Death_Penalty

Death Penalty At the dawn of the 21st century, the death penalty is considered by most civilized nations as a cruel and inhuman punishment. It has been abolished de jure or de facto by 106 nations, 30 countries have abolished it since 1990. However, the death penalty continues to be commonly applied in other nations. China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United States and Iran are the most prolific executioners in the world. Indeed, the US is one of six countries (including also Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen) death, penalty, nations, punishment, people, iran, international, indeed, debate, de, crimes, countries, continues, been, abolished, yemen, years-old, years, world, while, whether, united, under, time, technologies, states, six, since, shown, sentenced, saudi, restricted, republic, recent, proportion, prolific