries combined.
* Women make up more than 10% of the prison population in only six countries: Thailand, , Qatar, Paraguay, Costa Rica, and Singapore.
* People trust Swedes! Swedish companies are the world’s least-likely to be perceived as paying bribes.
* 84% of people in Finland feel that they are at a low risk of experiencing a burglary - but just look at how many burglaries they have!
"

http://www.nationmaster.com/facts/Crime

[johnroshan]

3. What an illustrious company we have! /nt

[David__77]

4. At least there is a real debate in China over this.

Unfortunately, those advocating eliminating the death penalty are mainly only in some think tanks with little power.

[RedCloud]

5. Do they sell post cards of the executions?

Another horrible part of our history.